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What We Can Cut to Balance the Budget
Are Super-PACs Good for Democracy?
What exactly is a Super PAC? Prof. Bradley Smith, the former Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission, brings some clarity to these controversial groups.
Does Stimulus Spending Work?
Is Money Speech?
Prof. Bradley Smith illustrates some ways money is used in practice to ensure people have free speech.
Should We End the Federal Reserve?
Professor White concludes that the Federal Reserve is not necessary. Evidence shows that nations can survive without a central bank.
Should the Government Track Your Political Activity?
Under the law, the government has been able to track and make publically available the political contributions of all citizens.
Should Majorities Decide Everything?
Professor Munger warns that individual protections are slowly being stripped away as American courts fail to recognize the limits of majority rule.
U.S. Prison Population: The Largest in the World
According to Prof. Daniel J. D’Amico, a free country should not have 1.6 million people in prison, and a fiscally responsible country cannot afford to.
Is Capitalism “Pro-Business?”
Professor Steve Horwitz advocates for free market economic policy. He refutes the often recited claim that “What is good for General Motors is good for America.”
Who Needs Economics When You Can Vote?
Professor Jason Brennan explains why economic freedoms should matter as much as political freedoms.
Business Cycles Explained: Monetarist Theory
Moving to the world of Monetarism, Tyler Cowen introduces Milton Friedman and evaluates the case for creating monetary stability.
Interest Rates in Austrian Theory
How can we escape the business cycle? Austrians propose that we steer clear of inflation.
Business Cycles Explained: Sticky Wages & Prices
Tyler Cowen explains the theory of Wage & Price Stickiness.
Business Cycles Explained: Austrian Theory
What is the central claim of Austrian Business Cycle Theory? Cowen boils down the Austrians’ boom-bust explanation.
Business Cycles Explained: Real Business Cycle Theory
Does the ‘Real Business Cycle Theory’ have a corner on reality? Cowen gives us a crash course.
Business Cycles Explained: Keynesian Theory
Tyler Cowen examines the Keynesian theory of the business cycle.
Business Cycles Explained: Introduction
Professor Tyler Cowen vets the contenders for the “top macroeconomic theory” title.