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Red Flag: 70% Of Americans Are Furious With US Politicians & Wall Street

According to a new NBC/WSJ poll, some 70 percent of Americans are as furious with the ruling class as they were in the run-up to Trump's election four years ago. While they feel satisfied with the current state of the economy, they feel Washington and Wall Street are running roughshod over the rest of America. How will this sentiment affect the coming presidential election? The economy?

Rothbard and War

[Editor's Note: This talk was delivered at the Ron Paul Institute’s Conference on Breaking Washington’s Addiction to War.]

By Lew Rockwell

Murray Rothbard was the creator of the modern libertarian movement and a close friend of both Ron Paul and me. His legacy was a great one, and at the Mises Institute I try every day to live up to his hopes for us.

One issue was the most important to him, of all the many issues that concerned him. This was the issue of war and peace. Because of his support for...

The Ill-Advised Trade War Hurts Americans

By Liberty Report Staff

A First Class Trade War With China: Who Goofed?

Whether it's a trade war or military war, or both, there are no real winners. Just scores of losers. President Trump unilaterally launched this unnecessary trade war with China. Congress, as has become tradition in America, was not consulted. Taxes were raised on American consumers, who pay the tariffs, by presidential decree. Nothing good has, or will, come of this.

Who Are The Real Extremists?

By Ron Paul

The recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton have re-ignited efforts to pass “Red Flag” laws, which allow the government to take away a person’s guns without due process, and expanded background checks on those wishing to purchase a gun. Some supporters of these measures acknowledge they would not have prevented the Dayton and El Paso shootings, but they think the government must “do something,“ even if that something only makes it more difficult for average Americans to exercis...

Where Does Gold Go From Here? — Ron Paul’s Prediction

The United States has become the poster child for why governments and central banks should never, EVER, be granted a monopoly on creating money. Gold has been the ultimate money for approximately 6,000 years and the U.S. government has proved, without a question of doubt, as to why this is so. Gold is not money do to any man-made laws. Gold is money despite man-made laws, and is a product of the voluntary marketplace. Ron Paul has some predictions for gold that you don’t want to miss.

Ron Paul Rewind: Alternative Views 1988

As we prepare for our yearly Ron Paul Institute Conference in Virginia, we hope that you enjoy this interview from 1988 when Ron Paul ran for president on the Libertarian Party ticket.

Spending on Defense Is One Great Big Lie

By Jacob G. Hornberger

Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson is worried. He thinks that maybe — just maybe — the U.S. government is not spending enough on defense. In a column entitled, “Here’s Why We Could Be Under-Spending on Defense,” Samuelson has come up with a complicated formula that has caused him to fear that China and Russia might actually be spending more money on their militaries than the United States. Bringing to mind the famous missile-gap controversy during the Cold War, S...

Ron Paul Rewind: Freedom Doesn't Come From Government

As we prepare for our yearly Ron Paul Institute Conference in Virginia, we hope that you enjoy this classic speech given at a Mises Institute conference in Costa Mesa, California, back in 2014. Ron Paul explains how state intervention destroys civil society, and how free markets offer a better solution.

George Washington Was Right: The Ideas of Liberty Spread Very Rapidly

 By Chris Rossini

Ideas rule the world. Nothing is more important than what happens between the ears.

George Washington once wrote something very revealing to James Madison about the ideas of Liberty. He said that "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."

This makes perfect sense. Liberty is a foundational part of our human nature. We're all born as free thinking and choosing individuals, and are meant to stay that way.

Part of freedom though, is the option to act as a t...