Economic History
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Debt, Destiny, and Dalio: A Review of How Countries Go Broke
Hedge fund titan Ray Dalio warns of looming fiscal disaster, yet his “Big Cycles” leave little room for free will.
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Burger Chef and the McDonald’s Happy Meal: A Case Study in Creative Destruction
The real secret sauce of America’s most iconic food chain? Borrowing competitors’ ideas, including Burger Chef’s kid-sized meals with toys.
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William Jennings Bryan vs. Carl Schurz: Lessons from the Gilded Age Money Debate
The harmful effects of rising money supply and rising prices fall heavy on the middle class. Printing “free” money is a costly temptation.
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The Forgotten Soap Opera That Took on the New Deal
As New Deal thinking took over the nation, The American Family Robinson offered economic alternatives with a side of murder mystery.
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Are the BLS and Other Government Statistical Agencies Partisan? Here’s What My Research Found
Bureaucracies are usually too self-serving to get partisan. The consequences of bad data are high, and error rates are pretty low — no matter who is president.
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80 Years After Total Surrender, Japan’s Strong Institutions Still Deliver
A combination of constitutional and commercial fixtures set Japan up for stability and growth, even as its Southeast Asian neighbors struggled.
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María Oropeza’s Brutal Capture Shows Gen Z Where Socialism Leads
Freedom activist María Oropeza was thrown into a torture prison in the middle of her livestream. Behind promises of free rent is a deadly intolerance for dissent.
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The Founders Would Be Appalled by Trump’s Tariff Policy—Even Hamilton
Tariffs aren’t just economic tools—they’re a test of America’s constitutional limits.
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From Tea Party Patriotism to Economic Nationalism: How the Right Gave Up on Small Government
The Republican Party once preached a creed of limited government and balanced budgets. With state control, tariffs, and deficits all rising, that ethical restraint appears to be long gone.
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Bad News, But Not Bias: BLS Bean Counters Got It Mostly Right
Even with recent revisions (and the resulting political firestorm) the Bureau of Labor Statistics has an impressive record of accuracy.
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Debt, Destiny, and Dalio: A Review of How Countries Go Broke
Hedge fund titan Ray Dalio warns of looming fiscal disaster, yet his “Big Cycles” leave little room for free will.
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Burger Chef and the McDonald’s Happy Meal: A Case Study in Creative Destruction
The real secret sauce of America’s most iconic food chain? Borrowing competitors’ ideas, including Burger Chef’s kid-sized meals with toys.
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William Jennings Bryan vs. Carl Schurz: Lessons from the Gilded Age Money Debate
The harmful effects of rising money supply and rising prices fall heavy on the middle class. Printing “free” money is a costly temptation.
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The Forgotten Soap Opera That Took on the New Deal
As New Deal thinking took over the nation, The American Family Robinson offered economic alternatives with a side of murder mystery.
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Are the BLS and Other Government Statistical Agencies Partisan? Here’s What My Research Found
Bureaucracies are usually too self-serving to get partisan. The consequences of bad data are high, and error rates are pretty low — no matter who is president.
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80 Years After Total Surrender, Japan’s Strong Institutions Still Deliver
A combination of constitutional and commercial fixtures set Japan up for stability and growth, even as its Southeast Asian neighbors struggled.
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María Oropeza’s Brutal Capture Shows Gen Z Where Socialism Leads
Freedom activist María Oropeza was thrown into a torture prison in the middle of her livestream. Behind promises of free rent is a deadly intolerance for dissent.
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The Founders Would Be Appalled by Trump’s Tariff Policy—Even Hamilton
Tariffs aren’t just economic tools—they’re a test of America’s constitutional limits.
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From Tea Party Patriotism to Economic Nationalism: How the Right Gave Up on Small Government
The Republican Party once preached a creed of limited government and balanced budgets. With state control, tariffs, and deficits all rising, that ethical restraint appears to be long gone.
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Bad News, But Not Bias: BLS Bean Counters Got It Mostly Right
Even with recent revisions (and the resulting political firestorm) the Bureau of Labor Statistics has an impressive record of accuracy.