Democracy Is Not the Same Thing as Freedom
The ruling classes insist that a country with a democratic government is also a free country. However, democracies also can be tyrannical and despotic. After all, in the final analysis,…
Why Consumer Sentiment Fell To A Seven-Month Low
The US consumer has been adding debt to maintain consumption, and credit card debt has reached new record levels. This is not a strong economy.
The Lesson of the Trump Conviction
The case against Donald Trump was utterly ridiculous. Yet he was convicted anyway. Opponents of the political establishment need to understand why.
The Unsustainable AI-Driven Lending Boom
The endless bubble economy has a new lending craze: loans backed by AI chips. The problem is that while the chips serve as collateral, companies right now cannot make enough…
From Profits to Pandering: How Government Turned Universities and Businesses into DEI Bureaucracies
Long before government mandates and pressure infected businesses and universities with the DEI virus, Ludwig von Mises explained how bureaucracies infect the decision-making process.
The Biden Administration Uses Fudged Numbers to Justify Imposing Punitive Regulations
In order to vastly expand the regulatory state, the Biden administration is using fake cost-benefit ratios to make its regulations seem less costly and more beneficial. This is clearly fraudulent,…
Do You Know Who’s Hitting You?
While our political “leaders” insist that the government is “protecting” us, it offers the same kind of “protection” that mobsters offer: pay us to “protect” you, or we burn down…
The Socialist Road to Destruction amid So-Called Good Intentions
Socialists pride themselves on their supposed good intentions even as they fashion policies that create havoc and harm the people socialists claim to be helping. Ludwig von Mises called it…
The Menace of Political Show Trials
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s conviction in Manhattan—a political show trial, to be sure—David Gordon reviews Danilo Zolo’s, Victor’s Justice, which examined the Nuremberg Trials following World War II.
How People Can Better Fight Inflation
Ordinary people cannot stop the Fed and the government from inflating the currency, but they can take measures to shield themselves from some of its harmful effects. Mark Thornton presents…