Almost as frequent as “Who will build the roads?” the Swedish welfare state is routinely raised as an argument against the free society and in favor of central management. A new paper contests the conventional wisdom.

I’ll be on C-SPAN2’s Book TV for a short interview today at 1:30pm ET. It’ll be repeated 12 hours later, at 1:30am ET, when it will technically be Monday.

Kevin Gutzman writes: In the race to replace U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, we have: On one hand, Rep. Chris Murphy: voted for TARP, Stimulus, and Obamacare, then ran for reelection as a “fiscal conservative.” On the other hand, wrestling executive Linda McMahon, whose campaign to…
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I have four things to say. (1) David Weidner wrote an article critical of the gold standard. (2) The article contains gems of knowledge like this: Another problem is that rather than try to improve our currency systems, we keep going back to this 600 B.C.…
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Told in a forthcoming film, which could use your support.

Dan McCarthy has some good observations: I was surprised by how much nostalgia the lip-biting, finger-pointing Bill Clinton evoked last night. It wasn’t a pleasant feeling: I had forgotten just how much I disliked his malign charisma. But there’s no denying his talent — a…
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Here’s the complete video. I start at 1:23:37. (I have the video set to start from there.) I’m asked about my forthcoming podcast, Lyndon LaRouche, Gary Johnson, Judge Napolitano, Mises and Menger, the Euro, and lots of other fun things. Join us next time —…
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You’ve probably seen this by now, but here’s Peter Schiff at the Democratic Convention posing as an imbecile, and finding people who think profits should be banned.