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Origins of the Welfare State in America

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We must realize that the two most powerful motivations in human history have always been ideology and economic interest, and that a joining of these two motivations can be downright irresistible.
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Why I Won’t Be Mourning Dick Cheney

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Cheney was an architect of both Iraq wars, and he was a perennial supporter of the American surveillance state, torture, and more.
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Government Intervention, Not BlackRock, Is To Blame For The Housing Crisis

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The rent is too high. However, government interference into rental markets has been the main reason rents are so high in the first place.
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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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