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Biden has embraced the trade war. But, if protectionism actually produced competitiveness, American steel manufacturers would have become world leaders long ago. Original Article: Biden Perpetuates Washington’s Idiotic Steel Trade Policies  

Feminist theorist Judith Butler is calling for mandatory education to confront children with modern gender theory. As David Gordon points out, she wants to use coercion to force people to accept her theories.Original Article: Butler, Butt Out!  

Recent Iranian missile strikes on Israel in response to its earlier attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria have escalated the prospects of all-out war in the Middle East. There is an alternative to expanding the war: de-escalation.Original Article: Iran's Attack on Israel Provides an Opportunity to De-escalate  

California’s draconian fast-food minimum wage law is bad enough, but it turns out a company can avoid the trouble if it has ties to the governor.Original Article: California’s Crony Capitalist Minimum Wage Law  

Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.Original Article: A Tale of Two Bureaucracies  

Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.Original Article: Bureaucracy and Grove City College: How One College Resisted the Bureaucratization of Higher Education  

Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.Original Article: Looking Back at the Crossroads: Liberty or Socialism  

One of the great myths of US history is that Herbert Hoover was a laissez-faire president. In truth, he intervened in the economy more than any of his predecessors, creating the crisis known as the Great Depression. His successor made things even worse.Original Article: Navigating the Slippery Slope: How Hoover’s Interventions Paved the Way for the Great Depression  

In reviewing Reconsidering Reparations by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, David Gordon and Wanjiru Njoya point out the book's many fallacies and the lack of a coherent theory of justice by the author.Original Article: Failing to Make the Case for Race-Based Reparations  

While Vivek Ramaswamy was unsuccessful in his Republican presidential primary bid, at least he helped to demystify the Federal Reserve. This is not the usual political rhetoric the public receives.Original Article: Two Cheers for Vivek Ramaswamy for His Commentary on the Fed