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The Multiyear Decline in US Economic Freedom

September 29, 2023/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Richard M. Salsman

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

AS economic freedom in the world has plunged in recent years, due mainly to the interventions and fiscal-monetary profligacy associated with COVID shutdowns, mandates, and subsidies. The global measure is given in Figure One. This is a significant reversal of freedom’s increase between 2010 and 2019. But the downtrend is much worse and more prolonged […]

A Tragic Half Century Without Gold Money

August 18, 2021/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Richard M. Salsman

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

In 2012 a poll taken by the University of Chicago’s Booth School of three dozen academic economists from eight prestigious universities revealed that they all despised the gold standard; they rejected it not so much for its track record but as a possible monetary system for current times. Professors from Chicago (8), Stanford (6), Yale (5), Harvard […]

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