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Friday, January 23, 2026

Continued calls for slavery reparations have no grounding in economics, law, or basic justice since “reparations” amount to nothing more than a new welfare program designed to redistribute wealth from one group to another in the year 2026. Those paying the bills have only the most tenuous connection to the long-dead people who might have benefited from slavery.

Also: Connor O’Keeffe notes that proposed Greenland negotiations have nothing to do with actual military defense.

Ryan McMaken, Editor-in-Chief

Reparations Are a Welfare Scheme and Would Have No Effect on Racial Wealth Gaps

William L. Anderson

For all of the demands for reparations for blacks, the schemes so far have been unworkable and would not address the real wealth gaps between black and white Americans.

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Greenland:
Trump’s Folly

This is purely about Trump’s ego, and it will cost taxpayers a lot.

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Will Trump Destroy NATO with a Greenland Invasion?

If NATO members aren’t even safe from other NATO members then what value is the alliance?

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Why Good Intentions Are Not Enough

The alleged “good intentions” the anointed political elites have do not negate the real damage they do.

World Power, World Policy, and the United States in 1917

Like the European powers in the run up to the Great War, the United States was very active in new imperialist adventures.

Trading with the Enemy: An American Tradition

Rothbard recounts how during the French and Indian War (1754–63), Americans continued the great tradition of trading with the enemy.

Central Banking
and Inflation

Some problems with inflation measures, inequality, and social mobility.

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The Misesian

The latest issue of The Misesian discusses why, without private property, there is no way to plan for the future, and one’s goods are always subject to confiscation from the more powerful. In other words, a world without private property is a lawless world.