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A new book demonstrates the consequences of the endless war on poverty.

Candidates aren't addressing, and voters aren't asking, tough questions about Ukraine. Or about China's threats to Taiwan.

 

What issues are the candidates and the parties not talking about? It’s worth asking, because sometimes these issues turn out to be important.

I'll begin with a provocative thesis: socialism is ideological and free market thinking, while involving myth, is nonideological. I will show why socialism is ideological and why free market thinking involves myth but is nonideological by...

Austrian economists often are labeled ideologues for advocating for free markets, yet socialism requires the ideological blinders

Commentary I’ll begin with a provocative thesis: socialism is ideological and free market thinking, while involving myth, is ...

Today, Bernie Sanders says that the United States has “more income and wealth inequality than any other major country on earth.”

The former Texas senator also thinks the rich pay way too much in taxes. No word yet on debtor’s prison.

The former Texas senator says income inequality is a myth. He couldn’t be more wrong, but I admire the old grouch for trying.