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Thursday, October 23, 2025
 
 
The Myth of Planned Obsolescence
William L. Anderson
The concept of “planned obsolescence” makes no economic sense and is often an excuse for governments to harass and shake down innovative entrepreneurs. Much of so-called planned obsolescence is really entrepreneurship at work improving products for users and consumers.
 
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MAGA, MAHA, and Our Growing Health Bureaucracy
Dr. Robert Malone
It’s the master of public health awardees who are running public health. An MPH is a two-year degree which does not require you to have any prior training in health, in biology, or in medicine. It’s primarily focused on the use of big data and statistical analysis.
 
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Legalized Counterfeiting
 

Legal tender laws sanctify counterfeiting and siphon wealth via rising prices.

 
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The Myth of Planned Obsolescence
 
Real waste comes from subsidies, regulation, and monopoly privilege.
 
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Understanding Resentment against Capitalism

One of the great ironies of anti-capitalist resentment is that the contempt results from a fundamental misunderstanding of the difference between liberty and statism.

 
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Hamilton’s Counterfeit Capitalism
Hamilton is the founder of the American system, but it definitely isn’t capitalism. It is a system of federal supremacy, national banking, government debt, and cronyism.
 
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How Bailouts and Stimulus Pave the Way for a Lot More Spending on Everything
If we can spend trillions on bailouts and stimulus checks, why not launch universal basic income and slavery reparations programs?
 
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We Have Not Properly Reckoned with the Economic Insanity of 2020
 

2020’s lockdowns and money printing haunt us today.

 
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Hayek for the 21st Century—Our New 100,000 Book Giveaway
 
Hayek for the 21st Century is a primer for the layperson, introducing a new generation of readers to Hayek’s writings and hopefully avoiding the 20th century’s mistakes in the 21st century.
 
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