Economics
An Economist’s Summer Reading List – Religion & Liberty Online
(Image Credit: The Acton Institute) Beach reading is about to get more profitable. Read More… It’s that time of year again: Acton University is in full swing with long summer days and short summer nights. It’s the perfect time to add to your…
Warning: The “Commissar” Is Coming for Elon Musk’s Wealth
“A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money” goes the apocryphal saying. This satirizing of government’s spendthrift ways is more appropriate than ever, too. After all, our projected 2026 federal budget is $7.4…
Global Pushback Against Central Bank Digital Currencies
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently confirmed that Donald Trump’s administration has taken the idea of a centralized digital currency “off the table.” He stated there would be no central bank digital currency (CBDC) under this…
Extreme Division Leading US to “Civil Unrest” & “Financial Collapse,” Warns Ex-WH Economist
The increasing polarization and radicalization in American politics is leading the nation to civil unrest, financial collapse, and war, warned former White House economist and lawman Mike ter Maat in an explosive interview on Conversations That…
AOC, the Gal With an Economics Degree, Gets an Economics Lesson
It has been said that more suffering is caused by ignorance than intended iniquity. One of the best examples of this, too, may be in economics. And with socialism gaining currency in our society, economics warrants serious discussion.Doing this…
Free Trade and the Rule of Law – Religion & Liberty Online
Imagine a neighborhood that has experienced high crime rates for years. A local “neighborhood watch” group forms, but it only talks about resolutions without taking any action. Criminals are found guilty but then immediately released back onto…
This Should Not Need to Be Said : The Other McCain
Posted on | May 15, 2026 | No Comments It has been remarked that the demand for racism now exceeds the genuine supply by such a great margin that there is an incentive to manufacture phony racism — thus explaining the frequent hoaxes wherein the…
Nuclear Debt Bomb: U.S. Debt Reaches Red Zone — 100% of GDP
For decades, there would be much talk among politicians about United States budget deficits (and the national debt). Yet this faded sometime after 2010, at the latest, after which our debt achieved elephant-in-the-room status. It’s perhaps just…
Memo From the National Desk: Tales of Fear and Loathing in the Commonwealth : The Other McCain
Posted on | April 12, 2026 | No Comments Filet-O-Fish combo and a deadline LOUISA, Virginia — It was a lovely 150-mile drive to get here for today’s “VOTE NO” rally at the Louisa County Courthouse. A sunny spring day, with the trees turning…
African Social Wisdom and Kuyperian Sphere Sovereignty – Religion & Liberty Online
When I first began travelling across Nigeria to speak about classical liberal and libertarian ideas, I was still early in my professional life and often surprised by how quickly strangers could become collaborators when the purpose was clear. I…