Economics
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EconomicsFeatured
DC Maximum Density: When Conservative, Inc Finally Embraces a Good Idea
by Seton Motley July 11, 2022At least we know a good, conservative policy idea has reached DC critical mass – when Conservative, Inc gets around to endorsing it.
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Listen to economists with different world views describe events and decide for yourself which view makes more sense.
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In his formal address to the WEF, David Beasley, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme, explained that the global food situation was already bad before the Ukraine war, but that the situation has since escalated to become what he called the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II.
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EconomicsFeatured
The Centenary of Ludwig von Mises’s Critique of Socialism
by Richard Ebeling June 9, 2022The free market harmonizes the peaceful pursuits of each individual with the purposes and activities of all others.
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EconomicsFeatured
The Democrats’ Recession Is Yet Again Proving Price Caps Are Stupid
by Seton Motley May 25, 2022As government raises the floor for loans – the absolute last thing we need is government also lowering the ceiling.
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The laissez-faire variation on the liberal theme never really had a chance, because except for a small handful like Ludwig von Mises, it had few champions, even in the market-oriented liberal camp.
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EconomicsFeatured
Federal Fiscal Shortfall Nears $1 Million Per Household
by James Agresti May 9, 2022While some believe the U.S. government can spend and borrow with abandon because it can print money, one of the most established laws of economics is that there is no such thing as a free lunch.
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The Fed’s inability to see the onrushing freight train of inflation that has smacked America shows again that experts know much less than they think.
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EconomicsFeatured
Trump Trade Rep Lighthizer and Manchin: Support Grows for a Border Carbon Tax
by Seton Motley May 6, 2022We remain the only country actually cutting our own economic throat in the name of “climate change.”
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EconomicsFeatured
Ludwig von Mises’s Idea on Self-Determination Might Have Saved Ukraine
by Richard Ebeling May 1, 2022Following a classical liberal approach might not only have saved many thousands of lives but prevented hundreds of billions of dollars of destruction that will leave Ukraine much poorer.
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Government transfers cannot make a nation wealthier and have contributed substantially to inflation.
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EconomicsFeatured
Can Capitalism Survive? 80 Years After Schumpeter’s Answer
by Richard Ebeling April 26, 2022Our task is to do all in our power and ability to revive an understanding of and inspire a desire to preserve, restore, and extend the ideal and practice of the truly free society.
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Politicians who want to go into business should use their own money, not tax dollars.