police - Michael DeVinney

The Modern-Day Secret Police

All totalitarian regimes need secret police. Its objective isn’t to enforce laws or find actual criminals. It exists to … Read the rest

The Tobacco Standard in Colonial America May 30, 2025
MMT and chartalism claims that money is a creature of the state and is valued because of state action. The fact that tobacco acted as colonial money independently of the state demonstrates this to be false.
Joshua Mawhorter
Comrade Aristotle? May 30, 2025
In today‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon looks back upon the ethical views of the late Alasdair MacIntyre. While praising MacIntyre‘s work, Dr. Gordon points out that he never abandoned his Marxist views of economics, making much of his philosophical thinking crucially deficient.
David Gordon
Did the Fed Achieve Independence During the Korean War? May 29, 2025
Rumor has it that the Federal Reserve was able to resist the president‘s demands to enable funding of the Korean War. However, a look at the record demonstrates conclusively that the Fed bowed to Harry Truman‘s wishes to do what it has done for a century: finance America‘s wars.
Jonathan Newman