Economists’ Pro-Fed Petition Discredits Its Signers
A passel of bigwig economists has signed a petition urging Congress and the executive branch “to reaffirm their support for and defend the independence of the Federal Reserve System as a foundation of...
View ArticleCan the Rampaging Leviathan Be Stopped or Slowed?
In a recent commentary titled “Diagnostics and Therapeutics in Political Economy,” I endeavored to show that an analytical understanding of past growth in the government’s size, scope, and power does...
View ArticleRobert Higgs on Bernanke and the Federal Reserve on Fox News “Freedom Watch”
Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs is interviewed here on Fox News “Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano,” regarding the Federal Reserve System. Based on his recent article, “A Reader’s...
View ArticleQ&A on Obamacare
A few days ago, via e-mail correspondence, I answered some queries about the new health-care-insurance law put to me by Marina Galisova, a reporter for the Slovak weekly magazine Tyzden. It seems that...
View ArticleMedia Blackout of Ron Paul: Jon Stewart asks “How did Ron Paul become the...
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Indecision 2012 – Corn Polled Edition – Ron Paul & the Top Tier www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire...
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Ode to the Welfare State
The following was nationally distributed in the United States by the Associated Press and appeared in the New York Daily News on Friday, November 4, 1949. The measures being referenced are those in the...
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TSA: Keeping America Safe...from Ron Paul?
TSA Sees These as the Faces of TerrorismEveryone keeps harping on how the Israelis have licked their security problems through effective profiling of airline passengers, so the TSA decided it would...
View ArticleNew Video with Ron Paul: “Defining Liberty: The Future of Freedom”
How can Americans overcome record government spending and debt, escalating healthcare costs, intrusive federal surveillance, endless wars, ongoing economic malaise, high unemployment, failing schools,...
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No, Senator Sanders, the Fed Was Always a Creature of Cronyism
Reforming the Federal Reserve can brighten the future of American democracy—but unless the reforms reflect an understanding of how and why our central bank was created, the Fed will continue to serve...
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Decisive Brexit Referendum: What Happens Next? Part 4: The EU Enters Its Endgame
[See Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here.] The Brexit vote was never just about whether the Brits would reject rule from Brussels. The real issues were much broader and felt across the whole...
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Why Donald Trump Is Obama’s Logical Successor (And How an App Might Help)
Establishment Republicans have been beating their breasts over Trump’s election no less than Hillary’s supporters, bewildered that a man so beyond the pale could have been the Republican nominee, much...
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9/11, Independent Institute and 20 Years of the “War on Terror”
Literally on 9/11/01 and throughout the 20 culture-destroying years since, the Independent Institute has stood hard and fast for the difficult but essential principles that undergird liberty, human...
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