Defensive Gun Use Is More Than Shooting Bad Guys
A range of credible data suggests that civilians use guns to stop violence more than 100,000 times per year.
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Here’s Everything You Need to Know about Peronism (and Trump)
Argentina used to be one of the world’s richest nations. Indeed, it was the world’s 10th-richest country when PerĂłn took over. And Hong Kong was relatively poor. But look at what’s happened over time. PerĂłn’s statist policies produced a…
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Argentina’s last ex-dictator Bignone dies at age 90
He was one of 15 former military officials found guilty by an Argentine court in 2016 of conspiring to kidnap and assassinate leftist dissidents as part of the Operation Condor program
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An NCO revolt is the only hope left for Venezuela
Once the Foreign Ministry of Peru banned Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro from attending the Summit of the Americas, international intervention in Venezuela was officially declared. Will it reach a direct military…
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The myth of dystopian deregulation
The Brexit Secretary, David Davis has thankfully made clear to the world that Brexit won’t turn the UK into a dystopian hellscape such as the one depicted in Mad Max. This is good news, as I for one, do not want to live in a world where…
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Venezuelan Secret Police: The key to Maduro’s oppressive hold on power
Tyrannical regimes generally employ repressive domestic intelligence directorates to keep the opposition at bay. In Venezuela, the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional — SEBIN),…
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Bitcoin Is Booming in Brazil, and Politicians Are Uselessly Trying to Stop It
By Raphaël Lima
You’ve probably heard and read about all the massive gains Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies had this year, and where there are money and freedom going on, politicians will soon be hot on the trail to tax it to…
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What the Gold Standard Can Teach Us About the Future of Bitcoin
Lawrence H. White
Many commentators have compared Bitcoin to gold as an investment asset. “Can Bitcoin Be Gold 2.0,” asks a portfolio analyst. “Bitcoin is increasingly set to replace gold as a hedge against uncertainty,” suggests a …
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Canada’s Justin Trudeau Has a Strange Understanding of Free Trade
The lack of free trade hurts poor people the most. Therefore, we should welcome Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s comments in support of free trade, right? Well, not so fast.
During Trudeau’s visit to China in December, the…
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Move Over Ambulances, Uber’s Coming
By Charles Hughes
As a mode of transportation to a hospital when a patients’ illness, injury or affliction precludes them from driving, ambulances are a blunt method that is far from perfect. Patients sometimes find themselves hit…
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Why Cryptocurrency Naysayers Are on the Wrong Side of History
By Justin Faber
On March 10, 1876, a new invention sent an invisible electrical signal through a pair of copper wires. On the other end of those wires, the signal was converted to sound waves and Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant…
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In Argentina, President Macri Marches on as Divided Peronists Wait for Slip Up
By Rodrigo Vivas and Guillermo Fremd
Emboldened by his resounding victory in mid-term congressional elections, Argentina’s president Mauricio Macri has been forging ahead with investor-friendly economic reforms, taking advantage of…
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