Rent Control Is Bad for Renters, but Good for Politicians
Entrepreneurs, unlike politicians, have skin in the game…
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Want Free Markets In Gold, Silver, Stocks, Or Any Other “Financial Market”? Starve The Beast
There is only one way to move forward. If you want free markets, that is…
Continue readingWell-Intentioned Policies That Make Life More Expensive
Society may have the best interests of tenants or employees, in mind, yet many public policies are incompatible with commonsense understanding…
Continue readingUS Trade Is Crippled by the American Government, Not the Chinese
Some fair-weather friends of free trade have been rethinking their positions in the face of supposed Chinese economic weaponization of pharmaceuticals…
Continue readingA Tip For The “CHAZ Republic”: Start Thinking Like Conservatives
It did not take long before the “self sustaining” SJW nation of CHAZ became a laughing stock among web denizens…
Continue readingCentral Banks Are Destroying What Was Left of Free Markets
This is NOT an exercise without cost. It’s no longer robbing Peter to pay Paul. It’s robbing Peter to pay Peter…
Continue readingWe’re All in This Together (But Not in the Way You Think)
What keeps me up at night is that we have not yet seen the end game, and that when we do it may be worse than what anyone can imagine…
Continue readingHow Central Banks And Lockdowns Are Making The Crisis Worse
Instead of the government presenting us with “Stay Home” advice, we should be presenting them with “Do Nothing” advice. Here’s why…
Continue readingWhat The Pandemic Revealed: A Morally Bankrupt Culture
Monopolies, quasi-monopolies and cartels are inherently exploitive and thus evil…
Continue readingHyperinflation Watch: Amazon Sued For “Price Gouging”
When will we know the hyperinflationary crack-up boom has begun? When the lawsuits begin?
Continue readingBix Weir: OPEN AMERICA NOW! Only FREE MARKETS Can Save Our FREEDOM!!
Should we listen to the Government and watch our companies, jobs and lives get flushed down the toilet, OR should we go back outside to Rebuild Our Lives?
Continue readingPrice Controls Mean Shortages, Even during Pandemics
Since retailers aren’t allowed to “price gouge,” this had to lead to immense shortages of hand sanitizer, especially…
Continue readingBix Weir: The FREE MARKETS In Gold, Silver, Cryptos & Stocks DIED In 1971
How can ALL BUSINESSES be shut down, yet the stock market maintains and silver gets held in check? Here’s how…
Continue readingPeople Are Seeking Answers From The Government, But Bureaucrats Can’t Fix This
The government has no money of its own, and monetary pumping won’t help ailing businesses, but this will…
Continue readingThe Noncrime Of “Price Gouging” (Or, Govt’s Chance To Educate Public On Supply & Demand)
We’ve had real-life examples in recent years of what happens with government price controls. Just look at Venezuela…
Continue readingRon Paul: Government Making Coronavirus Outbreak Worse, Let The Free Market Address Supply And Demand
As with everything else, the government is making the coronavirus outbreak much worse…
Continue readingWhat Free Market Money Would Look Like
Gold & silver would still be in widespread use, and were the government intervention to end, there is no doubt they would be again…
Continue readingCapital Accumulation, Not Government, Is The Key To Technological Innovation
For the government to implement a particular project it must obtain the funding from the real wealth generating private sector. So, in this sense…
Continue readingUnions And Protectionism, Not Free Trade, Doomed U.S. Manufacturing In The Rust Belt
Productivity lagged precisely because manufacturers, and their workers, didn’t have to become more productive. Workers didn’t have to…
Continue readingSocialism Is The Greatest Threat To The Environment
If we want a true alternative to fossil fuels that improves the environment, reduces emissions, and strengthens global welfare…
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