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Does Libertarianism Require Support for Open Borders?
February 23, 2024
Dave Smith makes the Rothbardian/Hoppean case for government restriction on immigration, arguing that it's a second-best solution given the undeniable fact of
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US States Have a Long History of Defaulting
February 23, 2024
The American bankruptcy show of the twenty-first century continues unabated with federal and state government spending. History reveals that some states have
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Misunderstanding Both Lincoln and Basic Economics
February 23, 2024
Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experimentby Allen C. GuelzoAlfred A. Knopf, 2024; 247 pp. Allen Guelzo has been carried away
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Hubris Runs Rampant at the Fed
February 23, 2024
Prices will always increase, some small banks will fail, and the Fed was asleep at the switch when the run on Silicon
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Welfare for Migrants Ensures the Border Crisis Will Continue
February 23, 2024
Earlier this month, The New York Post reported that the mayor of New York is giving away pre-paid cash cards—each carrying "up
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Another Reason Why Individual Freedom Is So Much Better than Central Planning
February 22, 2024
Much of the developed world is slipping into a hyperregulated malaise. Growth rates are down across most major economies, and the developing
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They’ll Never Pay Down the National Debt
February 22, 2024
Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop talk with Jane Johnson about why the feds will never pay down the debt. Instead, they have
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Do Human Emotions Better Help Us Understand Economic Analysis?
February 22, 2024
According to behavioral economics (BE), emotions play an important role in an individual’s decision-making process. For example, if consumers become more optimistic
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The Homo Economicus Myth
February 22, 2024
Among the larger albatrosses burdening the economics profession is the idea of Homo economicus. To this day, most economics undergraduates hear about