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William Nordhaus coined the term “Political Business Cycle” a half-century ago. The idea was that government authorities, particularly the central bank, would manipulate the...
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While this page has covered rail boondoggles in California and elsewhere, we also look at Seattle, which looked at building a monorail system, but...
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Staples and Tech Swap Positions Again The weekly sector rotation continues to paint a picture of a market in flux, with defensive sectors gaining...
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The mainstream economic belief is that a growing economy needs a growing money supply to ensure “price stability.” Austrian economists, however, believe that there...
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While artificial intelligence is often discussed in terms of automation or productivity, its potential as a creative and intellectual partner is just beginning to...
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Herbert Spencer is best known for the term, “Social Darwinism,” but his writings on free markets and law remain brilliantly relevant today. While not...
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The simple narrative today of the southern secession in 1860 and 1861 is that the southern states believed that the institution of slavery was...
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Over the past five sessions, the Indian equity markets headed nowhere and continued consolidating in a defined range. In the previous weekly note, it...
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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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Discover the top 10 stock charts to watch this month with Grayson Roze and David Keller, CMT. From breakout strategies to moving average setups,...
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There’s no denying that the equity markets have taken on a decisively different look and feel in recent weeks. We’ve compared the charts of...
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The transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but much lesser known is...
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Mainstream economists define inflation as the increase in an imaginary “price level” that is relatively neutral in its effects. Austrian economists, however, know better,...
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Ours in an age when people panic, sometimes for good reasons but often for bad. Governments benefit from panicked citizenry, which is why we...
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Amtrak is always on the verge of reviving intercity rail traffic in the US, or at least that is what politicians want us to...
