While Donald Trump is trying to appeal to homeschooling families with his Agenda 47 plan, the reality is that by offering tax breaks and subsidies, the federal government ultimately will be able to regulate homeschooling, and federal control will ruin homeschooling as we know it.
Author: Mises
The High Cost of Kamala’s Price Controls
Ryan and economist Jonathan Newman look at what happens when governments try to control prices. It turns out bad things happen.
The Perpetual Struggle of Libertarian Candidates: Why They Face an Uphill Battle
Why do libertarian candidates face an uphill battle in the duopolistic system? Which party is more likely to ally with libertarian principles?
The Feds’ Runaway Deficits Are Here to Stay
The US will add another $2 trillion to the total debt this year, and the US is now spending a trillion of your dollars on interest per year. There is no end in sight.
John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Great Crash, 1929: A Retrospective
Although John Kenneth Galbraith promoted socialism and Keynesianism, at least he was an entertaining writer. His book, The Great Crash, 1929, provides a readable history of the stock market crash that helped bring on the Great Depression.
The Only Type of Democracy that Actually Works
Ryan takes a look at Ludwig von Mises’s definition of “democracy” and how democracy only works when mixed with an unlimited right to secession.
Federal Jobs Report Slices Total Jobs in New Revision
We already knew recent jobs reports—as far as the establishment survey is concerned, was based largely on made up numbers.
Kamala Harris Is Not a Radical Communist, but That Makes Her Even More Dangerous
Trump has taken to calling Kamala Harris a “communist.” But a real communist president would be hemmed in by the political class, who wants to keep the profits they’re extracting from us, and limited by a commitment to principles. Harris will not have that problem.
Krugman: Harris Hasn’t Proposed Price Controls and It’s Good That She Did
Krugman-the-textbook-author says price ceilings have terrible consequences. Krugman-the-columnist says they’re “reasonable.”
China’s competitiveness is driven by low taxation, not by industrial policy
Contrary to popular belief, China’s economy depends much less on central planning than in the past. China is strong in EV development, and the success is due not to government subsidies and direction but to plain good economics.