By: Andrew Moran For a Nobel laureate, economist Paul Krugman possesses a poor track record. In 1998, Krugman predicted the internet would have as much of an impact on society as the fax machine. A few years later, he urged the Federal Reserve to inflate a housing bubble to replace the dot-com calamity. Then later, in the […]
Listen to the experts? Why trusting them will cost you money
By Cliff Siegner The country has largely been divided into two camps. The first camp is full of people who just don’t pay too much attention. They have unshakable faith in Wall Street and government institutions. The typical investor buys stocks for the long haul. It might be because financial advisors are just as unquestioning, […]
Some pigs are more equal than others? What America learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
By: Andrew Moran At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, big-government acolytes and globalists planted the seeds of authoritarianism. Now that the sun is shining and the severity of the COVID-19 public health crisis is subsiding, will the statist tendencies remain in full bloom? It has been a protracted, exhausting, and costly 16 months for the […]
Can you use PayPal to buy bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies?
What a difference even a year makes in the cryptocurrency industry! PayPal recently announced that it will allow U.S. users to buy, sell, hold, and checkout with digital currencies, including bitcoin, litecoin, bitcoin cash, and ethereum. Plus, Venmo, the mobile wallet owned by PayPal, has started letting customers buy and sell cryptocurrencies. You can begin […]
RIP: Robert Wenzel has passed away
Just learned this evening from Tom Woods that the great Robert Wenzel, the editor and publisher of the Economic Policy Journal and Target Liberty, has passed away. He was a great man, an inspiration, and influential. He will be greatly missed. This is terrible news for liberty. Rest in peace, sir. RIP Robert Wenzel. I […]