By Thomas J. DiLorenzo Much has been written about the famous debate between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton over the constitutionality of America's first central bank, the Bank of the United States (BUS). This was where Jefferson, as secretary of state, enunciated his "strict constructionist" view of the Constitution, making his case to President George Washington … [Read more...] about Central Banking as an Engine of Corruption
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What 19th-Century Foreign Writers Said about American Freedom and Prosperity
By Richard M. Ebeling If you look at the results of relatively open and competitive market economies over the years, the decades, and especially the last two centuries, the only conclusion that can reasonably be reached is that free market liberal-oriented societies provide the conditions and opportunities for constant and continuous material and social betterment for the … [Read more...] about What 19th-Century Foreign Writers Said about American Freedom and Prosperity