Political and academic elites have successfully convinced the public that they should fear private enterprise. However, people really should fear an out-of-control government.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

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They Want to Scare You with Myths of “Unhampered Capitalism” | George Ford Smith

Mainstream economists speak of GDP as though it is the economy itself, however, GDP is not a good measure of economic reality. Instead, it presents a distorted picture of genuine economic activity and leads to mistaken conclusions about the economy.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Is GDP an Accurate Measure of Reality? | Frank Shostak

Despite claims from progressive historians that US slavery was a natural outgrowth of a free market economy, the reality is that slavery would have been much costlier without governments—federal and state—subsidizing it. It is time to set the record straight.

Governments Had a Major Role in Sustaining Slavery | Joshua Mawhorter

Keynesians are known for using obscure and jumbled jargon to explain their fallacious ideas. The hope being that, the more confusing the language, the greater the perceived scholarship. Good economics can and should be clearly logically explained.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Conceptual Clarity in Dismantling Economic Jargon

While the world is abuzz over artificial intelligence (AI), present technologies are limited more than most people want to believe. The situation is ripe for malinvestments.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Is Artificial Intelligence the Next Easy-Money Bust? | Justin Murray

What is the source of our rights, natural Law or the state? Unfortunately, too many people who should know better choose the latter. David Gordon makes short work of their internal contradictions.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

How to Contradict Yourself about Rights | David Gordon

The US Armed Forces expand their footprints in the Indian Ocean, not to defend this country, but to expand military power. The Diego Garcia base has left a trail of ruined lives for those forced off their land to make room for yet another military base.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Diego Garcia and Cocos Islands: Another Example of US Imperialism

As AI continues to develop, so does the hysteria that AI will soon take over and relegate us to a dystopian future. We need to realize that, like so many other tools, AI can have good and bad uses, but it cannot control itself.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Debunking Alarmism over Artificial Intelligence | J.W. Rich

Ryan, Tho, and Jonathan Newman look at how the state and the media treat homeschooling and why parents are increasingly looking to homeschooling as an alternative. 

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The hatred and disparagement of gold as money and the gold standard has become standard dogma of and a pillar of the modern State. Mr. Buffet and Mr. Ramsey don’t know what they are talking about and have failed to look at the facts of history—any kind of history—in voicing their opinions. In complete contrast, regular people in society still see gold as an emblem of excellence more than a half century since the last vestige of the gold standard was taken away from us.

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Warren Buffett, Dave Ramsey, and John Maynard Keynes Are Wrong!

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David R. Henderson is a research fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He joins Bob to critique a recent Brad DeLong essay, which argued that the US had tried an experiment in "neo-liberalism" and that it failed utterly.

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