A Tale of Four Cities
Mark Thornton reviews Philip Duffy’s book about the mysterious Irish banker Richard Cantillon.
Hayekian liberty and the predatory state
While F.A. Hayek was a promoter of liberty, his work nonetheless often failed to acknowledge just how predatory the state really is. Murray Rothbard understood that the real enemy is…
Protecting infant industries doesn’t help the economy
One of the excuses for levying protective tariffs is to protect emerging domestic industries. However, this kind of protectionism, contrary to popular opinion, leaves an economy worse off every time.
Central banks purchase gold to offset their own money destruction
After years of thinking that money can be printed without limits and without creating inflation, monetary authorities are trying to return to logic and have more gold on their balance…
Bidenomics: New employment numbers say recession is here
Following the release of today’s jobs report, it seems serious cracks are now appearing in the media’s narrative on our “strong” economy.