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Trump’s National Guard Deployments Centralize Power and Undermine Federalism
For those who are actually concerned about the further concentration of political power the president's habit of sending federal troops...
Read moreTrump, Comey, and the Long History of the Unelected Government
The media is trying to frame last week’s indictment of James Comey as a “norm-shattering” use of executive power for...
Read moreHow the Fourteenth Amendment Empowers Judicial Activism
Created to assure that newly-freed slaves would receive equal legal protection, the Fourteenth Amendment has come to dominate federal jurisprudence....
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Read moreMenger’s Barter Theory of the Origin of Money Is Still Standing
Professor Georgy Ganev joins Bob to explain that, contrary to the claims of David Graeber and the MMTers, the barter...
Read moreHow the Fourteenth Amendment Empowers Judicial Activism
Created to assure that newly-freed slaves would receive equal legal protection, the Fourteenth Amendment has come to dominate federal jurisprudence....
Read moreWhen Political Violence Becomes a Signal
Individual voters have little reason to become informed. Politicians have strong incentives to pander rather than persuade. Partisans are rewarded...
Read moreThe Wheels of Government Cheese
By trying to protect dairy farmers and raise their incomes, the government created a massive cheese surplus, then gave it...
Read moreThe Normalization of Assassination
During the Cold War, pro-assassination forces gained ground, but the illegal killing was hidden because it was inconsistent with the...
Read moreSchumpeter Explains the Origins of the Modern Tax State
In the West, the "tax states" we now live under are relatively modern institutions, and they developed from earlier non-state...
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