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August 20, 2020

Mises Institute

By Ryan McMaken

How Bailouts and Stimulus Pave the Way for a Lot More Spending on Everything

If we can spend a few trillion overnight to bail out investors and send out 150 million stimulus checks, why not also launch a universal basic income and a slavery reparations program?

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By Darren Brady Nelson

How Fear and Uncertainty Drives Demand for Gold

Demand for gold tends to increase as faith in government and government intervention in the economy declines.

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By Henry Hazlitt

From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984

In 1884, Herbert Spencer wrote The Man versus the State. Spencer's political views are regarded by most present-day writers, who bother to mention him at all, as "extreme laissez faire," and hence "discredited." But any open-minded person who takes the trouble today to read or reread The Man versus the State will probably be startled by two things.

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