Avoiding Military Conscription Through Emigration: A Long and Common Tradition
In the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kiev government issued a decree that men between the ages of 18 and 60 were prohibited from leaving the country so as to be conscripted into military service. This
The $73 Million Settlement Against Gun Manufacturer Remington is Backdoor Gun Control
Remington Arms, America’s oldest gun manufacturer, settled for $73 million in a wrongful-death suit filed by the families of several victims of the Sandy Hook shooting. Bushmaster, the company that actually manufactured the rifle used in the shooting, is owned
Martial Law Was Not a Political Panacea for the Philippines
Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been making headlines lately as the presidential race in the Philippines runs ever closer towards the 2022 elections in May this year. On the local level, and at the time of this writing, he maintains
The Roman Empire Wasn’t “Civilization.” It Was Violence.
Review of Michael Kulikowski, Imperial Triumph: The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine (London: Profile Books, 2016) and Imperial Tragedy: From Constantine’s Empire to the Destruction of Roman Italy (London: Profile Books, 2019) When English historian Edward Gibbon wrote his history
No, Inflation Is Not “Transitory,” and It Is Worse than the Government Admits
The inflation rates reported by governments are generally, at the very least, a little lower than they actually are. And the US government is not an exception. It makes the CPI (Consumer Price Index) artificially lower (by making changes in
Why Putin Probably Hasn’t Doomed the Dollar
In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the economic consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. What has been the damage from America's weaponization of the dollar? Is Russia likely to return to the gold
Behind Klaus Schwab, the World Economic Forum, and the Great Reset: Part 3
Bob continues his series on Klaus Schwab and the Great Reset, highlighting an interesting remark in Biden's SOTU, Strobe Talbott's open support for global government, and the introduction to Schwab's book on Covid-19 and the Great Reset. Mentioned in the Episode
Why Sanctions Don’t Work, and Why They Mostly Hurt Ordinary People
The United States and its western European allies have in recent days repeatedly increased economic sanctions against not only the Russian regime, but against millions of ordinary Russians. It has done this by cutting much of Russian trade and Russian finance out of
Quantitative Methods are Incomplete When Used for Economic Analysis
Most economists today regard the use of mathematical and statistical methods as the key towards understanding the complexities of economics. They believe that in order to be scientific, economics should follow in the footsteps of natural sciences and primarily use
Chapter 8: President Jefferson: The Corruption of Land
Part III: The Failed Jeffersonian Revolution, 1801–1817. Narrated by Scott R. Pollack