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The Search for an Ideal Money
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Henry Hazlitt | Saturday, November 1, 1975The trick is to keep our money out of the hands of political controllers. -
In Search of a New Monetary Order
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Hans F. Sennholz | Saturday, January 1, 1972Monetary alchemists have yet to find an internationally acceptable substitute for gold. -
The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than Most European Nations
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James D. Agresti | Friday, August 30, 2019The US is so economically exceptional that the poorest 20 percent of Americans are richer than many of the world’s most affluent nations.
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7 Financial Tips From the Book of Proverbs
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Annie Holmquist | Monday, December 26, 2022Here are just a few of the financial bits of wisdom that Proverbs offers.
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How Media Outlets Misinform the Public about Teacher Pay
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James D. Agresti | Wednesday, May 23, 2018Many major media outlets report misleadingly small figures for teacher pay. By failing to reveal all aspects of teacher compensation, these outlets hid the true costs to taxpayers.
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A Carbon Tax Won’t Stop Hurricanes
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James Agresti | Friday, September 15, 2017Certain media outlets have linked Hurricanes Harvey and Irma to global warming by ignoring wide-ranging facts and cherry-picking timeframes, geographical locations, report contents, and the opinions of scientists. As explained in an academic book about analyzing data, “One of the worst abuses of analytics is to cherry pick results. Cherry pickers tout analysis findings when the results serve the purpose at hand. But, they ignore the findings when the results conflict with the original plan.”
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Leonard E. Read: Philosopher of Freedom
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Mary Sennholz | Wednesday, September 26, 2018Fill out the form below to get your own copy of Leonard E. Read: Philosopher of Freedom! Preface In 1946, when Leonard E. Read set out to launch the Foundation for Economic Education, the eyes of the economics profession were on the federal government. Members of Congress were discussing the Full Employment Act, and the […] -
Is Google “Abusing” Its Monopoly? Should Government Fix It?
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Julian Adorney | Tuesday, July 28, 2015Antitrust laws are supposed to protect consumers, but they simply replace consumer choices with government control. -
The Rise and Fall of Society
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Frank Chodorov | Wednesday, March 21, 2018Fill out the form below to get your own copy of The Rise and Fall of Society! Dedication To Francine When you are old enough to read this book there will be a Society and there will be a State, and both will take their character from the reigning ideas of the times. I suspect […] -
Public Support for “Soaking the Rich” Stems from Media Misinformation
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James Agresti | Thursday, February 21, 2019By feeding falsehoods to respondents, pollsters can severely distort the results of their polls. The press has done that on a wholesale basis with the American public on this issue and many others.