by Donald Kirchinger On June 15, 2020, the stock market dropped 700 points and then recovered upon the news that the Fed would be buying corporate bonds in the secondary market. It has been projected that by the end of 2020, the Fed will have purchased $3.5 trillion in government securities. The Fed should not…
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Don’t Hurt People and Don’t Take Their Stuff
Don’t hurt people and don’t take their stuff. It’s really that simple. It’s what your mom taught you. And it’s the philosophy of liberty in a nutshell. Everyone should be free to live their lives as they think best, free from meddling by politicians and government bureaucrats and Nanny State Karens, as long as they…
Should FreedomFest Go Virtual?
As we have gone through the painful process of cancelling FreedomFest this year, many of our followers have suggested that we go virtual instead, as some other conferences have done. We truly appreciate how much all of you wanted to experience FreedomFest this year. But that’s the point: FreedomFest is an experience. it isn’t just…
At Risk: The Twin Towers of Freedom
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. “ – Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan once warned, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one…
What Will You Do When Your World Crumbles?
Many of us fail to see the largest problems in life, especially when they are up close and in our face. While this is hard to believe, history shows us that this is simply the case time and time again. The old saying that, “The shoemaker’s kids go barefoot” could not be truer for most…
Not a Safe Space, Not an Echo Chamber: A Rollicking Good Time
By Marc Beauchamp Editor’s note: This is a reprise of the article Marc Beauchamp wrote after attending FreedomFest 2019. People ask me what I like about FreedomFest. Just got back from my fifth. I think “eclectic” is the word that sums it up best. Mark and Jo Ann Skousen and their team erect a big…
Dangerous Documentaries To Screen at Anthem and FreedomFest
The Capital Research Center is excited to attend our third FreedomFest! Through our Dangerous Documentaries film brand, we’ll be screening four of our films at the Anthem Film Festival and participating in 6 panels. We hope you can join us! And please visit us in booth # 406. Tuesday, July 14th, 3pm – Anthem/Milano –…
Election Integrity: Securing the Sanctity of the Ballot Box
FreedomWorks The way that 2020 has gone so far (we’re less than halfway through, believe it or not), it’s easy to forget that we have fewer than 150 days remaining until our next national election. The stakes surrounding election security could scarcely be higher. Gallup polling continues to show that a majority of Americans polled…
Retirement Accounts and the Business Cycle
Long before the days of the Virus Lock Down Quarantines and our current Socialist Revolution, economists spent almost 150 years attempting to understand, explain, and navigate what is commonly known today as the Business Cycle. The concepts of inflation and deflation are widely used among all disciplines of economic thought, including the Austrians, Monetarists, Keynesians,…
When They Want a New Normal and You Want to Scream
Everywhere we look for what seems like forever (has it really been only a couple of months??) we’re bombarded with the new words and phrases endlessly repeated in media and politics and subsequently adopted by the masses. “In this unprecedented time…” “Social distance…” “Stay Home, Stay Safe…” “Alone together…” And in my opinion, the worst—“New…