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WaPo Editors: “Liberty” Requires Us to Implement Vaccine Passports

2021-08-20

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2021-08-20

Mandating private and government employees to be immunized against covid-19 and requiring the use of standardized electronic passes as proof of immunization across the nation is what liberty is made of, the editors of the Washington Post argued last week. 

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Bretton Woods and the Spoliation of Europe

2021-08-20

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2021-08-20

Having marked the quinquagenary of the destruction of the gold standard Sunday, August 15, it is natural to be a little nostalgic for the Bretton Woods system. After all, it might not have been the classical gold standard, but at least it wasn’t as bad as the fiat standard that succeeded it.

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Two Percent Inflation Is a Lot Worse Than You Think

2021-08-19

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2021-08-19

With June 2021 CPI growth being at a thirteen-year high, inflation has been on a lot of people’s minds lately. You can’t blame them, seeing as over 23 percent of all dollars in existence were created in 2020 alone. Although future inflation is certainly an important concern, in this article I instead focus on the chronic inflation this country has faced for over a century.

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The Demise of the Gold Standard

2021-08-17

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2021-08-17

This is the fiftieth anniversary of the demise of the gold standard and the beginning of the current fiat paper standard. Many will say “good riddance” to gold and “thank goodness” for the “good ole greenback”! Reflection, however, produces an alternative conclusion.

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Look Beyond Your Borders! Your Dollars Will Go Further | Why Purchasing Power Matters To Myles

2021-08-17

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Purchasing Power Matters! Myles shares what and why it matters to him. Your buying power goes a lot further beyond your boarders. The cost of living in the USA is a lot higher than other nations. Educate yourself and look for ways to make your dollars stretch farther. It's not how much money you make. It's about how much you can keep. Share your thoughts in the comment section below. Tell your story and let the world hear why Purchasing Power...

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Inflation’s Assault on the Family

2021-08-15

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2021-08-15

I moved aside and watched our twelve-year-old van pull into the driveway. My wife opened the door, smiled, and told me she got the job. Putting the basketball down, I hugged her and told her I was proud. The job was a part-time evening and weekend position at the local country health food store, a good fit considering my wife's interests. But deep down, a sense of sadness and partial defeat rolled over me.

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The Case Against the New “Secular Stagnation Hypothesis”

2021-08-14

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2021-08-14

Abstract: The new “secular stagnation hypothesis” developed by Lawrence H. Summers attempts to justify why the demand stimulus applied in the aftermath of the global financial crisis failed to revive growth in a satisfactory manner.

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Per Bylund on Sweden

2021-08-14

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A major "Democratic Socialist" argument is to bring up Nordic countries. In this clip from Episode #69 Per Bylund explains the reality of Sweden and their economic system

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An Anatomy of Failure: China’s Wind Power Development

2021-08-13

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2021-08-13

Abstract: China is currently the world’s largest installer of wind power. However, with twice the installed wind capacity compared to the United States in 2015, the Chinese produce less power. The question is: Why is this the case? This article shows that Chinese grid connectivity is low, Chinese firms have few international patents, and that export is low even though production capacity far exceeds domestic production needs.

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Why the State Demands Control of Money

2021-08-12

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2021-08-12

Imagine you are in command of the state, defined as an institution that possesses a territorial monopoly of ultimate decision making in every case of conflict, including conflicts involving the state and its agents itself, and, by implication, the right to tax, i.e., to unilaterally determine the price that your subjects must pay you to perform the task of ultimate decision making.

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Protect Yourself By Getting In A Lifeboat | Why Purchasing Power Matters To Jon

2021-08-10

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Purchasing Power Matters! Jon shares what and why it matters to him. Get in the lifeboat while you still can. Share your thoughts in the comment section below. Tell your story and let the world hear why Purchasing Power Matters to you. Connect with Jon on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jonnylitecoin Visit the PPM website for details on how to share your story and to read informative articles. https://www.purchasingpowermatters.co Follow the...

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The Old Right on War and Peace

2021-08-10

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2021-08-10

As the force of the New Deal reached its heights, both foreign and domestic, during World War II, a beleaguered and tiny libertarian opposition began to emerge and to formulate its total critique of prevailing trends in America.

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Savings Are the Foundation of Economic Growth

2021-08-08

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2021-08-08

Most commentators’ regard savings as harmful to economic growth on the ground that savings are associated with fewer outlays. These commentators portray economic activity as a circular flow of money. Spending by one individual becomes part of the earnings of another individual, and spending by another individual becomes part of the first individual’s earnings.

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What Made Rothbard Great

2021-08-06

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2021-08-06

If you don’t mind, I am going to do what men of my age do from time to time, and that is tell you war stories—usually insufferably boring for younger people, but occasionally enlightening if you find that perhaps you are going through a similar trial. I want to talk about my own situation in 1961, ’62, ’63, when I was an undergraduate.

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“They Said What?!” John Lennon edition

2021-08-06

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2021-08-06

Bob unveils a new recurring series, in which he gives the context of infamous quotations. In this episode, he covers two allegedly shocking quotes from John Lennon, John Maynard Keynes' "in the long run we're all dead," Trump on Nazis being very fine people, Dan Quayle misspelling potato, Obama's "you didn't build that," and Bohm-Bawerk on Karl Marx.

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What Can Your Dollar Do For You? | Why Purchasing Power Matters To Patrick

2021-08-05

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Purchasing Power Matters! Patrick shares what and why it matters to him. Share your thoughts in the comment section below. Tell your story and let the world hear why Purchasing Power Matters to you. Connect with Patrick on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/TPS0011 Visit the PPM website for details on how to share your story and to read informative articles. https://www.purchasingpowermatters.co Follow the Purchasing Power Matters social media...

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End the Shutdown, Again

2021-08-05

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2021-08-05

Sixteen months ago, in March 2020, we argued for an end to government-imposed shutdowns of businesses, schools, churches, restaurants, and events due to the covid virus: The shutdown of the American economy by government decree should end. The lasting and far-reaching harms caused by this authoritarian precedent far outweigh those caused by the COVID-19 virus.

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How the Federalists Bullied Rhode Island into Joining the United States

2021-08-04

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2021-08-04

Doughty, courageous little Rhode Island was the last state left. It is generally assumed that—even by the most staunchly Antifederalist historians—Rhode Island could not conceivably have gone it alone as a separate nation.

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Modern Monetary Theory

2021-08-03

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2021-08-03

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 21 July 2021.

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Government Land Ownership and Management

2021-08-03

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2021-08-03

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 21, 2021.

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