In the late 1800s, American finally went in search of empire abroad, taking land by force and subjugating people who simply wanted their captors to leave.
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Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics
Ft. Knox Full of Impure Gold Unfit for International Transactions
The bulk of the US gold reserves held in Fort Knox are made up of impure “non-standard” bars that don’t qualify for use in international settlements.
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The NFL Draft and Public Buses
When the recent NFL draft was held in Pittsburgh, city officials declared bus fares would be free so fans would pack the auditorium where the draft was held. Who would have thought that making scarce goods free would bring about chaos with the bus riders?
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Airlines and the Spirit of Enterprise
The best guarantee of jobs in the industry isn’t subsidies for the losers, but the prospect of profits for the winners.
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Want to Cut Taxes? Reduce Government Spending.
Politicians love to claim they are cutting taxes all the while running up ruinous debts and deficits. If they wish to get serious about cutting taxes, they first need to cut spending.
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Want to Cut Taxes? First, Cut Government Spending.
Politicians love to claim they are cutting taxes all the while running up ruinous debts and deficits. If they wish to get serious about cutting taxes, they first need to cut spending.
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The Battle of Ideas Paves the Way for Radicals and Revolutionaries
Both the Bolsheviks and the American revolutionaries laid the groundwork for their political victories by first fighting ideological battles.
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Responding to Geochartalism: Did Mosler Complete Menger?
Bob responds to a new working paper from the Geo-chartalism project, which claims to offer a complete theory of the price level by combining insights from Menger, Cantillon, and Warren Mosler.
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Federal Prosecutor: “I’d Like to Prosecute Any Nun Who Still Wears the Head Habit”
DOJ prosecutor Gaston replied: “I would like to take a special assignment of finding and prosecuting [habited nuns].”
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Wall Street and Sound Money
" Wall Street cannot be counted on to do anything to move the American monetary system towards the proper sound money standard we so desperately need – indeed, quite the opposite."
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Gold, Rules, and the Limits of Monetary Control: The Fallacy of Monetary Control
In 1971, when the last formal link between the dollar and gold was severed, more than a monetary system collapsed.
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How Government Debt Reshapes the Economy
The system does not break all at once; it wears down slowly, through a steady loss of purchasing power that households are already beginning to feel.
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Remembering the Costs of War
As the US is involved in yet another pointless war, we would do well to remember the real costs of war, how it strips us of our liberties, and destroys our futures.
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El Estado depredador ya está aquí: la clase media bajo ataque
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Steuerreform : Droht uns der Steuerhammer?
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The Justice Department Indicts the Ministry of Love
The recent DOJ indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center might be controversial, but what is not controversial is that the SPLC engaged in conduct that was more reminiscent of the Ministry of Love in 1984 than protecting someone’s civil rights.
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Government Regulations Create Monopolies and Stifle Competition
The regulatory state is also the entity that stifles competition, reduces economic cooperation, and impedes the production of wealth.
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Warum ich nicht in Rüstung investiere ️🧠 Wie stehst du dazu? 🤔
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SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 2.2 billion francs compared to the previous week
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Household wealth in 2025
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Heads up for NZD and CHF traders, RBNZ Gov Breman and SNB Chair Schlegel to speak
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Swiss franc appreciation has led to tighter monetary conditions – SNB minutes
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SNB’s Chairman Schlegel: A few months of negative inflation wouldn’t be a problem
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