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by David Stockman The Social Security Act of 1935 had virtually nothing to do with ending the depression, and if anything it had a c...

by  Tyler Durden Think the best paid public servant in your state is some tax-collecting bureaucrat with a commission-based comp struct...

In this far-reaching documentary, we are first treated to a history lesson from the early 80s to the present day - a story of lust, de...

by Jeff Clark   "All this money printing, massive debt, and reckless deficit spending – and we have 2% inflation? I...

by Joseph T. Salerno [Originally posted on Circle Bastiat , the faculty blog of the Mises Institute. Read Circle Basti...

by David Howden The Federal Reserve Board recently announced the preliminary and unaudited results of its 2012 operations. For those ...

Creating and sustaining a nation of zombies is expensive. Large sections of the US population have been turn...

[This essay was originally published as "Die Legende von Versagen des Kapitalismus" in Der Internationale Kapitalismus und die ...

by paulcraigroberts.org  Is the “fiscal cliff” real or just another hoax? The answer is that the fiscal cliff is real, but it is a res...

Free markets are not to be blamed for the Great Recession. On the contrary, its origins rest upon the deep government and central bank in...

The “fiscal cliff” is another hoax designed to shift the attention of policymakers, the media, and the attentive public, ...

By: Eric Sprott As long-time students of precious metals investing, there are certain things we understand. One is that, h...

On December 12th, the Federal Reserve announced the most aggressive program of monetary stimulus ever undertaken in peacetime...

by Chris Martenson   Okay, the Fed's recent decision to boost its monetary stimulus (a.k.a. "money printing,...

by zerohedge.com How to Deal with Economic History   In a recent article at the NYT entitled ' Incredible Credibility ', P...

By Sheldon Richman ERNEST HEMINGWAY: I am getting to know the rich. MARY COLUM: I think you’ll find the only differen...

The Austrian School of Economics has prevailed through time given the relevance it has gained in understanding the way markets really...

By Gerardo Coco We face one of the deepest crises in history. A prognosis for the economic future requires a deepening...