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The Liberalization of Holidays and the Ownership of Time21:54 Everyone loves to have time off, but what happens when governments force people not to work against their will? Has Trump Already Lost the War with Iran?21:54 Months ago, the administration said the war's goals were regime change and the removal of all uranium from Iran. We never hear about that anymore because the war has failed to produce either goal. Instead, Trump calls for opening the Strait of Hormuz, which had been open before the war. The Illegal Constitutional Amendment18:43 The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution has been the basis of numerous Supreme Court decisions, yet there is a compelling case for its never having been legally ratified. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon examines those claims. Scott Bessent: New Prince of the Yen?18:42 On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Tho, and Dr. Jonathan Newman recent economics headlines, including interventions to prop up the yen, a bad jobs report, and troubling signs in bond markets. Ahoy! Ahoy! The Telephone, Entrepreneurship, and Cronyism12:19 Our history books tell us about how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. They don’t tell us that his company then successfully got the government to grant it monopoly powers, thus harming consumers and stifling technological innovation for nearly a century. The Imaginary World of Fed "Independence"0:36 The rhetoric of independence allows the Treasury and the Fed to cooperate when convenient and deflect blame when something goes wrong. The Prussians Who Built Prussia13.srpna The stereotype of the Prussian as the militaristic, state-loving creature probably needs to be rethought. The history of Prussia and its people is more complicated than contemporary historians wish to admit. The Alice-in-Wonderland World of the WNBA13.srpna As Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever drove toward the basket for a seemingly easy breakaway layup, DiJonai Carrington of the Chicago Sky bore down on her. How the First World War Destroyed the Gold Standard12.srpna The ordinary people of Europe, so devastated by the shells of the First World War, would again be victimized by the new inflationary national currencies that would destroy savings and investment across the European middle class. "The ingredients are coming together for a US financial crisis"12.srpna "Trying to defer America’s fiscal reckoning by monkeying with debt instruments is the trick used by broken hegemons through the ages. It is a Faustian pact." The Six Nooses: How Interventionism Is Strangling the Family’s Will to Reproduce12.srpna As the birthrate falls in the US and other industrialized countries, we find that government intervention into the economy and family life is a big reason this is happening. Will Money Matter in an Economy That Is Significantly More Productive?12.srpna In a recent interview with The Economist, Elon Musk boldly contended that “money won’t matter in 2036.” He doesn’t understand money’s role. The Return of Economic Gaslighting12.srpna Democrats learned the hard way that voters don’t like being told the economy is great when they’re struggling to afford everyday life. Now Republicans have chosen the same strategy. Mark Thornton Joins Capitalcosm to Discusses Gold, Inflation, and Interest Rates12.srpna Mises Institute senior fellow Mark Thornton joins Capital Cosm to discuss what rising gold and silver prices, stubborn long-term interest rates, and growing pressure on the dollar may be signaling about the economy. Thornton explains how monetary inflation, government debt, and changing global demand for the dollar are reshaping financial markets—and why sound economic thinking matters in uncertain times. Unhappy Anniversary11.srpna This month marks 55 years since President Richard Nixon closed the “gold window,” severing the last link between the US dollar and gold. Under the 1944 Bretton |