by Richard Ebeling We are told in The Analects of the famous ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius (551–479 BC), Once Confucius …
Tradition and Why the Russians are Who They Are
Summary No matter how reasoning and independent thinking we are and attempt to be, we can never completed escape from …
Milton Friedman and the New Attack on Freedom to Choose
Summary A counter-revolution against freedom is busy at work in the United States today, and it is, perhaps, not surprising …
Disaggregating Keynes Demonstrates Macro Delusions
Summary The current economic crisis through which the United States and the world are passing is primarily the result of …
Self-Censorship and Despotism Over the Mind
Summary These are strange and divisive political and social times, only matched in my lifetime, it seems to me, by …
There Will Be No Recovery Without Production
Summary Too many politicians, news and policy pundits, and “economists” have called for one of the oldest fallacies in economics …
Paul Krugman’s Ad Hominem Defense of Central Banking
Summary We live at a time when attacks on people have replaced reasoned discussion and debate over the merit of …
On Cancel Culture
Summary “Cancel Culture” is the new fashionable phrase for overturning and obliterating the existence and memory of the American idea …
Herbert Spencer on Equal Liberty and the Free Society
Summary At time of political and economic crises, including during a viral pandemic, it is worth recalling the notable voices …