Power & Market

Reading the most recent FOMC minutes, it’s difficult to know whether they believe what they say, or are just going through the motions, attempting to stave off economic collapse for as long as possible.

Unfortunately, the problem with this type of interview is that it doesn’t get to the heart of the matter. When asked about why 2% inflation, there was no follow up to challenge Powell. 

Only a free market for ideas can solve the problem of political correctness and prevent its pernicious effects.

Is price gouging wrong? For many, this practice does not exactly seem to be ethical.

"Private companies" that openly deplatform, impoverish, and unperson dissident voices are waging a war of attrition.

Whether discussing Christianity or Black Power Rothbard always provided a unique, rigorous, and often surprising world view of his own. 

Henry Grady Weaver’s The Mainspring of Human Progress drew out how poverty was almost everyone’s fate throughout world history until the evolution of capitalism made civilization possible.

It's less and less convincing when the Fed claims it acts “solely to fulfill our congressionally mandated goals of maximum employment and price stability." 

As FDR’s gold crackdown showed, tyrants know the importance of controlling money in a time of crisis. It appears cryptocurrency could be central banks' next target. 

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