freedom - Michael DeVinney

The Misunderstood Battle Cry of the Masses

Freedom. A word championed by many but understood by few. It’s a term thrown around carelessly, often stripped of its … Read the rest

Many people support freedom in name only. There are many made up terms and terms used incorrectly. The masses—by … Read the rest

Mastery of jargon doesn’t make you a competent economist. You must understand property to understand freedom. Economics is about … Read the rest

We can either have freedom or statism but not both. Statism is being pushed all over the world. Freedom can’t … Read the rest

Free trade is used to bamboozle the public. It’s how the establishment labels agreements to gain popular support. These so-called … Read the rest

Totalitarianism is now a mass movement, and the individual is ignored. The average American thinks he is free. Sometimes I’m … Read the rest

Seattle’s Other Monorail: Some Lessons for California June 2, 2025
While this page has covered rail boondoggles in California and elsewhere, we also look at Seattle, which looked at building a monorail system, but then later wisely back off, saving the city‘s taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars of future taxes.
Jane L. Johnson
1995: When I Testified Before the Train Wreck Known as Congress June 2, 2025
Elon Musk has found out the hard way that one can ferret out hundreds of billions of dollars that Congress wastes, but fail in getting its members to stop wasteful spending. Jim Bovard learned that hard lesson 30 years ago.
James Bovard
What Should the Optimum Growth Rate of Money Supply Be? June 2, 2025
The mainstream economic belief is that a growing economy needs a growing money supply to ensure “price stability.” Austrian economists, however, believe that there is no “optimum” money supply, which means government should not engage in monetary expansion.
Frank Shostak