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The decades of American and European intervention in Africa are coming to an end, and things are even worse for American interests there. Perhaps overthrowing governments and trying to dictate political outcomes wasn’t a good idea.
Original Article: Blowback in the African Coup Belt
 

Mainstream economists claim money has purchasing power because the government issuing the money has so declared. That makes no sense.
Original Article: How Does Money in Our Possession Acquire Value?
 

Despite statements from Biden and other progressives, profits in a market economy are not a form of plunder. Instead, they represent entrepreneurial gains that mostly benefit consumers.
Original Article: Profit Is Not Plunder
 

In a recent symposium on Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty, philosopher Matt Zwolinski takes issue with Rothbard on Murray’s views of freedom and property rights.
Original Article: Zwolinski Tries to Take Rothbard to the Mat
 

For most Americans, the debate is about what size the welfare state should be. But why is there a welfare state at all? 
Original Article: Thinking Properly about Public Welfare
 

Many people are selling their gold to make ends meet. Others are buying gold as insurance against mounting price inflation. 
Original Article: As the Dollar Falters, Gold Becomes Insurance, Not Speculation