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How a Bitcoin System is Like and Unlike a Gold Standard
Bitcoin's purchasing power is much harder to predict at any horizon.
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Mad about Net Neutrality and EpiPens? Blame Regulations
Burdensome FDA regulations and other laws essentially granted Mylan a monopoly.
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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 Perón took over. And Hong Kong was relatively poor. But look at what’s happened over time. Perón’s statist policies produced a…
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Trump faces pushback on tariffs but says he will not back down
The planned tariffs have roiled world stock markets as investors worried about the prospect of an escalating trade war that would derail global economic growth. Stocks across the globe rose on Monday, however, after four days in decline as…
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Why Gustavo Petro’s economic program is not viable
Petro wants to have government promote public banking, 'reduce' rents, take on tax reform, substantially increase the budget for public education, and reform the pension system. But how will implement these changes?
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Bunge’s Argentina plants lure ADM takeover approach, creating soy behemoth
The firms would have to overcome opposition from U.S. farmers who fear that giving more market share to ADM could hurt wheat, corn and soybean prices, said Peter Carstensen, who teaches antitrust law at the University of Wisconsin Law…
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More bullets than ballots in Mexico as another candidate is gunned down
Instead of keeping tabs on how many factories move away from Mexico to the United States, President Trump should instead track the number of assassination attempts Mexican election candidates have had to endure this year.
In the…
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Mexican Presidential Candidate López Obrador’s Undeniable Connection to the Venezuelan Regime
No matter how you look at it, the Venezuelan dictatorship--currently presided over by Nicolás Maduro, and imposed by Hugo Chávez in 1999--is indefensible. The country's annual inflation sits above 2,600%, more than half of the existing…
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California’s Libertarian Candidate for Governor Pledges to Make the State a Land of…
Though the United States is suffering from bipartisan disagreement on every level of government, one candidate has risen up with a notably unconventional style that doesn't align with Republicans or Democrats. His name is Nickolas…
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Spanish President Cancels Visit to Cuba, Focuses on Cataluña Elections
EspañolSpain President Mariano Rajoy announced that he will be canceling his trip to Cuba, which was originally planned for early 2018.
Officials in Spain and Cuba had the "historic" visit scheduled for February — with an official…
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Venezuela’s Road to Serfdom Is What Happens When Friedrich Hayek’s Warnings Are Ignored
By Brittany Hunter
Hayek is truly at his best in the seventh chapter of The Road to Serfdom, “Economic Control and Totalitarianism.” In past chapters, he has rationalized moderate state intervention in the economy. But here, we see…
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The United States’ Overlooked Love Affair with Protectionism
By Scott Lincicome
“Trump has heaped scorn upon those Republicans who have worshiped at the alter of unfettered free trade.” - Joe Scarborough, May 22, 2016
“I wouldn’t say that you know this free trade obsession is something…
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