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Mark Thornton discusses a lesser-known factor in the American Civil War: the Confederate “impressment” policy and its impact at Vicksburg.
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Mark Thornton discusses a lesser-known factor in the American Civil War: the Confederate “impressment” policy and its impact at Vicksburg.
Herbert Spencer is best known for the term, “Social Darwinism,” but his writings on free markets and law remain brilliantly relevant today. While not...
The simple narrative today of the southern secession in 1860 and 1861 is that the southern states believed that the institution of slavery was...
Bob breaks down the recent Soho Forum immigration debate between Dave Smith and Alex Nowrasteh, clarifying the critical libertarian questions around property rights, open...
MMT uses chartalism and a few dubious examples to appeal to history to establish the theory‘s authority and validity, only to discard this element...
30-year Treasury yield spikes to 5.09%, 10-year yield hits 4.61%. 10-yr yield is back at 2005 levels.
In this lecture from the Mises Institute’s recent Conference on War Revisionism, McMaken looks at how classical liberals’ pro-peace foreign policy was defeated by...
Sales of previously owned homes in April declined 0.5% from March. That is the slowest April pace since 2009. Jobs and incomes aren’t nearly...
Massie is right, as usual. Most Republicans will vote for it anyway, and continue the US slide into bankruptcy.
A stagnating economy means fewer vacations and less air travel. Airlines are feeling it.
On Wednesday, the Treasury bonds auction was so weak that 20-year and 30-year yields continued to rise as investors expect a rising wave of...
Government protection and deposit insurance slows the inevitable—until it doesn’t.
Progressives have repeated the Malthus theme of overpopulation for six decades. However, the real demographic problem facing modern industrial nations has been the dearth...