“Freedom is never an achieved state; like electricity, we’ve got
to keep generating it or the lights go out.”
— Wayne LaPierre
Economics
The Center for Industrial Progress
Advocates industrial progress and “the policies of property rights and industrial freedom that made this country great.”
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Great source for economic statistics and charts.
RePeC (Research Papers in Economics)
Vast source of economic literature.
Measuring Worth
Provides interactive, historical economic data on inflation, interest rates, GDP, wages, and more.
Government, Law, and Politics
The Objective Standard
An excellent, quarterly journal on politics and culture.
The Cato Institute
A think tank “dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace.”
The Independent Institute
A think tank whose mission “is to boldly advance peaceful, prosperous, and free societies grounded in a commitment to human worth and dignity.”
Institute for Justice
A public interest law firm that litigates and advocates “on behalf of individuals whose most basic rights are denied by the government—like the right to earn an honest living, private property rights, and the right to free speech.”
FindLaw
A compilation of federal laws and court rulings.
US Government Spending
Provides a wealth of data, including interactive graphs, on government debt, deficits, and spending.
Shadow Government Statistics
A corrective to the biased, distorted economic statistics put out by the federal government.
History
These web sites are all good places for primary historical sources.
US Presidency Project
Teaching American History
The Avalon Project
Ancient History Sourcebook
Medieval Sourcebook
Modern History Sourcebook
Philosophy
The Ayn Rand Institute
A think tank devoted to spreading Ayn Rand’s philosophy.
Peikoff.com
Web site of Leonard Peikoff, the leading expert on Objectivism. Includes a weekly podcast.
Marxists Internet Archive
I include this web site on the premise that you must know your enemies. This is a comprehensive source of primary documents by Marxist thinkers, dictators, and movements.
Investing and Finance
StockCharts.com
Great source of stock price charts.
eOption
Discount broker offering $3 trades.
Europacific Capital
Full-service broker headed by the great Peter Schiff.
Goldmoney.com
Good place to buy precious metals including gold and silver.
Asset Strategies
Another good place to buy gold and silver.
Lowermybills.com
From mortgages to debt, insurance to phone & internet, find out how to pay less.
Education
The Great Courses
DVD courses on every conceivable subject by award-winning college professors. And at prices far less than you would pay for a course at a community college.
The Falling Apple Institute
Devoted to developing and marketing “a new inductive science curriculum for middle schools and high schools.”
Powell History
Offers several good lectures courses on history.
Kahn Academy
Offers free educational videos on numerous subjects.
Web Tools
WebStarts
Create your own web site.
Text Link Ads
Advertise your web site.
Aweber Communications
E-mail marketing tools.
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