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Confucius and Trump’s Department of War

On September 5, President Trump signed an executive order making The Department of War an official secondary name for The…

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France’s Financial Misery Is a Bad Omen for Other Countries

“History doesn’t repeat, but it often rhymes,” is a famous saying attributed to American author Mark Twain. When you read…

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Remaking the Fed: A Look Back at the Banking Act of 1935

This year marks the ninetieth anniversary of the Banking Act of 1935, the law that gave the Federal Reserve its…

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The Fed’s Mission Creep Under Jerome Powell

In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, former Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker recounts an interaction with…

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Can the President Assassinate Suspected Criminals?

“I don’t give a sh*t what you call it.” So wrote Vice President J.D. Vance in response to journalist Brian…

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One Big, Beautiful Tradeoff for the Fed

President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) is a mixed bag for the Federal Reserve. On the one hand, OBBB’s…

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Decentralized Defense: How Ukraine’s Lean Military Outperforms Expectations

National security is the textbook case of a subsidized public good — taxpayer-funded, centrally coordinated, and traditionally insulated from market…

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When Family Firms Meet Market Discipline: a Lesson from ‘Tommy Boy’

The 30th anniversary of Tommy Boy was recently commemorated in Sandusky, Ohio, with the first Tommy Boy Fest. I was…

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What Shipping Containers Did for Trade, Stablecoins Can Do for Money

In 1956, a trucking entrepreneur named Malcolm McLean did something quietly radical: he placed 58 identical steel boxes onto a…

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Escape from New York, 2025 Millionaire Edition

For decades, New York City prided itself on being the financial capital of the world. It’s a place where money,…

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