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Thursday, February 5, 2026
 
 

The regime’s politicians love inflation and cheap credit. It’s good for the government, which is deeply in debt, and it’s also good for the policymakers who pretend they are trying to make life more affordable. In truth, the policymakers caused the problem they now claim they are solving.

Ryan McMaken, Editor in Chief
 
 
The Cost of Living: The Problem Isn’t Too Little Credit, but Too Much
Carlos Boix
Politicians are touting “affordability” to describe the current regime of rising prices. However, most lawmakers who claim they are trying to make things more affordable demand policies that make things more costly.
 
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Adam Smith Misunderstood the Origins of the Division of Labor
Mark Thornton
Although Adam Smith is well-known for emphasizing division of labor, his analysis was woefully incomplete, as Dr. Mark Thornton points out.
 
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It’s No Surprise that Conservatives Have Rediscovered Their Love of Federal Power
 
Nor is there any reason to
expect anything better.
 
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Politics and the
Power Elite
 
Rothbard argues that party labels are window dressing: Wall Street networks steer cabinets, the Fed, and foreign policy.
 
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