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Does Cutting Government Spending Risk a Recession?
August 19, 2025
Keynesian orthodoxy claims that cuts in government spending mean less “aggregate demand,” and less “aggregate demand” leads to recessions. Economic experience, however,
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Merger of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern Highlights the Need to End Amtrak Subsidies
August 19, 2025
The standard line for passenger rail travel in the US is that we need a government-subsidized entity like Amtrak because while there
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The Alaska Summit in Perspective: Steve Hanke on U.S. Strategy and Russia’s Position
August 19, 2025
In a candid interview, economist Steve Hanke calls the Trump–Putin Alaska summit “a photo-op,” arguing Russia already holds the upper hand in
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Murray Rothbard on Billionaires
August 19, 2025
According to Statista, there were 66 billionaires in the US in 1990. That number grew to 748 in 2023. Over the same
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Japan Rice Price Crisis Reveals a Twofold Policy Dilemma
August 19, 2025
Japan's economy is caught between inflationary monetary policy and powerful agricultural interests. There is no easy way out.
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Government Statistics Are Always Political
August 18, 2025
The recent political firefight over Trumps firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer overshadows the underlying question of why we need the BLS
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Why Do We Live in a Two-Faced World?
August 18, 2025
In normal human affairs, actions like lying, theft, and murder are considered to be immoral and anti-social. However, people are quick to
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