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Saturday, August 9, 2025
 
 
Leftists Still Want to Abolish the Family
Ryan McMaken
The reduction of individuals to impotent, isolated units—who interact primarily with state agents—is the ultimate outcome of the Left’s efforts, regardless of what its stated goals may be.
 
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The Last Day of Barter and Questions for the First Day of Chartalism
Joshua Mawhorter
In framing his discussion of monetary theory, Rothbard talked about a theoretical “last day of barter.” In chartalist theory, what would state actors have to know and do on the theoretical “first day of chartalism”?
 
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Scholars and Schemers: How the Left Ruined Higher Education
American institutions are influenced by leftist ideas, showing the success of Antonio Gramsci’s strategy to bring socialism to the West by weakening institutional resistance.
 
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Harry Truman and the Atomic Bomb
The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime worse than any that Japanese generals were executed for in Tokyo and Manila. If Harry Truman was not a war criminal, then no one ever was.
 
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Anarcho-Capitalism: The Nine Most Important Objections
“Anarcho-capitalism is good in theory, but it would never work in the real world.” What are the objections to anarcho-capitalism and how do we answer them? Stanisław Wójtowicz provides some answers.
 
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Why We Need Austrian Economics
Economist Joseph Salerno joins Ryan to talk about what makes the Austrian School of economics different.
 
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Responding to Richard Werner on Banking
Bob Murphy and Jonathan Newman offer a comprehensive Austrian response to Richard Werner’s claims on the Tucker Carlson Show.
 
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Capital Consumption
Mark Thornton examines how inflation, deficit spending, and distorted market signals quietly erode the productive assets that fuel economic growth.
 
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Tariffs on India, Redistricting Battles, and a Possible Trump-Putin Meeting
 
Another week of Washington fixing the world with power grabs and price hikes.
 
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The Dollar Dilemma:
Where to from Here
 
Ron Paul explains how the collapse of sound money threatens global stability. He warns that inflation, debt, and central banking undermine economic freedom and erode trust in the dollar. Dr. Paul defends honest money and currency competition as essential to liberty, prosperity, and lasting peace.
 
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