economics Archives - The Libertarian Republic

What Murray Rothbard Could Teach Bernie Sanders about Rights 0
- Economics of Liberty, Front Page, Political Opinion
- June 24, 2019
The idea that there exists some sort of moral authority for the state to provide for the poor is nothing new. FDR declared nearly 90 years ago that True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. In 2019, progressives and democratic socialists have upped the ante, now declaring everything from a job to
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Can Americans Resist the Siren Song of “Free” Stuff?0
- Economics of Liberty, Front Page, Political Opinion
- June 24, 2019
By Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan Fewer than 18 months stand between us and the next presidential election, and politicians are tripping over each other to offer voters more “free” things, including everything from health care and college to a guaranteed basic income. But voters should be fostering a healthy sense of skepticism. If
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Is Facebook’s Libra the Dollar’s Killer App?0
- Economics of Liberty, Front Page, Headline News
- June 15, 2019
By Jeffrey A. Tucker Facebook changed the way we communicate, interact, and gather information. You don’t have to love all the results. But the reality of the shift in our lives is undeniable. Will Facebook’s new initiative to create a cryptocurrency do the same for money and payment systems? Most likely no, but the creation
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The 7 Worst Ideas for Regulation This Century 0
- Economics of Liberty, Front Page, Political Opinion
- June 13, 2019
Many good things have happened both in the United States and worldwide this century. In the U.S., we have the lowest unemployment rate in half a century. Worldwide prosperity is growing so fast that the rate of extreme poverty fell by half between 1990 and 2015, five years ahead of the World Bank’s optimistic goal.
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Good Money, Bad Money – And How Bitcoin Fits In 0
- Economics of Liberty, Front Page
- June 12, 2019
Let us start with talking about bad money, by which I mean the US dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen, the Chinese renminbi, the British pound, the Swiss franc, and basically all official currencies. They all represent fiat money. The term fiat is derived from the Latin word fiat and means “so be it.” Fiat
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Five of Hayek’s Biggest Ideas: A Study Guide 0
- Economics of Liberty, Front Page
- June 7, 2019
Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992) is today glorified by freedom lovers all around the world. The Austrian in a double sense—both as an Austrian citizen as well as a representative of the Austrian School of Economics, is mentioned in the same breath with the most prominent classical liberal economists of all time: right next to
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