The Mexican-War resulted in more territory for the new American empire, but the US government started it under false pretenses. A young US soldier who fought—Ulysses Grant—knew better, exposing the lies from Washington.
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The Lane Train (And the Rest of College Football Madness) Has Been Fueled by Easy Money
The Lane Kiffin saga has dominated sports headlines this past week, highlighting the sea changes that have come over college sports—an especially college football—in the past decade. Much of this change is being driven by the easy money regime of the Federal Reserve.
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The Disasters of Government Enterprise
Government transit in the US is going from bad to worse. Systems are breaking down and law-abiding riders face dangers of assault, robbery, and murder. The current “solution”? Spend even more money on these systems.
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War Drums for Venezuela and the Financialization of College Football
On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss military escalation with Venezuela, more troubling jobs data, and how college football offers an example of how financialization, politicalization, and bad economy theory can undermine great American traditions.
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The Decline of Developed Nations’ Fiat Money
We are living through a historical monetary change. The first nation to adopt sound money and fiscal policies will win. The rest will lose.
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Napoleon’s 1812 Russian Campaign: Masterclass in Pigheadedness
Europe’s leaders apparently learned nothing from Napoleon’s disastrous 1812 campaign, and they now seem determined to pursue war with Russia.
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The Lane Train (And the Rest of College Football Madness) Has Been Fueled by Easy Money
The Lane Kiffin saga has dominated sports headlines this past week, highlighting the sea changes that have come over college sports—an especially college football—in the past decade. Much of this change is being driven by the easy money regime of the Federal Reserve.
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Metals, Black Swans, and the Next Bust
In a special midweek episode of the Minor Issues podcast, Mark Thornton appears on Palisades Gold Radio with Stijn Schmitz.
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Karl Popper: Critique, Science, and the Fragility of Freedom
Liberty is not a luxury good. It is necessary for civilization to thrive and the end of liberty will also be the end of civilization. Karl Popper understood that as well as anyone who has lived.
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Federal Interest Payments Surge to New Highs as Trump Spending Rises Yet Again
We are unlikely to see any significant departure from the overall trend of rising spending and deficits.
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Ron Paul: Hegseth In Hot Seat as ‘Murder-gate’ Picks Up Steam
The White House and Pentagon can’t seem to get the story straight on the “double-tap” murder of survivors of a US extrajudicial killing off the coast of Venezuela.
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Stop the Drive to War with Venezuela
Trump’s position on this reminds us of Madeleine Albright’s famous complaint: “What’s the point of having this superb military that you’re always talking about if we can’t use it?”
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Hegseth, Boat Strikes, and the False Target of Establishment Hypocrisy
Many of the same Democratic lawmakers now condemning the shooting of survivors of the alleged drug boat strike had no problem when presidents they liked greenlit even worse strikes. But that doesn’t excuse Trump’s awful escalation in the Caribbean.
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Zohran Mamdani’s Socialism Flunks Basic Economics
New York’s mayor-elect believes he can implement socialist policies through sheer rhetoric, as though mere words can make socialism work. However, economics involves real things and reality will hit New Yorkers soon enough, and they won’t like it.
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Money Demand and Demonetization: Concluding Comments
Professor Bagus concludes his arguments regarding the effects of the hypothetical close of Argentina’s central bank.
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Russia claims capture of key city of Pokrovsk. Kiev denies.
The city's capture would represent Kiev's greatest setback on the front line since the fall of Avdiivka in February 2024.
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Monetary Tyranny: How Legal Tender Laws Paved the Way and How Competition Sets Us Free
By making paper money legal tender, the government shut the door on sound money. Repealing legal tender laws is the first step back to liberty.
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Is the CIA Targeting Mexico’s President?
The recent "protests" against Scheinbaum were astroturfed. Why? It may be that Scheinbaum's efforts against the cartels are upsetting the CIA which has long allied itself with drug lords.
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