Taking Back Economics Education
The Lessons for the Young Economist video series is the antidote to public school economics education.
Watergate-era “reforms” made the Federal government even stronger
The Watergate scandal spurred a number of “reforms” that were allegedly designed to make the federal government “more responsive.” Yet, these reforms did little other than increase federal power.
Princeton Historian: Just Get Over Watergate Already!
Today is the 50th anniversary of the resignation of President Richard Nixon, who left office because of his involvement in the Watergate scandal. Ryan McMaken has found some published thoughts…
The bait-and-switch behind post-Watergate “reforms”
The Watergate scandal spurred a number of “reforms” that ostensibly were implemented in order to make the federal government “more responsive” to the wishes of the people. Not surprisingly, these…
The Bait-and-Switch Reality of Post-Watergate “Reforms”
The Watergate scandal spurred a number of “reforms” that ostensibly were implemented in order to make the federal government “more responsive” to the wishes of the people. Not surprisingly, these…
Time to reject ‘social justice’ and replace it with real justice
Social justice is a nonsensical term that interferes with the attempts to find authentic justice. It is not about equality so much as it is about imposing outcomes incompatible with…
Unelected technocrats are now the nation’s chief executives
For all the regime’s talk about “democracy,” it is clear at this point that the White House is run by unelected personnel who are accountable only to technocratic elites.
Have we been living in an MMT world since 2008?
What we may call the “spending illusion” is perhaps the gravest error in the history of economic thought and has been deeply embedded in economics since the early twentieth century.
What Project 2025 says about the Fed
Surprisingly, Project 2025 blames the Fed for exacerbating the cycle of booms and busts, inflating away the value of the dollar, enabling exorbitant deficit spending.