"Business" is a product of civilization and it cannot exist for long in the absence of a specific constellation of conditions, chiefly moral, which support our civilization. The economic ingredient in the constellation is, as we shall see, free competition.
– Wilhelm Röpke
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
February 22, 2023
Brzezinski's Confession
While American interventionists remain stone-cold silent about the way that the Pentagon, operating through its old Cold War dinosaur NATO, knowingly, deliberately, and intentionally provoked Russia into invading Ukraine, it’s instructive to remind ourselves that this wasn’t the first time that the Pentagon provoked Russia into invading another country. Let’s go back to 1979, when the Pentagon was still waging its old Cold ...
Trump's Big Lie about Medicare and Social Security
by Laurence M. Vance
In a recent brief video message to his supporters, former president and current 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump warned Republicans about ...
Don't Bow Down to a Dictatorial Government
by John W. Whitehead
The government wants us to bow down to its dictates. It wants us to buy into the fantasy that we are living the dream, ....
Why Sue Amazon for Antitrust Violations?
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
Why is the Justice Department considering filing an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon? Join FFF president Jacob G. ...
Fiat Money and the French Revolution
by Phil Duffy
Weimar Germany’s hyperinflation is well known, as are more recent hyperinflations in Argentina and, most recently, Venezuela. Perhaps fewer people have heard of John ...
Republican Déjà Vu
by Laurence M. Vance
The year was 1994. A Democratic president had been in the White House for two years. The Democrats controlled the Senate and the House ...