Censorship through the Centuries: Free Speech Suppression by the Government and the Mainstream Media
While Americans believe the First Amendment protects their speech, the US government and mainstream media have joined together to suppress speech that does not coincide with government policies. Original Article: "Censorship through the Centuries: Free Speech Suppression by the Government and the
Family Flourishing and State Denigration
There is little doubt that the institution of the family in the West is in crisis. Birth rates have been declining in the USA, and most Western countries have fertility rates below replacement level. Abortions number over five hundred thousand
The European Energy Crisis May Be Back Soon
European natural gas prices soared almost 40 percent on the risk of a global liquefied natural gas shortage. European wholesale power prices remain below the record highs of the energy crisis but have steadily climbed as the volatility in the international
Taking Back the Meaning of “Inflation”
By corrupting the meaning of inflation, mainstream economists have given a false picture of what happens when monetary authorities expand the money supply. Mises and Rothbard understood. Original Article: "Taking Back the Meaning of "Inflation""
Department of Agriculture Bureaucracy
Chris Edwards Congress is scheduled to consider a major farm bill this year, which will reauthorize many U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, including farm subsidies and food stamps. The legislation could cost $150 billion a year and so presents an opportunity to
Idaho Leads the Nation Toward Expanding Pharmacists’ Scope of Practice
Marc Joffe With the national shortage of doctors and the cost of visiting a physician, policymakers should be offering patients the option to use other qualified medical providers. Aside from nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, and nurse midwives, a category of professionals that can
Argentines Are All Peronists No Longer
Daniel Raisbeck “We are all Peronists,” remarked Argentina’s corporatist strongman Juan Domingo Perón in 1972, the year before he assumed the presidency for the second time. His quip turned out to be more accurate for the 21st century than for his
Eurodollars as a Fractional Reserve Market
Austrian economics properly understands the ability of commercial banks to create money by mismatching their depositor liabilities with their issuing of money substitutes (i.e., the creation of credit). One possible place for further exploration is the role that nonbank or
A Link Tax Won’t Save the Newspaper Industry But It Might Just Ruin the Internet
Paul Matzko My policy analysis of the Journalism Competition
Australian Study on Opioid Prescribing Is the Latest to Challenge the False Narrative about the Cause of the Overdose Crisis
Jeffrey A. Singer This month Australian researchers published the results of a population cohort study that followed the 5‑year trajectory of 3.7 million adult patients in New South Wales who were prescribed opioids for pain in the Journal of the American Medical