Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics
Why Increases in Money Supply Can’t Create Economic Growth
Many economists believe that expanding the money supply helps create and facilitate economic growth. That is not the case.
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No Paine, No Declaration
In celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we remember names like Jefferson and Washington. Unfortunately, the man probably most responsible for push this nation to independence, Thomas Paine, is mostly forgotten.
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Keiko Fujimori, a center-right populist, is elected president of Peru
She is another right-leaning president, following Colombia's new president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, elected last month.
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The Vine That Ate the South: Government Solutions vs. Market Solutions
The government paid Southern farmers to plant kudzu—millions of acres of it—to fix a Dust Bowl the government's own policies helped create.
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It’s the Fourth of July! Why Am I Sad?
The US “celebrates” its 250th birthday today, but not everyone is celebrating. We bring back a classic from 10 years ago that is even more relevant today.
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America’s Libertarian Revolution
In the deepest sense, the American Revolution was a conscious majority revolution on behalf of libertarianism and against power.
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It’s the Fourth of July! Why Am I Sad?
The US “celebrates” its 250th birthday today, but not everyone is celebrating. We bring back a classic from 10 years ago that is even more relevant today.
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America’s Libertarian Revolution
In the deepest sense, the American Revolution was a conscious majority revolution on behalf of libertarianism and against power.
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Birthright Citizenship and the Supreme Court
Automatic citizenship for the children of foreign nationals on US soil will only further politicize immigration and increase calls for more limits on migrants in the US.
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Patriotism Shouldn’t Apply to the Debauched Dollar
The dangers posed by a paper fiat currency were well-known even in the early days of the U.S. republic.
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The Rise and Fall of Rational Control: Mansfield’s “Effectual Truth”
In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Harvey Mansfield's The Rise and Fall of Rational Control and finds that the author could benefit from some rational thinking himself.
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Tracing Jefferson’s Libertarian Thought in the Declaration of Independence
Many largely accept Jefferson’s statements about rights, liberty, consent, criminality, and the role of government, however, many come short of adopting Jefferson’s radical libertarian political convictions.
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Foreign interventionism is anti-American
The original opponents of American intervention abroad — the anti-imperialist movement of the late 19th century — were in fact the true inheritors of the republic and its first principles.
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Japan government says it may still intervene to support the yen
The yen's "prolonged weakness has become a growing headache inflating the cost of imported raw materials and worsening the squeeze on households..."
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What Independence Day Really Means
In this episode of the Radio Rothbard, we look at Murray Rothbard's monumental history of the American Revolution, Conceived in Liberty.
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On Swiss National Bank
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SNB Sight Deposits: increased by 4.4 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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