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Keynesians are known for using obscure and jumbled jargon to explain their fallacious ideas. The hope being that, the more confusing the language, the greater the perceived scholarship. Good economics can and should be clearly logically explained. Original article: Conceptual Clarity in Dismantling Economic Jargon    

While the world is abuzz over artificial intelligence (AI), present technologies are limited more than most people want to believe. The situation is ripe for malinvestments. Original article: Is Artificial Intelligence the Next Easy-Money Bust?        

What is the source of our rights, natural Law or the state? Unfortunately, too many people who should know better choose the latter. David Gordon makes short work of their internal contradictions. Original article: How to Contradict Yourself about Rights        

The US Armed Forces expand their footprints in the Indian Ocean, not to defend this country, but to expand military power. The Diego Garcia base has left a trail of ruined lives for those forced off their land to make room for yet another military base. Original article: Diego Garcia and Cocos Islands: Another Example of US Imperialism        

As AI continues to develop, so does the hysteria that AI will soon take over and relegate us to a dystopian future. We need to realize that, like so many other tools, AI can have good and bad uses, but it cannot control itself. Original article: Debunking Alarmism over Artificial Intelligence        

How do we guard against misinformation when business firms join with government to promote things that simply are false? As Murray Rothbard noted, people still have reason and the free will to make decisions for themselves. Original article: Praxeology and Robert Malone’s “Surveillance Capitalism”    

The TSA's record for incompetence is astounding, even for a government agency. Any complaints, as this article shows, will be seen as subversion. Original article: TSA Tyranny Goes Cutesy    

The TSA's record for incompetence is astounding, even for a government agency. Any complaints, as this article shows, will be seen as subversion. Original article: Free Speech and Legislative Bans on DEI    

Progressive and even many mainstream economists believe that cash is a relic from the past and should be replaced with digital money. There are many good reasons why not to follow this course, and no good reasons to replace cash. Original article: The Regime’s War on Cash Could Destroy the Economy    

While the Harris-Walz campaign doesn't publicize the candidates’ records on the Covid-19 lockdowns and mask mandates, voters should know what they did. Not only did the lockdowns create massive economic damage, but they led to many more deaths than lives saved. Original article: Harris-Walz: The Ticket of Covid Tyranny    

From 1949 to 1962, American libertarian R.C. Hoiles and Ludwig von Mises corresponded many times, discussing issues relating to state power. While the correspondence at times was acrimonious, nonetheless, it offered valuable insight into the issues we still face. Original article: The Mises-Hoiles Correspondence: What Might Have Been    

Despite opposition from government at every turn, homeschooling has developed into an industry with astounding resources and high-quality results. Contrast the individual educational tailoring of homeschooling versus the government's version of individual care: the IEP label. Original article: Education: Labeling vs. Tailoring    

Contrary to myths of “Fed independence,” the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department work closely together to keep monetary inflation going nonstop.  Original article: Does Any Daylight Remain between Monetary and Fiscal Policy?    

Modern egalitarians play down the idea of free will, claiming that free will is relevant only if individuals have no interference with their choices. Murray Rothbard, on the other hand, recognized that self-ownership and one's ability to engage in reason is enough to recognize free will. Original article: Rothbard on Liberty and Free Will

While recent European Parliament elections have raised questions about Ireland’s role in the EU, the truth is that Ireland’s historical role in civilizing Europe reminds us that Ireland is more European than the EU itself. Original article: Ireland, Authenticity, and the European Union

Herbert Butterfield, who taught history at Cambridge, had many insights on the sea changes brought about by World War I and the collapse of the Old World Order. The new order that followed, he realized, was not an improvement over what previously existed. Original article: The Wisdom of Herbert Butterfield

Socialist regimes tend to follow the same playbook: promise much, deliver little, and, in the end, blame capitalism. Venezuela is the latest socialist entity to enter the Failed State Hall of Fame. Original article: The Dark Spectacle of Maduro: Elon Musk, Lula, and Electoral Fraud

It may not have been created in the lab of a mad scientist, but the euro is still a manufactured, cobbled-together currency made from a number of national monetary units. Indeed, it is the perfect Frankenstein currency. Original article: The Euro Is a Frankenstein-Currency

Politicians and hedge funds that push “Environmental, Social, and Governance” (ESG) scores and investing do so with the notion of improving social welfare. What they fail to realize is that these concerns are accounted for in human action already. Original article: ESG Undermines Social Welfare    

A few years ago, the leftist publication The Intercept claimed that inflation only hurts the “one percent,” but is “good” for everyone else. The truth is much different, as the Fed’s inflationary policies have benefited the politically-connected crony class. Original article: Why the Crony Class Loves Artificially-Low Interest Rates—And Why You Shouldn’t  

The flurry of post-Watergate “reforms” supposedly were passed to counteract government abuse of citizens. Not surprisingly, the FISA program, which was aimed at reducing internal government spying became the means of massive growth of the surveillance state. Original article: FISA: How a Watergate-Era “Reform” Turned into a Mechanism of Massive State Surveillance  

Modern mainstream economics bases its theories on utilitarianism. Murray Rothbard, on the other hand, saw economic law as based in natural law. Furthermore, he rejected the legal positivism of our age, again deferring to the law of nature. Original article: Natural Law and Rothbardian Liberty  

Even though homeschooling is growing in this country and the educational results are overwhelmingly positive, US progressive journalists naturally believe homeschooling is dangerous and in need of “oversight.” Original article: What the Media Says about Homeschooling  

It has been nearly 80 years since US aircraft dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities, but today, nations stockpiled with nuclear weapons engage in reckless foreign policies. It is time to recognize the danger irresponsible western governments pose to everyone else. Original article: Diplomacy, Distrust, and Nuclear War  

Keynesians believe that if there is a bout of inflation, central banks can slowly guide the economy to a “soft landing” which minimizes unemployment and income losses. Such policies, however, only lead to further boom-and-bust scenarios. Original article: The Fable of the Economic “Soft Landing”