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FedNow Isn’t a CBDC, but It Is Dangerous
While FedNow seems benign, there is the larger problem of the entire banking system itself being built on a foundation of...
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China Enters the Doom Loop
China's authoritarian gerontocracy has built a Doom Loop with Chinese characteristics, with over half the economy now crashing. Chinese exports are...
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Is the Monopoly Board Game Like Real Markets?
It feels like a silly thing to say, but board games are not real life. Playing a few rounds of...
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Can Fractional Reserve Banking Survive the Twenty-First Century?
Banker and financial expert Caitlin Long believes that fractional reserve banking is closer than ever to collapse, and she has...
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Inflation Is a Giant “Skim” on the American People
The price of a McDonald’s hamburger in the United States has inflated 3.75 percent annually over the last seventy years....
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How East Germany’s Stasi Perfected Mass Surveillance
The East German secret police, the Stasi, developed the art of mass surveillance using pre-digital methods. Modern tech now makes the job...
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Thanks to Government, Maui’s Lahaina Fire Became a Deadly Conflagration
The most destructive natural disasters are never 100 percent natural. Human choices, land use, and government policies play a big...
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Decentralize and Win
Michael Rectenwald talks with Paul Gottfried about Paleoconservatism, the left, Wokism, the identity and ethos of the ruling elite, and...
Read moreThe Taxpayers Bailed Out Yellow Trucking. It Went Bankrupt Anyway.
The Trump administration doled out $700 million in CARES “loans” to trucking firm Yellow. Now Yellow has gone bankrupt, and the...
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Golf Merger Is Opposed by Congress. This Is Misguided
The PGA Tour and the Saudi-owned LIV Golf are seeking to move past their cutthroat competition and merge together, but...
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