The Constitution Was a Coup d'État

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February 14, 2020

By David Gordon

Rothbard: The Constitution Was a Coup d'État

Rothbard took the American Revolution to be mainly libertarian in its inspiration, but he contends that the libertarian impulses of the Revolution were betrayed by a centralizing coup d’état. If Rothbard is right, the Constitution as written provides ample scope for tyranny.

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By Tho Bishop

Senate Attacks Judy Shelton for Sin of Being Outside the Mainstream

Today the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing for President Trump’s two most recent Federal Reserve nominees. In one chair sat Christopher Waller, vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, whose dreadfully dull answers could have been the product of a bot forced to watch one thousand hours of central bank testimony.

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By Frank Shostak

Government "Fixes" for the Trade Balance Are Worse Than Any Trade Deficit

The national trade account balance is of little economic significance and is a sterile concept. But the government’s attempts to "fix" it can have many harmful effects.

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By Ludwig von Mises

The Anticapitalist Front

The rising generation is brought up in an environment that is engrossed in socialist ideas.

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