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Government’s Eternal Hunger for a Free Lunch

2025-10-03

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2025-10-03

Through its coercive monopoly over money creation, government constantly engages in silent theft through inflation, all done in the name of “stimulating” the economy.

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Jefferson’s War on the Barbary Pirates Is an Unjustified Password for Military Intervention

2025-10-03

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2025-10-03

Advocates for US military intervention have invoked the war against the Barbary pirates as justification. Yet, an examination of that conflict shows that President Jefferson’s actions were limited and followed the direction of Congress.

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Going Off the Rawls

2025-10-03

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2025-10-03

In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon examines John Tomasi's thesis of Free Market Fairness that the collectivism espoused by John Rawls is compatible with classical liberalism. Not surprisingly, Dr. Gordon has another viewpoint.

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Human Conduct and The Pentagon Pizza Index

2025-10-03

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2025-10-03

The Pentagon Pizza Index (PPI), not the Producer Price Index, may be an interesting indicator that major events are taking place.

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Does Economic Growth Require an Elastic Money Supply?

2025-10-03

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2025-10-03

A long-enduring myth about money is that we need a flexible or "elastic" currency for the economy to grow. Economist Jonathan Newman joins us to talk about why this has never been true.

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James Comey Is Not an Innocent Victim of the Lawfare He Helped to Create

2025-10-02

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2025-10-02

Although the political establishment claims the Comey indictment represents an unprecedented moment in our history, the truth is much different. Federal prosecutors have a long history of bringing unjustified, politically-motivated prosecutions.

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James Comey Is Not an Innocent Victim of the Lawfare He Helped to Create

2025-10-02

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2025-10-02

Although the political establishment claims the Comey indictment represents an unprecedented moment in our history, the truth is much different. Federal prosecutors have a long history of bringing unjustified, politically-motivated prosecutions.

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Absolutism and the “Reason of State”: Rothbard on the Growth of Statism

2025-10-02

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2025-10-02

The Renaissance period is seen as mostly positive by historians, but the sinister development of absolutism and the imperial state complicates the legacy of that time.

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National Guards, Government Shutdowns, and the Prosecution of James Comey

2025-10-02

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2025-10-02

Troops in blue cities, Comey’s indictment, and shutdown theater.

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The Complicated Legacy of Andrew Jackson’s Bank War

2025-10-02

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2025-10-02

Was Jackson’s victory over the Second Bank of the United States a triumph for liberty, or did it merely expand federal authority under the guise of constraining it? His legacy is complicated, but there is much we can learn from it.

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Absolutism and the “Reason of State”: Rothbard on the Growth of Statism

2025-10-02

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2025-10-02

The Renaissance period is seen as mostly positive by historians, but the sinister development of absolutism and the imperial state complicates the legacy of that time.

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Trump, Comey, and the Long History of the Unelected Government

2025-10-01

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2025-10-01

The media is trying to frame last week’s indictment of James Comey as a “norm-shattering” use of executive power for personal gain. In truth, it's just the latest chapter in a much older story: the struggle between elected and unelected officials.

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Gold price soars above $3,800

2025-10-01

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2025-10-01

"As uncertainty deepens amid the U.S. government’s first shutdown in almost seven years, the gold frenzy continues to climb to new heights."

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The Complicated Legacy of Andrew Jackson’s Bank War

2025-10-01

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2025-10-01

Was Jackson’s victory over the Second Bank of the United States a triumph for liberty, or did it merely expand federal authority under the guise of constraining it? His legacy is complicated, but there is much we can learn from it.

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Gaza Genocide: The Coverup Begins. Johnny-Come-Lately Journos Start Covering Keister

2025-10-01

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2025-10-01

Ilana Mercer describes how, with the genocide of Gazans almost complete, the media is now reporting on it as a way of absolving itself of its complicity.

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Libertarian? Melei asks Uncle Sam for a Bailout

2025-10-01

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2025-10-01

Argentina’s central bank dipped into its already-depleted reserves to sell more than $1 billion of the US currency over three days to defend the peso.

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Argentine peso plunges again as Milei hints at bailout from USA taxpayers

2025-10-01

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2025-10-01

Scott Bessent pledged on September 22 to do “whatever it takes” to prop up the Trump administration’s most important ally in Latin America

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Trump’s National Guard Deployments Centralize Power and Undermine Federalism

2025-10-01

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2025-10-01

For those who are actually concerned about the further concentration of political power, the president’s habit of sending federal troops to American cities is a serious problem.

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Trump, Comey, and the Long History of the Unelected Government

2025-10-01

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2025-10-01

The media is trying to frame last week’s indictment of James Comey as a “norm-shattering” use of executive power for personal gain. In truth, it's just the latest chapter in a much older story: the struggle between elected and unelected officials.

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How the Fourteenth Amendment Empowers Judicial Activism

2025-09-30

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2025-09-30

Created to assure that newly-freed slaves would receive equal legal protection, the Fourteenth Amendment has come to dominate federal jurisprudence.

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