Thomas Jefferson's Prediction of Economic Meltdown and Its Relevance Today
Jefferson’s chilling warnings about unchecked fiat, paper money printing proved prophetic as the U.S. plunged into its first boom-bust economic crisis in the early 19th century.
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: April 19, 2024
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Benjamin Franklin's Rules for Bringing Down Empires
With some of his sharpest satire and wit, Franklin told the British the top-20 ways their policies would bring their empire over the American colonies to an end. Much of it sounds pretty familiar to what we face today.
Path to Liberty: April 17, 2024
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Tax Resistance and the Birth of American Independence
86 years and a day before the “shot heard ‘round the world” - the people of Boston and surrounding towns rose up and overthrew the royal governor in a dispute that started over tax resistance to arbitrary power.
Path to Liberty: April 15, 2024
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First for Independence: The Halifax Resolves of 1776
April 12, 1776 - the first official action by one of the colonies in full support of declaring independence. The Halifax Resolves was also the first example of a colony-wide assembly admitting that reconciliation with the British was no longer an option.
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: April 12, 2024
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