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Roger Williams: Exemplar of America’s Soul

November 17, 2025

Roger Williams, the Baptist minister whose libertarian views ran afoul of the Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities, should be honored as one of

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What Makes Economics Scientific?

November 17, 2025

Prompted by an online debate about whether economics belongs with the hard sciences, Bob reviews common defenses of mainstream practice and explains

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Does a Decline in “Aggregate Demand” Cause a Recession?

November 17, 2025

Keynesian orthodoxy claims that the cause of recessions is a decline in so-called aggregate demand. Besides confusing cause-and-effect, Keynesians don't understand that

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The Road to De-Civilization: Inflation and the Moral Erosion of Society

November 16, 2025

Inflation is not just an economic phenomenon. It also undercuts the foundations of a civilization, leading to the breakdown of society itself.