Politics

President Trump‘s recent assertions that the Fed should lower the discount rate puts him squarely in the middle of Fed politics and exposes the messy truth that the Fed is…

Central bank digital currencies are surveillance disguised as money.

Part of bringing up young children is to tell them stories and accounts about people who did the right thing, and how they made life better for themselves and others.…

“The critical point was, again the Middle Ages, and there you had an adversarial position between the church and the state that was, in fact, crucial.”

American history classes typically teach that the original transcontinental railroad was a major triumph. What they don‘t say is that it was a product of corporate welfare that created economic…

Jonathan Newman joins Bob to explore the archaeological evidence for silver as money in ancient Mesopotamia, challenging Modern Monetary Theory and affirming Menger’s classic account of money’s market origins.

Think silver prices are manipulated? There’s more to the story. Mark Thornton explores the economic theory of “joint supply” and how it can create a “silver lining” even in a…

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When someone does not passively accept the statement that FDR’s New Deal brought about economic recovery, but instead demonstrates anti-recovery, those ideologically committed to the myth will often hop to…

Herbert Marcuse took pride in his dense, but incomplete writings on philosophy. Dr. Gordon examines Jacob McNulty‘s futile attempt to interpret the thinking of someone who supported Marxian socialism but…