Will Americans slay our Leviathan government and restore the American dream? Or, will we fail, and continue to allow cronies, fat-cat politicians, and bureaucrats to live off the fruits of our productive labor? Mark Thornton discusses some pertinent lessons from the French Revolution.

"The Brilliance of Turgot" by Murray N. Rothbard: Mises.org/MI_A

The Turgot Collection: Writings, Speeches, and Letters of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, edited by David Gordon: Mises.org/MI_B

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Is the black-market economy immune to inflation? It would seem that the price of illegal pot has been declining or steady for several years while legal pot is higher in price and everything else has increased in price. We have all been suffering from higher prices, lower quality, and poor service. Is marijuana the magic elixir for economic performance and a cure for the Fed’s inflation? Might it help make America great again?

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Mark Thornton discusses why increased government spending not only explains ongoing wayward increases in the GDP, employment, and stock price numbers, but also why so many people decided to vote against the incumbent in favor of the challenger, Donald Trump. The key variable is that government spending in GDP statistics does not reflect true economic value the way your personal spending does.

"Federal Government: Current Expenditures" (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis): fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FGEXPND

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