Affirmative Action, Jewish Quotas, and Academic Central Planning
Race-based affirmative action began with President John Kennedy's 1961 creation of a Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC). Following that, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Then in 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson issued Executive Order 11246 that
Freight Rail Safety in the Year Since the East Palestine Derailment
David Kemp and Peter Van Doren
Bastiat versus MMT
One doesn’t need to search modern economic literature to take on the MMT crowd. Just read Bastiat. Original Article: Bastiat versus MMT
Rising Interest Rates and the “Great Reset” Bubble
While the “Great Reset” involves an unholy alliance between governments and big businesses, implementing its policies is impossible without central banks suppressing interest rates. Now that rates are rising, people are finding firsthand the real costs of the “Great Reset.” Original Article: Rising
Bye Bye Willie: The Political Rent-Seeker
Intellectual property laws provide another example of how government stifles innovation and competition. Original Article: Bye Bye Willie: The Political Rent-Seeker
Jacobin Capitalism?
In his review of Claes G. Ryn's The Failure of American Conservatism, David Gordon points out that Austrian economic methodology is not a value-laden Jacobin experiment, but rather a workable explanation of how a successful economy works. Original Article: Jacobin Capitalism?
Review: The Classical Liberal Case For Israel
In War Guilt in the Middle East (1967) Murray Rothbard observes that libertarians are very clear on the principles of liberty, but less so on the details of specific events: Now this kind of insight into the root cause of war and aggression,
Studying Economic Data and Processing It Is Not “Doing Economics”
Most mainstream economists believe the application of quantitative methods on historical data can explain the state of the economy. Others such as Ludwig von Mises held that the data utilized by economists is a historical display, which by itself cannot