Only Free Markets Will Liberate Russia
Recently, Russia has been experiencing a positive trend in support of more political freedoms. While this move undoubtedly signals significant […]
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A Plan to Make Me Great Again
I was out shopping for a sweater this weekend and I ran into Donald Trump, who told me that I […]
Venezuela’s Road to Literal Serfdom
In his classic 1841 book on financial bubbles, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles Mackay observed, “Men, […]
What the US Can Learn From Portugal’s Drug Decriminalization
Maybe the USA can learn something from Portugal, where all drugs were decriminalized in 2001? Compared to Portugal, drug overdose […]
The Failure to Repeal Obamacare Is an Intellectual Failure
Absolutely amazing. Even tragic. The Republicans railed against the proven failure that is Obamacare for years and voted at least […]
Government’s $15 Minimum Wage Advocates Aren’t Paying Their Interns
Almost all of the lawmakers who co-sponsored a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour also […]
Jay-Z: The Great Modern American Capitalist
Jay-Z may have a reputation for his unapologetic support of the Democratic Party and his family’s cozy relationship with the […]
Tax Apologists Don’t Even Believe Their Own Rhetoric
Whenever I debate my left-wing friends on tax policy, they routinely assert that taxes don’t matter. They argue that we […]
Why Hate the Koch Brothers?
Part I Part II Freakonomics Radio episode is called “Why Hate the Koch Brothers? Charles Koch, the mega-billionaire CEO of […]
The Sum of Knowledge (Full Measure w/ Sharyl Attkisson)
It’s perhaps one of the most important and pitched battles of our time: The battle to control information and sway […]
Who Actually Holds Walmart’s Wealth?
Who has the wealth of wealthy stockholders? The question seems absurd: the stockholders have it, of course. But I’m not […]
Don’t License Marijuana, Legalize It
If libertarians were in charge of legalizing marijuana, their first instinct would be to reach for an eraser. That is, […]
Why Experts Get the Gold Standard Wrong
Many mainstream economists, perhaps a majority of those who have an opinion, are opposed to tying a central bank’s hands […]
Robots Are Not Your Economic Enemy
In this era of rapid technological progress, many of us cannot help but wonder what the future holds. In particular, […]
Surveillance State (Full Measure w/ Sharyl Attkisson)
Source Full Measure News Twitter @SharylAttkisson Twitter @FullMeasureNews Follow 2VNews on Twitter Under the law that created the CIA in […]
Fast and Furious (Full Measure w/ Sharyl Attkisson)
It’s one of the longest running Congressional investigations of our time: the probe into ‘Fast and Furious’, the government’s secret […]