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The Gold-Silver Ratio
Mark Thornton digs into the gold-silver ratio—its wild swings, its history, and what it might mean for investors and the...
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P.T. Bauer’s Reminders on Foreign Aid
The late P.T. Bauer provided much insight into the issue of the so-called First World sending aid to Third World...
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The Spanish Blackout Is a Warning to the World
The blackout in Spain was not caused by a cyberattack but by the worst possible attack—that of politicians against their...
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Enslavement of Native Americans in the Caribbean
The transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but...
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Truth or Consequences
This week on Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews The Price of Our Values by Augustin Landier and David Thesmar....
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Only Congress, Not the President, Can Initiate War
Edwin S. Corwin in The President: Office and Powers, 1878-1957 has argued that the Constitution is a tussle for control...
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Federal Judge Sets Free Op-Ed Writer
Federal prosecutors were not able to produce any evidence at all other than an op-ed Ozturk wrote.
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Gov. Newsom Appeals to the Sunk Cost Fallacy to Promote the Failed Bullet Train
In the world of private enterprise, business owners pay attention to costs already incurred that cannot be recovered, also known...
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The Fed Leaves Fed Funds Rate at 4.5% as Economic Storm Clouds Gather
The Fed is now hemmed in by a rising risk of stagflation. It doesn‘t know where the economy is headed,...
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Will Trump Follow Nixon’s IRS Road to Ruin?
Like presidents before him, Donald Trump is using the IRS as a weapon against organizations he doesn‘t like. Richard Nixon...
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