Shooting Down the Myth

By Evan Oscherwitz If you ever have the misfortune of bumping into an Austrian School adherent, one of the first tools with which they will attempt to brainwash you is the notion that having a commodity-backed currency is a completely foolproof way to avoid inflation and prevent a currency from becoming flat. However, even an…

Bernie Sanders: Not a Socialist, but Social Democrat

By Evan Oscherwitz You’ve undoubtedly heard it broadcast on both progressive and conservative media outlets, uttered by pundits and politicians on both ends of the ideological spectrum. “Bernie Sanders is a socialist,” they will tell you. This statement, whether viewed as a piece of anti-Bernie propaganda or as a rallying cry for Bernie’s band of…