By Jay Zawatsky

Economics

The Meaning of Gold's Plummet

| 04.16.13

Rapidly expanding central-bank balance sheets threaten the global economy.

Economics

Keystone Cynics

| 04.01.13

Many of the controversial pipeline's key supporters and key opponents are merely self-interested.

Economics

The President of Big

| 03.18.13

Obama's policies benefit large and powerful interests at the expense of others.

Economics

The Real Goal of a Minimum-Wage Increase

| 03.04.13

Low-wage workers will gain nothing; trade unions might see a boost.

Economics

The Hypocritical Attack on S&P

| 02.12.13

The ratings agencies engaged in fraud, but the government that seeks to punish them for it is no less guilty.

Economics

The End of America's Grand Economic Bargain

| 01.09.13

The political economy of the United States enters a self-destructive phase.

Economics

Basel III Brings Gold Back

| 12.05.12

New banking standards are pushing a rush for gold. Why isn't America joining in?

Security

A New Energy Era

| 05.15.12

Can natural gas save the United States?

Security

Energy and the Debt Conundrum

| 05.15.12

Unprecedented national debt and unreliable sources of imported oil leave the United States in a dangerous predicament.

Society

How Energy Made the Modern World

| 05.15.12

A resource surplus made rapid technological progress possible. Now abundant, cheap fuel is disappearing—and modern life may not be far behind.

Global Governance

Obama: Right on Keystone for the Wrong Reasons

| 03.29.12

The newest controversy over oil pipelines is a distraction from the more fundamental problems in the administration's energy policy.

Economics

The Collapse of the Fiat System

| 03.15.12

All fiat currencies eventually go to zero value, and usually they do it in less than forty years. We now are in year forty-one.

Economics

Bill O'Reilly's Misguided Proposal

| 02.29.12

O'Reilly is pushing for an export tax on fuel sold to China. His proposal reveals his ignorance on the subject and invites disaster.

Economics

Follow Fisher's Golden Rule

| 02.24.12

The Fed's fiat money is worth less and less. For real money, turn to gold.

Economics

Bastiat and the Unemployment Rate

| 02.14.12

Drops in the labor-participation rate and dramatic changes in America's energy sector make the unemployment rate unreliable.

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June 19, 2013