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  • Biden Perpetuates Washington’s Idiotic Steel Trade Policies

    2 MAY 2024 · Biden has embraced the trade war. But, if protectionism actually produced competitiveness, American steel manufacturers would have become world leaders long ago. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/biden-perpetuates-washingtons-idiotic-steel-trade-policies  
    13m 12s
  • Butler, Butt Out!

    1 MAY 2024 · 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: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/butler-butt-out  
    6m 58s
  • Hair of the Dog — Progressives in Congress Need Another Hit of Low Interest Rates

    23 APR 2024 · As artificially low interest rates damage the economy, progressives in Congress demand more of the same. In the vernacular, they want the economy to “take the hair of the dog that bit them.” Of course, this only makes things worse in the long run—which is where we are today.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/hair-dog-progressives-congress-need-another-hit-low-interest-rates  
    8m 34s
  • How Statism Destroyed Argentina

    23 APR 2024 · In less than a century, Argentina went from being one of the world’s wealthiest nations to one that struggles with poverty and massive inflation. Human Action provides lasting wisdom to improve life in that country.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-statism-destroyed-argentina  
    6m 57s
  • Iran's Attack on Israel Provides an Opportunity to De-escalate

    23 APR 2024 · 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: https://mises.org/mises-wire/irans-attack-israel-provides-opportunity-de-escalate  
    7m 48s
  • Artificial Intelligence and Irrational Fears

    23 APR 2024 · As artificially low interest rates damage the economy, progressives in Congress demand more of the same. In the vernacular, they want the economy to “take the hair of the dog that bit them.” Of course, this only makes things worse in the long run—which is where we are today.Original Article: Artificial Intelligence and Irrational Fears  
    6m 37s
  • The Hazards of "Colorblind Equality"

    23 APR 2024 · While “colorblind equality” has a better ring to it than the DEI regime, nonetheless, the concept is unworkable and actually contributes to worsening racial outcomes. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/hazards-colorblind-equality  
    15m 43s
  • California’s Crony Capitalist Minimum Wage Law

    23 APR 2024 · 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: https://mises.org/mises-wire/californias-crony-capitalist-minimum-wage-law  
    7m 38s
  • Murray Rothbard Understood the Importance of Self-Ownership

    23 APR 2024 · As Murray Rothbard noted, reason is a powerful tool to help us discern how to thrive in our world. Government, through propaganda and interference with education, seeks to stifle reason and replace it with obedience to the state.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/murray-rothbard-understood-importance-self-ownership  
    5m 28s
  • The Nigerian People vs. NYSC Decree No. 24 of 1973: An Austro-libertarian Review

    23 APR 2024 · For the past fifty years, Nigeria’s government has required young people to “serve” for a year under the National Youth Service Corp. This more resembles slavery than service.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/nigerian-people-vs-nysc-decree-no-24-1973-austro-libertarian-review  
    7m 32s
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