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While the Coinage Act of 1792 established the US Mint and the American system of coinage, it took years for the Mint to really get started in creating money. With …

While the United States may still be the freest country in the world, the freedoms that successive generations have enjoyed are slowly being eaten away by a growing surveillance state. …

If you’re like most people, you’ve probably never heard of the Latin Monetary Union (LMU). The LMU was a monetary union established in the 19th century to unite the currencies …

With the world going the way it is, it’s becoming incredibly difficult for anyone with any conservative inclinations to speak his mind without suffering serious personal consequences. Anyone who doesn’t …

There’s no shortage of scumbags out there looking to take advantage of the elderly. And there’s no limit to how their devious imaginations work to try to come up with …

After slowing down at the beginning of President Trump’s term, illegal immigration into the United States is once again on the rise, with thousands of immigrants crossing the border every …

Despite President Trump’s warning against doing so, the Chinese government enacted retaliatory tariffs against US imports into the country. Trump’s decision to enact 25% tariffs on Chinese imports, and to …

Even those in the US who urge peaceful relations with China understand that China has some serious problems with its domestic policy. Its rate of incarceration and execution rival that …

One of the many problems with governments getting involved in setting monetary policy is that the conduct of monetary policy necessarily picks winners and losers. Due to the distributional effects …

With the United States government finally revoking export waivers that allowed customers of Iranian oil to continue purchasing that oil from Iran, the US is hoping that it will choke …