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November 26, 2025 Guest Commentaries

Herbert Hoover: The Forgotten Architect of Economic Intervention

In the literature on the Great Depression, interventionists claim that it was President Herbert Hoover’s “free market” policies that contributed to and even caused the economic crash that characterized the 1930s. But, under even the least scrutiny, this pernicious myth falls apart completely. The following article was originally published by the Mises Institute. The opinions […]

October 14, 2025 Original Analysis

How the Bull Moose Undermined the Bull Markets

Teddy Roosevelt is simultaneously loved and reviled by both parties. His enigmatic legacy comes as a result of his stances that maddened even his own party at the time, along with his unprecedented use of presidential power. He simultaneously attacked corporations, other countries, and racial equality, all while creating the internationally involved vision of America […]