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By: Chris CaltonIn 1852, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech in Springfield, Illinois in which he talked about the attempts at required militia training. He described how much of a joke the citizens made of any attempt at mandatory militia training. “No ... [Read More]

By: Frank ShostakSome economists such as a Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman are of the view that if the US were to fall into liquidity trap the US central bank should aggressively pump money and aggressively lower interest rates in order to lift the rate ... [Read More]

By: Daniel McAdams, Jeff DeistDaniel McAdams from the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity joins Jeff to discuss Trumpian foreign policy in light of the president's recent speech on Afghanistan.The costs of our wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and ... [Read More]

The signs are everywhere for those willing to look: something has changed beneath the surface of complacent faith in permanent growth.This is more intuitive than quantitative, but my gut feeling is that the economy just stumbled off a cliff. Neither ... [Read More]

Successful adaptation requires a willingness to accept the risks of experimentation, innovation, flexibility and failure.The idea that the pace of change in technology, the economy and society is accelerating is increasingly self-evident. That this ... [Read More]

By: Ryan McMakenThere is a common naïve view among many conservatives — and other supporters of a bloated military establishment — that foreign policy is made as part of a rational process in which foreign threats are assessed, and then requests are ... [Read More]