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The Inca Empire: An Indigenous Leviathan State
One of the realities that nullifies persistent interpretations of the European colonization of the Americas as a cataclysm of subjugation is the existence of state exploitation in the precontact New World. As I have recently...
The REAL ID Means a Real Leviathan
The annoyance of government edicts, no matter how petty, challenge my emotional equilibrium in a manner different from the various vagaries of life. Sure, I do not want to experience something such as a...
“Going Cashless” Isn’t as Easy as It Seems
Rather than spend money and boost aggregate demand, the increased demand for cash works against this. Consequently, it is argued that individuals’ access to cash should be curtailed in order to minimize the potential negatives that cash can pose to economy’s health.
Homicide Rates in 2020 Surged to a 24-Year High. It’s Another Sign of a...
According to FBI’s Crime in the United States report,, the homicide rate in the United States rose to 6.5 per 100,000 in 2020, which is the highest rate reported since 1997—a twenty-four-year high.
The Bank of Canada’s Failed Mission to “Preserve the Value of Money”
In Canada, inflation hit 4.7 percent in October, and is expected to go even higher. According to a recent survey, 46 percent of Canadians are struggling to feed their families because of the rising cost of living.
Why “Macro” Thinking in Economics Is Such a Problem
What has brought on this rash of macro addicts? Nearly everyone trying to solve problems bigger than the would-be problem solvers … and, as a consequence, push us into the coercive collectivism of the all-powerful state.
How the Classical Gold Standard Fueled the Rise of the State
Throughout much of the past century, the idea of a gold standard for national currencies has been routinely linked with laissez-faire economics and "classical liberalism"—also known as "libertarianism." It's not difficult to see why...
Conservatives and the Free Trade Straw Man
When Ronald Reagan officially announced his candidacy for president of the United States in November 1979, he called for the establishment of a large free trade zone encompassing the USA, Canada, and Mexico...
The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy...
In his must-read new book, The Real Anthony Fauci, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. describes how journalist Liam Scheff chronicled Fauci’s “secretive experiments on hundreds of HIV-positive foster children at Incarnation Children’s Center (ICC) in New York City...
The “Acid Rain” Scare and the Science-Industrial Complex
People who can recall or who are aware of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell speech to the nation in January 1961 usually remember it for his use of the phrase “military-industrial complex.” Eisenhower wrote:
This conjunction of an...