Stephen is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and lives in Texas. He retired from state government service and has time to help family and friends read about economic history.
Episode 2604 of The Tom Woods Show released on February 8, 2025, entitled, “ Is the U.S. Headed for Breakup (in the Long Run)?” interviewed Ryan McMaken, Senior Editor of The Mises Institute. The main...
An August 17, 2024 article, at oilprice.com, entitled, “A New Era for Nuclear Power in the US” describes US government funding and intervening to reopen closed or closing nuclear power electric...
The federal Chapter 9 bankruptcy declaration by the Puerto Rican (PR) government in May 2017 was the first time a US sovereign territory declared insolvency with $72 billion of debt. PR, over time...
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.
For all of the media ballyhoo about the CHIPS Act, it really is a page out of the old five-year plans from the Soviet Union. The CHIPS Act will have the same success as befell the Soviets.
When the government wants to make something more affordable, that usually means new subsidies, laws, and regulations that drive up the real price. Higher medical prices will mean more medical bankruptcies.
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