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Throwing the Fed's Machinery in Reverse: Fed Interest Rate Policies Continue to Damage the Economy

Booms and BustsCentral BanksThe FedInflation

Blog09/07/2022

The Fed’s tampering with market signals undermines the process of wealth generation, thereby exerting an upward pressure on the time preference interest rate and the market interest rate.

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The Bretton Woods Institutions and the Accelerated Dystopian Transformation of the Food Industry

AntipoliticsBureaucracy and RegulationGlobal Economy

Blog09/06/2022

Global elites are relentless in their desire to recreate the world in their own image. As they turn toward food production, expect their bungling to cause huge shortages of food and worse.

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The Praxeological Origins of the Price System

CoordinationFree MarketsMonetary Policy

Blog09/02/2022

Commodity money isn't a government creation, as so many believe. It has a definite praxeological foundation.

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The "Experts" Still Aren't Giving Up on Vaccine Mandates

Bureaucracy and Regulation

"Given our current knowledge about COVID-19, the CDC can no longer justify a vaccine mandate at present based on protecting the public from unvaccinated people."

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The Story of War and Peace in the Currency Markets

The FedInflationWar and Foreign Policy

Blog08/29/2022

The value of the US dollar has risen during the Ukraine war. If peace breaks out, the dollar might be one of its casualties.

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The Mali Empire: An African Story of Gold and Greatness

Free MarketsWorld History

Blog08/27/2022

The Mali Empire flourished as a trading center and gold-producing region from the late Middle Ages into the mid-seventeenth century.

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Taking Stock of the Assets We Have (and We Have a Lot of Them)

Cronyism and CorporatismFree MarketsStrategy

Blog08/27/2022

While the antimarket and antilibertarian forces are strong, it is easy to forget that free market advocates also have a powerful set of tools.

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The Acadian Community: An Anarcho-Capitalist Success Story

AnarchyFree MarketsWorld History

Blog08/26/2022

Before it was destroyed by British aggression in 1755, the Acadian community in Nova Scotia provided a window into an anarcho-capitalist society that was cohesive and successful.

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