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The Hidden Costs of “Buy Now, Pay Later” Culture

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The modern debt culture—underwritten by the Federal Reserve’s expansionary policies—is not only harms capital development, but it also encourages short time preferences, which diminishes the structure of production.
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Socialism Is a Political Doctrine, Not an Economic One

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Socialists claim they just want to create a more “just” and “equitable” economic system. In reality, socialism is a political system that uses economic rhetoric.
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Small countries and large waves of immigration: the [classical] liberal solution

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The greatest tension arises when migrants become dependent on any form of state funding.
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50-Year Mortgages: The Ripoff of the Century

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In finance, memories are short. The mortgage industry makes out with 50-year paper, the consumer, not so much.
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Remember the great Justin Raimondo, critic of the warfare-welfare state

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Rothbard's biographer, and a great friend to peace and freedom. I still miss reading Justin's weekly column at antiwar.com.
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Hoover was an Economic Interventionist—That was the Problem!

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Even as historians have softened on their outlook on Hoover, they usually still manage to avoid the obvious connection between interventionism and lack of economic recovery.
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