12+ hour, 51+ min ago   (458+ words) Everybody says they want freedom, but most people really don’t, mainly because they don’t know what true freedom is. And if they did, they would—and do — reject it. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom,” Benjamin Franklin wrote,…...

12+ hour, 51+ min ago   (132+ words) Marxists want economic enslavement, not individual empowerment. They want to confiscate private property and end property ownership. It is, after all, not affordable. They do not want to create opportunities for individual success and achievement. Remember, if you own a…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (19+ words) I much enjoyed participating in this, and I expect many of our readers will much enjoy listening to it....

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (151+ words) Scott Bessent boasting “I am the house” and trying to talk down the dollar is the classic hubris of a central planner. As Martin Armstrong points out, we saw this exact political vanity with the 1985 Plaza Accord—and the market…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (363+ words) Writes Bill Madden: What we are experiencing is the logical conclusion of an economic cycle where a relatively few super-rich families own and control everything. The wealth transfer from the people to these wealthy rulers has been present since our…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (417+ words) For the life of me, I just cannot understand why anyone would choose serfdom over freedom. After all, we’ve been given only one life to live. Wouldn’t it be better to live that one life in freedom rather than serfdom?...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (768+ words) When you look at present day America 2.0, you almost have to marvel at the depth of the unfairness, injustice, and criminality all around us. As I’ve said so many times, there is nothing accidental about it. None of the randomness…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (645+ words) Though Herbert Hoover was a pioneer among presidents in getting the government to “do something” about a depression, he was no maverick. He had the support of distinguished court economists who promoted the idea that stable prices were the key…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (177+ words) Bad proposals and programs are coming from both the left and the right. - Matthew Mitchell, Steven Globerman - Start a free trial today for full access. Socialism: The Newest Old Idea That Won’t Work Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1254+ words) If you look carefully at the American landscape right now, you can spot patterns that suggest we are living through one of these transitional periods. Not a sudden collapse, but a gradual reconfiguration of how things work. The signs are…...