Election 2021 Autopsy: Dem Disaster in VA
"Let's Go Brandon!" scored an early win in Virginia, and hurt Democrats in New Jersey. Suburban voters seem to hate Critical Race Theory in schools more than they disliked Donald Trump, even as the corporate press dismissed it as a
Employer Vaccine Mandates: When the Feds Pay the Piper, they Call the Tune
Advocates for vaccine mandates—led by the Biden Administration—are apparently unconcerned that the mandates are likely to drive down total employment and reduce access to government services. In many cases these are the same services that mandate-pushing politicians have always insisted are utterly
What “Inflation” Really Means
Most commentators label increases in the prices of goods and services over a period of time as inflation. Ludwig von Mises however, held that the popular definition of inflation is erroneous. He wrote in Economic Freedom and Interventionism (p. 99), Inflation,
Pope Francis Blames Capitalism for World Hunger, Yet Again
Last month on “World Food Day,” Pope Francis yet again graced us with some economic words of wisdom in three tweets, effectively blaming free enterprise and capitalism for the continued existence of world hunger: The fight against hunger demands we overcome the
Resist the Unique Patient Identifier!
If people who torture animals are psychopaths, then what are government officials who use taxpayer dollars to fund animal torture? Many are asking this question in the wake of revelations that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, headed
Why China’s Property Bubble Is a Big Deal
No economy has been able to ignore a property bubble and even less so offset it and continue to grow, replacing the bust of the real estate sector with other parts of the economy. Heavily regulated economies from Iceland to
Murray Sabrin: How Entrepreneurs Beat the Fed-Generated Boom-Bust Cycle
Entrepreneurial businesses acknowledge and understand the inevitability of boom-bust cycles in the Fed-manipulated economy. But they refuse to be defeated or even deterred. They find the profitable pathway through both the boom and the bust. Murray Sabrin has compiled a
The Great Reset, Part VI: Plans of a Technocratic Elite
In previous installments, I introduced the Great Reset idea1 and treated it in terms of its economic2 and ideological3 components. In this, the sixth installment, I will discuss what the Great Reset entails in terms of governance and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4-IR),
The Federal Reserve’s Assault on Savers Continues
The front-page headline in the Wall Street Journal on October 14 says it all, “Inflation Is Back at Highest in over a Decade.” The Labor Department reported that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 5.4 percent from a year ago. This should
The Historical Origins of Modern American War Crimes
Last month I reviewed Samuel Moyn’s Humane (New York, 2021) but discussed only a few topics in it. Owing to the book’s great importance, I’d like in what follows to address another issue as well, and this is something with which