https://mises.org/amwenPoliticsCopyright Mises Institutehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2e46c9b47125cd3fb21d7c691d280bcd.jpghttps://mises.org/amwThu, 20 Aug 2026 16:21:49 +0000Mises InstituteMises Institutemedia@mises.comAudio recordings of Mises Wire articles, offering contemporary news and opinion through the lens of Austrian economics and libertarian political economy.falsece516693-1f17-5e6e-9778-2ce793b259e8episodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jason-arday-and-the-dei-system-that-just-won-t-die--74401066https://mises.org/mises-wire/jason-arday-and-dei-system-just-wont-die]]>145802Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:05:01 +0000Mises InstituteAfter the death of Jason Arday, it is appropriate to examine the academic system in higher education and see why we should not expect it to change.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/jason-arday-and-dei-system-just-wont-diehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/jason-arday-and-dei-system-just-wont-die]]>1176education,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-seen-and-the-unseen-cost-of-a-government-grocery-discount--74264209https://mises.org/mises-wire/seen-and-unseen-cost-government-grocery-discount]]>145787Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:49:01 +0000Mises InstituteMayor Zohran Mamdani has stated plans for five city-owned grocery stores to compete with private stores in NYC. However, as Henry Hazlitt and Frederic Bastiat before him have pointed out, the unseen costs in an initiative like this will outweigh the...https://mises.org/mises-wire/seen-and-unseen-cost-government-grocery-discount]]>467big government,politics,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-innovation-mirage-why-deepseek-and-kimi-3-do-not-settle-the-question-of-chinese-technological-supremacy--74257271https://mises.org/mises-wire/innovation-mirage-why-deepseek-and-kimi-3-do-not-settle-question-chinese-technological-supremacy]]>145781Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:35:02 +0000Mises InstituteThere is no doubt that Chinese firms have made many advances in AI technology, but how far they can go in the future still is an open question.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/innovation-mirage-why-deepseek-and-kimi-3-do-not-settle-question-chinese-technological-supremacy]]>509global economy,strategyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-imaginary-world-of-fed-independence--74224278https://mises.org/mises-wire/imaginary-world-fed-independence]]>145778Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:08:02 +0000Mises InstituteThe rhetoric of independence allows the Treasury and the Fed to cooperate when convenient and deflect blame when something goes wrong.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/imaginary-world-fed-independencehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/imaginary-world-fed-independence]]>682falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-return-of-economic-gaslighting--74010996https://mises.org/mises-wire/return-economic-gaslighting]]>145775Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:01:46 +0000Mises InstituteDemocrats learned the hard way that voters don’t like being told the economy is great when they’re struggling to afford everyday life. Now Republicans have chosen the same strategy.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/return-economic-gaslightinghttps://mises.org/mises-wire/return-economic-gaslighting]]>532big government,cronyism and corporatism,inflation,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-declaration-and-dinesh-d-souza-s-revisionist-history--73624533https://mises.org/mises-wire/declaration-and-dinesh-dsouzas-revisionist-history]]>145743Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:33:38 +0000Mises InstituteDinesh D’Souza—a self-proclaimed opponent of “revisionist history”—reinterprets the Declaration of Independence through anachronism and equivocation, reading modern concepts of nationhood and equality back into 1776.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/declaration-and-dinesh-dsouzas-revisionist-history]]>1511media and culture,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-death-is-cheaper-than-care-mutual-aid-for-the-developing-world--73580645https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-death-cheaper-care-mutual-aid-developing-world]]>145727Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:55:38 +0000Mises InstituteMutual aid societies once were an important part of the US social landscape. Africans can benefit from the same movements—provided their governments get out of the way.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-death-cheaper-care-mutual-aid-developing-world]]>744bureaucracy and regulation,libertarianism,povertyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-us-supports-the-mass-migration-of-moroccans-into-spanish-territory--73569144https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-supports-mass-migration-moroccans-spanish-territory]]>145722Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:38:57 +0000Mises InstituteIn spite of the GOP's feigned dismay over Morocco's weaponization of migrants against Spanish exclaves in North Africa, US policy supports Moroccan expansionism in the region. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-supports-mass-migration-moroccans-spanish-territory]]>525falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inflation-and-statistics-economics-explains-them-not-the-other-way-around--73506390https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-and-statistics-economics-explains-them-not-other-way-around]]>145704Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:37:25 +0000Mises InstituteStatistics can be interesting and informative, but only if one can properly understand them through sound economic theory.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-and-statistics-economics-explains-them-not-other-way-aroundhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-and-statistics-economics-explains-them-not-other-way-around]]>417inflation,other schools of thought,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-would-happen-if-spain-had-an-open-border-with-morocco--73439019https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-would-happen-if-spain-had-open-border-morocco]]>145698Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:54:02 +0000Mises InstituteLast week, more than 50,000 people illegally entered the Spanish exclave city of Ceuta, which normally has a population of only 80,000. Why not just open the border permanently? Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-would-happen-if-spain-had-open-border-morocco]]>766falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-spent-28-years-arresting-criminals-rothbard-was-right-all-along--73236807https://mises.org/mises-wire/i-spent-28-years-arresting-criminals-rothbard-was-right-all-along]]>145669Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:47:02 +0000Mises InstituteMurray Rothbard realized the present system of punishment for committing crimes is both inadequate and unjust. We need to move to a system of restitution.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/i-spent-28-years-arresting-criminals-rothbard-was-right-all-along]]>762big government,media and culture,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dupes-of-war--73214363https://mises.org/mises-wire/dupes-war]]>145662Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:37:11 +0000Mises InstituteNo matter how legitimate the reasons might seem for going to war, the results are always horrific, and wars rarely, if ever, accomplish their stated purposes.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dupes-warhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/dupes-war]]>611u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paradise-lost-government-gained--73198440https://mises.org/mises-wire/paradise-lost-government-gained]]>145653Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:54:01 +0000Mises InstituteAfter defeating the British in the American Revolution, Americans had the opportunity to set the country on a long path of freedom. They chose to empower government, instead.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/paradise-lost-government-gainedhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/paradise-lost-government-gained]]>611u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/universal-principles-of-liberalism-and-the-politics-of-race--73196676https://mises.org/mises-wire/universal-principles-liberalism-and-politics-race]]>145651Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:43:57 +0000Mises InstituteIn attempts to rectify what are seen as historical wrongs against certain groups of people, western governments have embarked on programs to engage in wrongs against other groups of people. The universal principles of liberalism are supplanted by...https://mises.org/mises-wire/universal-principles-liberalism-and-politics-race]]>528media and culture,politics,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-democratic-socialism-created-california-s-housing-crisis--73194434https://mises.org/misesian/how-democratic-socialism-created-californias-housing-crisis]]>145650Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:01:46 +0000Mises InstituteThe democratization of urban planning, the politicization of the environmental movement, and the no-growth movement came together to erect enormous barriers to housing construction in California.Original article:...https://mises.org/misesian/how-democratic-socialism-created-californias-housing-crisis]]>728bureaucracy and regulation,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/domestic-agorism-eastern-europe-s-example-of-libertarianism-without-academic-guidance--73194433https://mises.org/mises-wire/domestic-agorism-eastern-europes-example-libertarianism-without-academic-guidance]]>145649Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:41:57 +0000Mises InstituteThe up and down experience with free markets in Eastern Europe following the fall of the Iron Curtain shows that free markets, while undermining the state, do not operate apart from state interference.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/domestic-agorism-eastern-europes-example-libertarianism-without-academic-guidance]]>548europe,free markets,libertarianismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-much-inequality-is-there-depends-on-how-it-s-measured--73170412https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-much-inequality-there-depends-how-its-measured]]>145648Sat, 25 Jul 2026 23:31:02 +0000Mises InstituteFor many years, some economists and politicians have painted income equality as a major threat to our economy and well-being. As usual, they understand neither inequality nor economics.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-much-inequality-there-depends-how-its-measured]]>328big government,bureaucracy and regulation,labor and wages,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-anti-slavery-advocates-of-disunion--73151507https://mises.org/mises-wire/anti-slavery-advocates-disunion]]>145623Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:43:02 +0000Mises InstituteThe anti-slavery disunionists and the abolitionists were some of the most critical of slavery and the most serious about ending it. For them, decentralization and secession were potential solutions not problems in ending slavery.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/anti-slavery-advocates-disunion]]>883decentralization and secession,media and culture,progressivism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-norway-built-the-world-s-largest-fund-and-a-thriving-economy-to-boot--73130731https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-norway-built-worlds-largest-fund-and-thriving-economy-boot]]>145615Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:57:01 +0000Mises InstituteNorway sits on large oil deposits, yet has managed to avoid the “resource curse” that has bedeviled so many nations that have abundant natural resources, but severely mismanage their economies.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-norway-built-worlds-largest-fund-and-thriving-economy-boot]]>572big government,europe,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yes-democratic-socialists-want-soviet-style-control-of-capital--73125509https://mises.org/mises-wire/yes-democratic-socialists-want-soviet-style-control-capital]]>145610Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:17:02 +0000Mises InstituteWhile the democratic socialists are claiming to just want a society like they have in Denmark, their real aims are the seizure of all or most private property and especially private capital.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/yes-democratic-socialists-want-soviet-style-control-capital]]>950capitalism,politics,property rights,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-know-how-this-happens-right--73107580https://mises.org/mises-wire/you-know-how-happens-right]]>145596Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:01:01 +0000Mises InstituteContemporary culture, with its fixation on careers, tends to downgrade the career of motherhood.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/you-know-how-happens-righthttps://mises.org/mises-wire/you-know-how-happens-right]]>550media and culture,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-spoiled-sons-of-liberty-to-surveillance-leviathan-america-s-six-republics-and-the-myth-of-eternal-union--73090197https://mises.org/mises-wire/spoiled-sons-liberty-surveillance-leviathan-americas-six-republics-and-myth-eternal-union]]>145586Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:17:57 +0000Mises InstituteMost Americans, unfortunately, believe that we are still living in the constitutional republic created in 1787. That was five republics ago.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/spoiled-sons-liberty-surveillance-leviathan-americas-six-republics-and-myth-eternal-union]]>804law,legal system,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sanctuary-cities-leave-your-ambition-and-entrepreneurial-skills-at-the-border--73089457https://mises.org/mises-wire/sanctuary-cities-leave-your-ambition-and-entrepreneurial-skills-border]]>145584Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:54:06 +0000Mises InstituteWhile many immigrants bring entrepreneurial skills, they often settle in US cities governed by leftists who are hostile to private enterprise.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/sanctuary-cities-leave-your-ambition-and-entrepreneurial-skills-border]]>567bureaucracy and regulation,politics,the entrepreneurfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-quiet-rise-of-chinese-innovation--73088153https://mises.org/mises-wire/quiet-rise-chinese-innovation]]>145582Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:07:02 +0000Mises InstituteThe US government continues to drag down the economy with its reckless wars and massive debt accumulation. On the other side of the globe, China is pursuing a different path.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/quiet-rise-chinese-innovationhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/quiet-rise-chinese-innovation]]>500big government,global economy,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ideology-behind-the-american-revolution--73088154https://mises.org/mises-wire/ideology-behind-american-revolution]]>145581Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:47:01 +0000Mises InstituteWhy did so many American colonials take arms against the ruling British, even when the odds were stacked against them? Dr. Wanjiru Njoya looks into the competing ideological claims that go with analyzing the American Revolution.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/ideology-behind-american-revolution]]>771libertarianism,property rights,secession,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/constant-tocqueville-and-acton-on-the-enlightenment-liberalism-and-religion--73085763https://mises.org/mises-wire/constant-tocqueville-and-acton-enlightenment-liberalism-and-religion]]>145579Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:15:02 +0000Mises InstituteThe growing power of the centralized state loomed as the central problem for liberalism in the early nineteenth century, and the works of these three writers are a response to it.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/constant-tocqueville-and-acton-enlightenment-liberalism-and-religion]]>674falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-evolution-of-politics-from-civic-virtue-to-realpolitik--73033191https://mises.org/mises-wire/evolution-politics-civic-virtue-realpolitik]]>145555Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile people claim they want the "virtuous" state with citizens to match, what we really get is realpolitik, whether we want it or not.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/evolution-politics-civic-virtue-realpolitikhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/evolution-politics-civic-virtue-realpolitik]]>587big government,bureaucracy and regulation,law,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-predatory-logic-of-the-state--73017487https://mises.org/mises-wire/predatory-logic-state]]>145550Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:05:02 +0000Mises InstituteWhile we speak highly of “rule of law” and the “limited state,” the unfortunate truth is that the modern state is a law unto itself. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/predatory-logic-statehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/predatory-logic-state]]>732big government,bureaucracy and regulation,law,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rothbard-s-definition-of-government-as-organized-crime-the-microsoft-antitrust-case--73015215https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbards-definition-government-organized-crime-microsoft-antitrust-case]]>145548Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:01:24 +0000Mises InstituteMurray Rothbard saw government as a predatory, criminal entity and the Microsoft lawsuit of 1998 proved to be a classic example of government organized crime in action.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbards-definition-government-organized-crime-microsoft-antitrust-case]]>873big government,cronyism and corporatism,media and culture,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-vendee-the-french-war-for-national-liberation--73015216https://mises.org/mises-wire/vendee-french-war-national-liberation]]>145547Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:24:02 +0000Mises InstituteTo deny local self-determination to the Catholic Vendean rebels was to support the imperialist impulse, just as the opponents of the American revolutionaries embraced imperialism over freedom. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/vendee-french-war-national-liberation]]>936falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fifa-world-cup-price-controls-on-ticket-prices--73002563https://mises.org/mises-wire/fifa-world-cup-price-controls-ticket-prices]]>145543Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:50:25 +0000Mises InstituteWorld Cup tickets are a hot commodity with prices through the roof. Naturally, governments want to do what governments always do unsuccessfully: levy price controls.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fifa-world-cup-price-controls-ticket-priceshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/fifa-world-cup-price-controls-ticket-prices]]>648bureaucracy and regulation,free markets,price controlsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/foucault-panopticism-and-the-carceral-society-the-rise-of-the-surveillance-state--73000598https://mises.org/mises-wire/foucault-panopticism-and-carceral-society-rise-surveillance-state]]>145542Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:06:57 +0000Mises InstituteThe standard narrative is that policing and imprisonment are necessary tools to keep the public safe from criminals. But it also would seem that these things are useful tools for a state that wishes to dominate its citizens.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/foucault-panopticism-and-carceral-society-rise-surveillance-state]]>486politics,progressivism,the police statefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/america-s-gerontocracy-goes-deeper-than-aging-politicians--72993335https://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-gerontocracy-goes-deeper-aging-politicians]]>145539Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:31:02 +0000Mises InstituteAmerica’s elderly political class is only the most visible symptom. The deeper problem is a government built to transfer wealth from younger Americans to a caste of older, wealthier generations.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-gerontocracy-goes-deeper-aging-politicians]]>593democracy,media and culture,paternalism,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-conservatives-get-wrong-about-the-french-revolution--72990750https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-conservatives-get-wrong-about-french-revolution]]>145538Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:02:02 +0000Mises InstituteIf avoiding a repeat of the excesses of the French revolution is an important goal, we need a thorough understanding of its causes. Edmund Burke and his conservative followers don't offer this. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-conservatives-get-wrong-about-french-revolution]]>1364falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-uk-s-monstrous-equality-act--72969312https://mises.org/mises-wire/uks-monstrous-equality-act]]>145515Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:18:58 +0000Mises InstituteGreat Britain’s “Equality Act” is not simply a civil rights bill gone too far. It is, as Murray Rothbard would have put it, a “monstrous” piece of legislation that looks to create a social and economic equality that could never exist.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/uks-monstrous-equality-act]]>618big government,media and culture,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poland-for-now-it-s-still-a-paper-tiger--72967339https://mises.org/mises-wire/poland-now-its-still-paper-tiger]]>145509Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:12:12 +0000Mises InstituteSince abandoning socialism 30 years ago, Poland’s economy has grown, as one would expect with a market economy. However, there could be more economic freedom there that easily would translate into a booming economy.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/poland-now-its-still-paper-tiger]]>698democracy,europe,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-austrian-perspective-on-lolcows--72976422https://mises.org/mises-wire/austrian-perspective-lolcows]]>145528Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:43:26 +0000Mises InstituteLolcows, part of the world of internet personalities, would seem well beyond the world of economic analysis. Yet, much of what happens can be explained by the paradigm of Austrian economics.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/austrian-perspective-lolcows]]>732coordination,media and culture,value and exchangefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/carl-menger-crown-prince-rudolf-and-the-marginal-revolution-that-never-was--72953336https://mises.org/mises-wire/carl-menger-crown-prince-rudolf-and-marginal-revolution-never-was]]>145494Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:34:57 +0000Mises InstituteCarl Menger, founder of the Austrian School of economics, served as the tutor for Austrian-Hungary’s Crown Prince Rudolf, the only son of Emperor Franz Joseph. But Rudolph’s untimely death in 1889 would end up changing the ruling dynamics of pre-World...https://mises.org/mises-wire/carl-menger-crown-prince-rudolf-and-marginal-revolution-never-was]]>673europe,history of the austrian school,politics,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/praxeology-within-a-physics-of-the-social-sciences--72919773https://mises.org/mises-wire/praxeology-within-physics-social-sciences]]>145473Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:04:34 +0000Mises InstituteAustrian economics does not share the same methodology as we see in the economics mainstream. The Austrian emphasis on praxeology provides a better explanation of economic events than does the mathematically-bound mainstream.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/praxeology-within-physics-social-sciences]]>413history of the austrian school,other schools of thought,philosophy and methodologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-depression-of-1784-revolutionary-inflation-and-post-revolution-depression--72916639https://mises.org/mises-wire/depression-1784-revolutionary-inflation-and-post-revolution-depression]]>145469Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:55:09 +0000Mises InstituteIntervention begets intervention. This was the case following the American Revolution, as the consequences of inflation, credit expansion, and wartime disruptions set up for the depression of 1784 in peacetime.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/depression-1784-revolutionary-inflation-and-post-revolution-depression]]>886business cycles,u.s. economy,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-adam-smith-helped-create-modern-unionism--72914922https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-adam-smith-helped-create-modern-unionism]]>145467Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:37:02 +0000Mises InstituteWhile Adam Smith is celebrated in some circles as the “Father of Free-Market Economics” (Austrians would disagree), his writings on the “disadvantages” of the worker are misleading.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-adam-smith-helped-create-modern-unionism]]>699labor and wages,unemploymentfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cronyism-and-regulatory-capture--72914161https://mises.org/mises-wire/cronyism-and-regulatory-capture]]>145465Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:16:56 +0000Mises InstituteAs AI becomes a more important and visible part of our lives, the movement to regulate it also grows. The standard regulation narratives—that government regulates things in the name of the public interest—clearly do not fit the facts.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/cronyism-and-regulatory-capture]]>668bureaucracy and regulation,politics,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fireworks-for-the-regime-what-july-4th-actually-celebrates--72892811https://mises.org/mises-wire/fireworks-regime-what-july-4th-actually-celebrates]]>145451Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:42:59 +0000Mises InstituteEvery July 4th, politicians climb podiums, flags wave, a hundred million dollars’ worth of fireworks scatter across the sky, and somewhere between the hot dogs and the stadium-rock anthems, it becomes easy to confuse the theater of freedom with the...https://mises.org/mises-wire/fireworks-regime-what-july-4th-actually-celebrates]]>673big government,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-senate-isn-t-his-oyster-after-all-graham-platner-s-socialist-vessel-turned-out-to-be-leaky--72888771https://mises.org/mises-wire/senate-isnt-his-oyster-after-all-graham-platners-socialist-vessel-turned-out-be-leaky]]>145446Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:18:09 +0000Mises InstituteThe media tells us that the rape allegations that brought down Graham Platner’s Senate campaign just came to light. Actually, the media had those allegations for months, but sat on them to protect Platner’s campaign.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/senate-isnt-his-oyster-after-all-graham-platners-socialist-vessel-turned-out-be-leaky]]>944politics,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-war-system--72888775https://mises.org/mises-wire/war-system]]>145445Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:13:57 +0000Mises Institute"The main aim of American foreign policy is to impose the will of our ruling elite on the rest of the world." Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/war-systemhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/war-system]]>6236falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-rothbard-sided-with-the-american-revolutionaries--72859673https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-rothbard-sided-american-revolutionaries]]>145409Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:19:16 +0000Mises InstituteContrary to a common—and incorrect—critique of Rothbard, he was not a fanciful purist who refused to support any political movement that failed to be perfectly libertarian in every way. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-rothbard-sided-american-revolutionaries]]>1010falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/consolidating-federal-power-under-the-civil-rights-act-1957--72855038https://mises.org/mises-wire/consolidating-federal-power-under-civil-rights-act-1957]]>145402Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:20:54 +0000Mises InstituteMost readers are familiar with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. They are less familiar with the 1957 Civil Rights Act.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/consolidating-federal-power-under-civil-rights-act-1957https://mises.org/mises-wire/consolidating-federal-power-under-civil-rights-act-1957]]>624law,politics,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-confuse-the-declaration-of-independence-with-the-constitution--72855039https://mises.org/mises-wire/dont-confuse-declaration-independence-constitution]]>145401Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:37:02 +0000Mises InstituteSome people seem to think the Constitution of 1787 is pretty much the same thing as the Declaration of Independence. They're wrong.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dont-confuse-declaration-independence-constitutionhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/dont-confuse-declaration-independence-constitution]]>488political theory,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-paine-no-declaration--72854512https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-paine-no-declaration]]>145400Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:43:55 +0000Mises InstituteIn celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we remember names like Jefferson and Washington. Unfortunately, the man probably most responsible for push this nation to independence, Thomas Paine, is mostly forgotten.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-paine-no-declaration]]>707decentralization and secession,media and culture,secession,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-the-fourth-of-july-why-am-i-sad--72816267https://mises.org/mises-wire/its-fourth-july-why-am-i-sad]]>145381Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:03:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe US “celebrates” its 250th birthday today, but not everyone is celebrating. We bring back a classic from 10 years ago that is even more relevant today.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/its-fourth-july-why-am-i-sadhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/its-fourth-july-why-am-i-sad]]>872philosophy and methodology,political theory,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/america-s-libertarian-revolution--72816268https://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-libertarian-revolution]]>145379Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn the deepest sense, the American Revolution was a conscious majority revolution on behalf of libertarianism and against power.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-libertarian-revolutionhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-libertarian-revolution]]>1650u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-french-far-left-downplays-government-debt-in-order-to-spend-even-more--72809864https://mises.org/mises-wire/french-far-left-downplays-government-debt-order-spend-even-more]]>145378Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:25:06 +0000Mises InstituteJean-Luc Mélenchon—the leader of the French far-left party “La France Insoumise”—says it's no problem that the French government's debt now tops more than 100% of GDP.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/french-far-left-downplays-government-debt-order-spend-even-more]]>647falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tracing-jefferson-s-libertarian-thought-in-the-declaration-of-independence--72809303https://mises.org/mises-wire/tracing-jeffersons-libertarian-thought-declaration-independence]]>145377Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:55:10 +0000Mises InstituteMany largely accept Jefferson’s statements about rights, liberty, consent, criminality, and the role of government, however, many come short of adopting Jefferson’s radical libertarian political convictions.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/tracing-jeffersons-libertarian-thought-declaration-independence]]>1190libertarianism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/patriotism-shouldn-t-apply-to-the-debauched-dollar--72805824https://mises.org/mises-wire/patriotism-shouldnt-apply-debauched-dollar]]>145373Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:23:12 +0000Mises InstituteThe dangers posed by a paper fiat currency were well-known even in the early days of the U.S. republic.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/patriotism-shouldnt-apply-debauched-dollarhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/patriotism-shouldnt-apply-debauched-dollar]]>756inflation,money and banks,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-history-refuses-to-stay-planned--72794278https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-history-refuses-stay-planned]]>145368Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:32:33 +0000Mises InstituteAs technology and AI grow more sophisticated, people commonly believe that they also are eliminating uncertainty. Nothing could be further from the truth.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-history-refuses-stay-plannedhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/why-history-refuses-stay-planned]]>854hayek,the entrepreneurfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/culture-the-state-and-the-problem-of-liberty--72793857https://mises.org/mises-wire/culture-state-and-problem-liberty]]>145367Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:55:07 +0000Mises InstituteThe modern state has become not only the guardian of political order but also the architect of cultural identity. We must separate culture from the state.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/culture-state-and-problem-libertyhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/culture-state-and-problem-liberty]]>572media and culture,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/surprise-surprise-government-capital-stock-is-deteriorating--72793330https://mises.org/mises-wire/surprise-surprise-government-capital-stock-deteriorating]]>145366Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:26:57 +0000Mises InstituteDespite the eternal promises of members of Congress, government office space is rapidly deteriorating. Unfortunately, Congress has no plans to deal with the problem. All of this is easily explained by Austrian economics.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/surprise-surprise-government-capital-stock-deteriorating]]>873socialism,the entrepreneurfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-birthright-citizenship-ruling-will-create-more-conflict-over-immigration--72778416https://mises.org/mises-wire/birthright-citizenship-ruling-will-create-more-conflict-over-immigration]]>145362Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:59:57 +0000Mises InstituteThis decision—as with birthright citizenship in general—will increase political conflict over the presence of foreign nationals—both legal and illegal—within the United States.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/birthright-citizenship-ruling-will-create-more-conflict-over-immigration]]>773falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-backwards-history-of-money--72776999https://mises.org/mises-wire/backwards-history-money]]>145361Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:35:02 +0000Mises InstituteMoney did originate from the state, no matter how many times contemporary monetary theorists might claim otherwise.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/backwards-history-moneyhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/backwards-history-money]]>729monetary theory,money and banking,other schools of thoughtfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-supreme-court-and-the-supreme-fed--72776306https://mises.org/mises-wire/supreme-court-and-supreme-fed]]>145359Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:54:24 +0000Mises InstituteWith its new ruling in Trump v. Cook, the Supreme Court demonstrates it does not understand central banking or the Fed. Clarence Thomas, however, saw through the Fed's lies. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/supreme-court-and-supreme-fedhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/supreme-court-and-supreme-fed]]>486falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-libertarian-critique-of-birthright-citizenship--72763290https://mises.org/mises-wire/libertarian-critique-birthright-citizenship]]>145355Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:21:38 +0000Mises InstituteIt is important to change our political culture, which treats "democracy," or the "right" to vote, as the supreme political good.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/libertarian-critique-birthright-citizenshiphttps://mises.org/mises-wire/libertarian-critique-birthright-citizenship]]>348decentralization and secession,legal system,political theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bitcoin-is-not-freedom-the-delusion-of-digital-escape--72762752https://mises.org/mises-wire/bitcoin-not-freedom-delusion-digital-escape]]>145354Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:01:57 +0000Mises InstituteWhile Bitcoin in its early days promised freedom from the tyranny of fiat currency, those days are gone. Instead, Bitcoin owners are now satisfied if its value goes up against the dollar.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/bitcoin-not-freedom-delusion-digital-escape]]>597bitcoin,inflation,money and banksfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-bernie-sanders-s-ai-bill-is-fascistic-and-dangerous--72762751https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-bernie-sanderss-ai-bill-fascistic-and-dangerous]]>145353Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:27:12 +0000Mises InstituteComparing Sanders to fascism may seem unusual, but it should not be forgotten that the main leaders of Italian fascism, including Mussolini, were initially socialists before they became fascists.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-bernie-sanderss-ai-bill-fascistic-and-dangerous]]>631big government,bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/calhoun-s-answer-to-the-abolition-petitions--72758466https://mises.org/mises-wire/calhouns-answer-abolition-petitions]]>145349Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:26:01 +0000Mises InstituteWhat role does the Constitution play when one state has a different understanding of “American values” than another? Unfortunately, the responses have been inconsistent, depending upon which “values” one wishes to promote.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/calhouns-answer-abolition-petitions]]>850decentralization and secession,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-state-of-financial-markets-tells-us-what-investors-really-believe--72746931https://mises.org/mises-wire/state-financial-markets-tells-us-what-investors-really-believe]]>145340Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:25:13 +0000Mises InstituteMainstream economists claim that understanding and observing reality is not really “doing economics.” Instead, they believe that all we need are abstract theories that predict events well. But over time, financial markets must bend to the real...https://mises.org/mises-wire/state-financial-markets-tells-us-what-investors-really-believe]]>536financial markets,the fed,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-july-4-will-you-be-celebrating-the-founders-or-the-status-quo--72739543https://mises.org/mises-wire/july-4-will-you-be-celebrating-founders-or-status-quo]]>145338Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:56:55 +0000Mises InstituteOn this July 4, Americans will celebrate 250 years of independence. However, what are people really celebrating, freedom or a militaristic regime?Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/july-4-will-you-be-celebrating-founders-or-status-quohttps://mises.org/mises-wire/july-4-will-you-be-celebrating-founders-or-status-quo]]>725law,philosophy,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hantavirus-market-versus-government-disease-control--72707965https://mises.org/mises-wire/hantavirus-market-versus-government-disease-control]]>145334Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:35:52 +0000Mises InstitutePandemics offer an alleged challenge to libertarians, as some argue that governments should have the power to order quarantines and impose vaccine requirements. It turns out that statism makes things worse—and that free markets offer the best...https://mises.org/mises-wire/hantavirus-market-versus-government-disease-control]]>616big government,bureaucracy and regulation,politics,the police statefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/greenspan-the-great-opportunist--72705509https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/greenspan-great-opportunist]]>145322Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:48:15 +0000Mises InstituteWhile the pundits are insisting that the late Alan Greenspan was a committed free market adherent, his actions throughout his career spoke differently. In today’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon exposes Greenspan for what he was: an...https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/greenspan-great-opportunist]]>569financial markets,interventionism,the fedfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-myth-of-nationalist-victory-the-articles-of-confederation-and-the-bank-of-north-america--72705510https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-nationalist-victory-articles-confederation-and-bank-north-america]]>145321Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:57:38 +0000Mises InstituteWere stronger central government under the Articles of Confederation and a central bank really necessary to win the American Revolution, as conservative nationalists of the era claimed?Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-nationalist-victory-articles-confederation-and-bank-north-america]]>953decentralization and secession,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-little-bighorn-anniversary-remember-custer-s-crimes--72703343https://mises.org/mises-wire/little-bighorn-anniversary-remember-custers-crimes]]>145319Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:17:15 +0000Mises InstituteThe famed "Custer's Last Stand" at the hands of Native Americans defending their villages is a reminder of the brutality of the US war against the Plains Indians. History tells us that the "heroic" George Armstrong Custer was really the "reckless"...https://mises.org/mises-wire/little-bighorn-anniversary-remember-custers-crimes]]>485media and culture,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/intellectual-property-versus-the-unrealized--72691793https://mises.org/mises-wire/intellectual-property-versus-unrealized]]>145312Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:15:11 +0000Mises InstituteThe common belief is that intellectual property rights must be in place, otherwise, entrepreneurs would be reluctant to face uncertain profitability. Well, entrepreneurs already face uncertainty and act, anyway.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/intellectual-property-versus-unrealized]]>343bureaucracy and regulation,free markets,law,the entrepreneurfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/democratic-socialists-one-vote-one-time--72688953https://mises.org/mises-wire/democratic-socialists-one-vote-one-time]]>145311Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:21:13 +0000Mises InstituteDemocratic Socialists are winning election after election and will have a number of representatives in Congress. What will happen to our society as they continue to gain power? The answers are not encouraging.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/democratic-socialists-one-vote-one-time]]>1181bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,politics,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-greek-merchants-and-philosophers-discovered-economics--72677309https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-greek-merchants-and-philosophers-discovered-economics]]>145303Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:35:13 +0000Mises InstituteLong before modern economics, the Greek philosophers were laying the groundwork for understanding human cooperation in a social setting, helping to give birth to economic thinking.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-greek-merchants-and-philosophers-discovered-economics]]>768world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/murray-n-rothbard-toward-a-science-of-liberty--72670901https://mises.org/misesian/murray-n-rothbard-toward-science-liberty]]>145302Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:10:22 +0000Mises InstituteMurray N. Rothbard was a system builder in the mode of Ludwig von Mises, Frank H. Knight, and F. A. Hayek. Social, economic, and political problems are intertwined and complex and require a grand theory to address them. For Rothbard, the unifying...https://mises.org/misesian/murray-n-rothbard-toward-science-liberty]]>1984history of the austrian school,philosophy and methodologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-scholasticism-to-enlightenment-liberalism--72651996https://mises.org/mises-wire/scholasticism-enlightenment-liberalism]]>145288Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:31:13 +0000Mises InstituteThe intellectual path from Ancient Greece to modernity is littered with the path of numerous philosophers, movements, and events, both peaceful and violent that have shaped thinking throughout the ages.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/scholasticism-enlightenment-liberalism]]>983philosophy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lies-damn-lies-and-the-history-of-capitalism--72650292https://mises.org/mises-wire/lies-damn-lies-and-history-capitalism]]>145287Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:42:57 +0000Mises InstituteModern historians rarely have told the truth about the history of capitalism, and especially in the early days of the Industrial Revolution. It is time to set the record straight.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/lies-damn-lies-and-history-capitalism]]>573capitalism,labor and wages,u.s. history,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/greenspan-s-empty-talk--72640106https://mises.org/mises-daily/greenspans-empty-talk]]>145282Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:55:05 +0000Mises InstituteOn the day Greenspan died, this 2001 essay by Joseph T. Salerno deserves a second life. It documented what the mainstream refused to see: that Greenspan replaced economic theory with intuition, replaced analysis with data-worship, and called his...https://mises.org/mises-daily/greenspans-empty-talk]]>2367capital and interest theory,financial markets,fiscal theory,money and banking,money and banks,the fed,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alan-greenspan-dies-at-100--72639328https://mises.org/power-market/alan-greenspan-dies-100]]>145281Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:12:02 +0000Mises InstituteGreenspan served as an especially important cog in this machine by increasing the Fed’s prerogatives within the global economy.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/alan-greenspan-dies-100https://mises.org/power-market/alan-greenspan-dies-100]]>1034falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sixth-republic--72639327https://mises.org/mises-wire/sixth-republic]]>145280Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:48:38 +0000Mises InstituteAs Ryan McMaken recently pointed out, the original constitutional republic created in 1787 no longer exists. Joseph Solis-Mullen asked if the US is now in its Sixth Republic.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/sixth-republichttps://mises.org/mises-wire/sixth-republic]]>503democracy,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-you-shouldn-t-trust-the-bureaucrats--72637550https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-you-shouldnt-trust-bureaucrats]]>145279Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:28:13 +0000Mises InstituteProgressive elites insist that we “trust our government” when they are in control, but why should we? In fact, we should no more trust government than Charlie Brown should have trusted Lucy to hold the football.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-you-shouldnt-trust-bureaucrats]]>571big government,democracy,politics,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-stable-systems-fail-the-illusion-of-institutional-control--72605250https://mises.org/power-market/why-stable-systems-fail-illusion-institutional-control]]>145270Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:30:02 +0000Mises InstituteSystems do not collapse when they finally become unstable; they appear stable until the moment their failure can no longer be ignored.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/why-stable-systems-fail-illusion-institutional-controlhttps://mises.org/power-market/why-stable-systems-fail-illusion-institutional-control]]>574bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/institutional-closure-why-managed-directivism-breeds-its-own-collapse--72604883https://mises.org/mises-wire/institutional-closure-why-managed-directivism-breeds-its-own-collapse]]>145269Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:00:02 +0000Mises InstituteAs technology advances, progressives believe that this time, all of their social engineering and attempts to establish socialism will finally come to fruition. They are in for a rude surprise.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/institutional-closure-why-managed-directivism-breeds-its-own-collapse]]>683planning,politics,progressivism,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-the-us-president-loves-inflation--72603013https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-us-president-loves-inflation]]>145263Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:35:56 +0000Mises InstituteThe president has declared that he loves inflation. What economic fallacies is he likely adopting that leads to this conclusion?Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-us-president-loves-inflationhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/why-us-president-loves-inflation]]>585inflation,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/china-s-industrial-policy-ambition-inefficiency-and-a-cautionary-tale-for-america--72601553https://mises.org/mises-wire/chinas-industrial-policy-ambition-inefficiency-and-cautionary-tale-america]]>145262Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:10:26 +0000Mises InstituteWhile China’s economy has boomed, many people wrongly associate that success with the Chinese government’s industrial policies. Intervention has created many problems there—just as it has done elsewhere.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/chinas-industrial-policy-ambition-inefficiency-and-cautionary-tale-america]]>668interventionism,politics,socialism,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-revolution-and-the-danger-of-standing-armies--72601554https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-and-danger-standing-armies]]>145260Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:07:13 +0000Mises InstituteAmong the key men involved in the American Revolution and the following periods, we find an oft-repeated concern that may seem foreign to us today—the threat of standing armies. This reality became concrete in the Newburgh conspiracy in 1783.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-and-danger-standing-armies]]>1305decentralization and secession,taxes and spending,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oppose-graham-platner-for-his-socialism-not-just-his-outrageous-behavior--72590239https://mises.org/mises-wire/oppose-graham-platner-his-socialism-not-just-his-outrageous-behavior]]>145258Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:16:46 +0000Mises InstituteWhile Graham Platner has become controversial because of his reckless past and violent behavior, the real objection to his being elected a US Senator should be to his reckless socialist proposals that would have disastrous consequences.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/oppose-graham-platner-his-socialism-not-just-his-outrageous-behavior]]>950big government,politics,progressivism,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-middle-ages-enlightenment-and-propaganda--72590240https://mises.org/mises-wire/middle-ages-enlightenment-and-propaganda]]>145256Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:01:09 +0000Mises InstituteNames for historical periods like "Renaissance" and "Enlightenment" did not descend to us out of the heavens. Historians and propagandists of centuries past created these names, often for political purposes. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/middle-ages-enlightenment-and-propaganda]]>934falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bond-market-sell-off-welcome-to-the-titanic-effect--72587850https://mises.org/mises-wire/bond-market-sell-welcome-titanic-effect]]>145255Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:51:10 +0000Mises InstituteBecause government monetary authorities have been interfering with interest rates for decades, investors have no more confidence in the bond markets, as they expect more interference and more unpredictability.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/bond-market-sell-welcome-titanic-effect]]>495financial markets,the fed,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fed-holds-the-interest-rate-steady-and-warsh-buys-time-with-new-task-force-scheme--72587847https://mises.org/power-market/fed-holds-interest-rate-steady-and-warsh-buys-time-new-task-force-scheme]]>145253Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:22:22 +0000Mises InstituteOnce we look beyond a small shift in rhetoric and emphasis, there is, so far, no reason to believe that the Fed is headed toward anything other than business as usual. Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/fed-holds-interest-rate-steady-and-warsh-buys-time-new-task-force-scheme]]>480falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/real-wages-fell-for-the-second-month-as-price-inflation-surged--72587848https://mises.org/mises-wire/real-wages-fell-second-month-price-inflation-surged]]>145252Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:32:11 +0000Mises InstituteSure, the earnings average was up year over year, but prices increased more than earnings did. In fact, price inflation hit a 38-month high in May.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/real-wages-fell-second-month-price-inflation-surgedhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/real-wages-fell-second-month-price-inflation-surged]]>523falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-justice-mattered-to-rothbard--72550788https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-justice-mattered-rothbard]]>145223Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:55:22 +0000Mises InstituteEconomists like Harold Demsetz and Ronald Coase based their property rights views on utilitarianism. Murray Rothbard based his on justice.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-justice-mattered-rothbardhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/why-justice-mattered-rothbard]]>534legal system,politics,property rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/raising-interest-rates-does-not-counter-inflation--72550226https://mises.org/mises-wire/raising-interest-rates-does-not-counter-inflation]]>145222Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:25:47 +0000Mises InstituteWhen inflation surges, the first thing on the government's agenda is for the Federal Reserve to try to force up interest rates. However, as Frank Shostak writes, that might not be the best strategy.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/raising-interest-rates-does-not-counter-inflation]]>461inflation,strategy,the fed,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fear-of-the-signal-why-the-state-urgently-wants-to-bind-prediction-markets--72539969https://mises.org/mises-wire/fear-signal-why-state-urgently-wants-bind-prediction-markets]]>145220Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:35:57 +0000Mises InstitutePrediction markets, while obviously imperfect, still work well because people voluntarily put their money where their beliefs are. Naturally, the government wants to shut them down.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/fear-signal-why-state-urgently-wants-bind-prediction-markets]]>827bureaucracy and regulation,free markets,lawfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sound-money-artificial-intelligence-and-the-pope--72539086https://mises.org/mises-wire/sound-money-artificial-intelligence-and-pope]]>145219Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:04:12 +0000Mises InstituteUnfortunately, the Pope does not understand the role that monetary inflation plays in fueling AI's excesses. If he did, he might lead a necessary anti-AI spiritual alliance for sound money. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/sound-money-artificial-intelligence-and-pope]]>666falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/april-money-supply-growth-hit-a-49-month-high-and-prices-soared--72536869https://mises.org/mises-wire/april-money-supply-growth-hit-49-month-high-and-prices-soared]]>145216Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:12:46 +0000Mises InstituteIn spite of repeated claims from the Federal Reserve that monetary policy is at least moderately restrictive, there is no sign of any slowing in money-supply growth.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/april-money-supply-growth-hit-49-month-high-and-prices-soared]]>624money supplyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/moloch-in-the-regulatory-state--72535865https://mises.org/mises-wire/moloch-regulatory-state]]>145209Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:25:13 +0000Mises InstituteRegulatory systems are infamous for creating “traps” in seem to be impervious to reform. Regulators seek to “drain the swamp,” but, instead, find themselves up to their necks in alligators.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/moloch-regulatory-state]]>735bureaucracy and regulation,legal system,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-abolitionist-movement-in-the-antebellum-south--72510792https://mises.org/mises-wire/abolitionist-movement-antebellum-south]]>145204Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteBefore the Nat Turner Rebellion and the rise of militant abolitionism in the North, there were more anti-slavery societies in the South than in the northern states.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/abolitionist-movement-antebellum-southhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/abolitionist-movement-antebellum-south]]>585secession,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-declaration-of-independence-versus-egalitarianism--72503495https://mises.org/mises-wire/declaration-independence-versus-egalitarianism]]>145202Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:02:02 +0000Mises InstituteEgalitarian interpreters of the Declaration not only empower the centralized state but promote a view of “equality” that shares a common ethical error with slavery itself—that legal castes of humans may be created and enforced against the liberty of...https://mises.org/mises-wire/declaration-independence-versus-egalitarianism]]>1123law,media and culture,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-creative-destruction-and-the-politicization-of-economic-change--72486391https://mises.org/mises-wire/ai-creative-destruction-and-politicization-economic-change]]>145195Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:08:47 +0000Mises InstituteNot surprisingly, the present government is rapidly politicizing artificial intelligence. We don’t have to look far for disastrous results.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ai-creative-destruction-and-politicization-economic-changehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/ai-creative-destruction-and-politicization-economic-change]]>497big government,bureaucracy and regulation,politics,property rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/potential-lockdowns-polarization-and-what-should-be-done--72487549https://mises.org/mises-wire/potential-lockdowns-polarization-and-what-should-be-done]]>145196Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:02:12 +0000Mises InstituteThe covid lockdowns were useless for public health, but they vastly strengthened government’s stranglehold over our lives. We cannot allow this to happen again.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/potential-lockdowns-polarization-and-what-should-be-done]]>713big government,the police state,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-american-progressives-influenced-hitler--72481903https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-american-progressives-influenced-hitler]]>145192Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:23:23 +0000Mises InstituteDespite attempts to whitewash its past, progressivism was a poisonous ideology from the beginning. One of its worst legacies is eugenics, which not only created social strife in the US, but also was exported to Germany, where the Nazis embraced...https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-american-progressives-influenced-hitler]]>1105big government,philosophy,u.s. history,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/medieval-europeans-paved-the-way-for-freedom-in-the-west--72458317https://mises.org/mises-wire/medieval-europeans-paved-way-freedom-west]]>145181Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:48:57 +0000Mises InstituteContrary to the myth that kings routinely ruled over cowed subordinates by "divine right" in the Middle Ages, civil governments of the period faced countless institutional obstacles to the exercise of power.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/medieval-europeans-paved-way-freedom-west]]>1127falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anarcho-tyranny-is-killing-college-sports--72441023https://mises.org/mises-wire/anarcho-tyranny-killing-college-sports]]>145174Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:50:11 +0000Mises InstituteThe current free-for-all in Division I NCAA sports is not the product of a free market, but rather is chaos being imposed by the courts and government agencies. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/anarcho-tyranny-killing-college-sportshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/anarcho-tyranny-killing-college-sports]]>817anarchy,bureaucracy and regulation,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-re-freaking-doomed-without-freedom-from-state-rule--72416532https://mises.org/mises-wire/were-freaking-doomed-without-freedom-state-rule]]>145154Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:01:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs AI continues to grow, we are told to fear private transactions and to depend on the state for safety and security. The reality is that we need to fear the state and what it will do to us as technology becomes increasingly sophisticated.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/were-freaking-doomed-without-freedom-state-rule]]>504anarchy,big government,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/charles-lee-the-alternative-george-washington-you-ve-probably-never-heard-of--72376555https://mises.org/mises-wire/charles-lee-alternative-george-washington-youve-probably-never-heard]]>145153Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:12:13 +0000Mises InstituteThis key decision of the Continental Congress matters because the way a war is fought affects the outcomes; the choice to fight like a state means either losing or winning like a state.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/charles-lee-alternative-george-washington-youve-probably-never-heard]]>1083politics,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-federal-reserve-is-why-the-people-are-unhappy--72353167https://mises.org/power-market/federal-reserve-why-people-are-unhappy]]>145140Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:28:02 +0000Mises InstituteAccording to the University of Michigan’s latest Index of Consumer Sentiment, a record number of Americans have negative views of the economy. This is yet more evidence that the American people are dissatisfied with their economic condition.Original...https://mises.org/power-market/federal-reserve-why-people-are-unhappy]]>282falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-subjective-nature-of-time-from-bergson-to-mises--72350632https://mises.org/mises-wire/subjective-nature-time-bergson-mises]]>145131Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:23:11 +0000Mises InstituteTime is a unique resource in economics because we cannot create more of it and are subject to its limitations. Ludwig von Mises and the Austrians understand the role of time in economic better than most other mainstream economists.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/subjective-nature-time-bergson-mises]]>651austrian economics overview,capital and interest theory,other schools of thought,production theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-great-disconnect-when-wealth-and-productive-ability-diverge--72348721https://mises.org/mises-wire/great-disconnect-when-wealth-and-productive-ability-diverge]]>145129Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:18:49 +0000Mises InstituteThanks to the Fed’s creation of asset bubbles, the US economy is producing many billionaires. However, the savvy entrepreneur is becoming increasingly scarce.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/great-disconnect-when-wealth-and-productive-ability-diverge]]>593capitalism,cronyism and corporatism,the entrepreneur,the fedfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/economic-calculation-and-a-southern-california-beach-girl--72347691https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-calculation-and-southern-california-beach-girl]]>145128Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:54:52 +0000Mises InstituteCan a communist system flourish under a liberal government? Bernie Sanders says yes, but Melanie Armstrong, author of Chicken in a Strange Way, gives a resounding no.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-calculation-and-southern-california-beach-girl]]>714book reviews,bureaucracy and regulation,capitalism,democracy,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/praxeology-as-an-antidote-to-hyperreality--72327063https://mises.org/mises-wire/praxeology-antidote-hyperreality]]>145125Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:24:02 +0000Mises InstituteGovernment economic policies reflect abstract ideas of what agents wish reality were like. Praxeology is not beholden to abstract economic fantasies.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/praxeology-antidote-hyperrealityhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/praxeology-antidote-hyperreality]]>679big government,economic policy,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/remembering-the-mogambo-guru--72325718https://mises.org/mises-wire/remembering-mogambo-guru]]>145124Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:58:02 +0000Mises InstituteThe financial analyst Richard Daughty, whose pen name was Mogambo Guru, passed away four years ago, but while he was alive, he produced spot-on criticisms of the US government and its inflation rocket fuel booster, the Federal Reserve System.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/remembering-mogambo-guru]]>532financial markets,inflation,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crazy-wealth-tax-proposals-in-california-and-new-york-city--72308209https://mises.org/mises-wire/crazy-wealth-tax-proposals-california-and-new-york-city]]>145123Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:21:35 +0000Mises InstituteAs socialists gain power in American cities and states, they look to destroy the creation of wealth and to tax the wealth-creators into oblivion. We know how these scenarios end.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/crazy-wealth-tax-proposals-california-and-new-york-city]]>769socialism,taxes and spending,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beware-the-neo-primes--72302933https://mises.org/mises-wire/beware-neo-primes]]>145122Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:01:50 +0000Mises InstituteThe latest rage among defense contractors is the rise of the high-tech “neo-primes,” firms which supposedly will apply “smart” militarization. History and reality tell us, however, that these companies soon enough will be as bloated and corrupt as...https://mises.org/mises-wire/beware-neo-primes]]>593big government,bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/justice-clarence-thomas-harry-jaffa-and-the-declaration-of-independence--72299414https://mises.org/mises-wire/justice-clarence-thomas-harry-jaffa-and-declaration-independence]]>145121Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:09:10 +0000Mises InstituteDid the Declaration of Independence carry a hidden message of abolition of slavery? Justice Clarence Thomas and historian Harry Jaffa believe that, but legal scholar Wanjiru Njoya holds that such an interpretation pushes the envelope too far.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/justice-clarence-thomas-harry-jaffa-and-declaration-independence]]>799decentralization and secession,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sedation-of-appalachia--72283340https://mises.org/mises-wire/sedation-appalachia]]>145111Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:50:13 +0000Mises InstituteThe Appalachian region, while always relatively poor, had strong families and institutions that held things together. In the aftermath of the expansion of the welfare state and the shrinking of the iron, steel, and coal industries, we have seen social...https://mises.org/mises-wire/sedation-appalachia]]>932economic policy,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-defeat-of-thomas-massie-where-to-go-from-here--72227202https://mises.org/mises-wire/defeat-thomas-massie-where-go-hereSee also "Post-Massie America" (Power & Market Podcast) and "Massie Defeated in Kentucky Primary" by Ryan McMaken.]]>145094Fri, 29 May 2026 14:39:15 +0000Mises InstituteThe recent primary defeat of Thomas Massie will deprive this country of a free-market and anti-war voice. How should libertarians respond?Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/defeat-thomas-massie-where-go-hereSee also...https://mises.org/mises-wire/defeat-thomas-massie-where-go-hereSee also "Post-Massie America" (Power & Market Podcast) and "Massie Defeated in Kentucky Primary" by Ryan McMaken.]]>898democracy,libertarianism,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/creating-a-nation-the-declaration-of-independence-and-the-nation-anachronism--72227203https://mises.org/mises-wire/creating-nation-declaration-independence-and-nation-anachronism]]>145093Fri, 29 May 2026 14:02:01 +0000Mises InstituteViewing the Declaration of Independence as the act that created one consolidated American nation is a common historical anachronism, which projects a later nationalist understanding backward onto the founding era.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/creating-nation-declaration-independence-and-nation-anachronism]]>1422big government,decentralization and secession,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mises-and-the-role-of-the-economist-in-public-policy--72213811https://mises.org/articles-interest/mises-and-role-economist-public-policy]]>145088Thu, 28 May 2026 19:08:06 +0000Mises InstituteIn contemplating the life and career of Ludwig von Mises, one is struck by the nobility and grandeur, the high courage, of his lonely and lifelong struggle on behalf of truth and laissez-faire. But what led Mises to pursue his lonely and seemingly...https://mises.org/articles-interest/mises-and-role-economist-public-policy]]>2597austrian economics overviewfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-is-no-reprieve-in-the-fed-s-war-on-savings--72211868https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-no-reprieve-feds-war-savings]]>145086Thu, 28 May 2026 17:01:38 +0000Mises InstituteThe Federal Reserve continues to destroy the economy’s savings base through a combination of artificially low interest rates and inflation. This war on savings will not end anytime soon.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-no-reprieve-feds-war-savings]]>788capitalism,inflation,the fed,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-heart-of-a-fighter--72209762https://mises.org/mises-daily/heart-fighter]]>145085Thu, 28 May 2026 15:08:07 +0000Mises InstituteWhat inspires us about the life of Mises, writes Lew Rockwell, is not his victimhood but his triumph over evil.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/heart-fighterhttps://mises.org/mises-daily/heart-fighter]]>1497biographies,history of the austrian school,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/justice-clarence-thomas-is-right-about-progressivism--72208892https://mises.org/mises-wire/justice-clarence-thomas-right-about-progressivism]]>145083Thu, 28 May 2026 13:47:02 +0000Mises InstituteIn attacking progressivism in a recent speech, Clarence Thomas has been pilloried in the media and by politicians and academics. However, Thomas was correct: progressivism has brought one disaster after another, all the while empowering the worst of...https://mises.org/mises-wire/justice-clarence-thomas-right-about-progressivism]]>969politics,progressivism,the fed,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-owns-the-airwaves-and-the-sea--72208893https://mises.org/mises-wire/who-owns-airwaves-and-sea]]>145082Thu, 28 May 2026 13:05:22 +0000Mises InstituteFor too long, people have thought of the airwaves and waterways as “public” property that is best controlled by government. However, Murray Rothbard and others held that one could apply the institution of private property to both.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/who-owns-airwaves-and-sea]]>603bureaucracy and regulation,politics,property rights,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-two-economies--72190252https://mises.org/free-market/two-economies]]>145077Wed, 27 May 2026 18:11:04 +0000Mises InstituteAs I see it now, there are really two economies—two distinct systems of producing and exchanging wealth. Or rather, two systems that purport to do these things, though only one of them really produces anything, and the other is organized by a peculiar...https://mises.org/free-market/two-economies]]>977free markets,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-public-goods-circular-argument--72189006https://mises.org/mises-wire/public-goods-circular-argument]]>145075Wed, 27 May 2026 16:26:02 +0000Mises InstitutePublic goods theory often assumes what it seeks to establish, namely, that the state is the indispensable precondition of production, even though the state itself depends upon prior production for every resource it possesses.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/public-goods-circular-argument]]>995taxes and spending,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-our-word-is-no-longer-good--72186252https://mises.org/power-market/when-our-word-no-longer-good]]>145073Wed, 27 May 2026 13:45:57 +0000Mises InstituteThe White House leaks that a deal is almost done. Markets surge. Insiders profit. The deal collapses. Repeat. Now the markets barely move. Nobody believes it anymore. A government that cries wolf this many times eventually finds itself alone.Original...https://mises.org/power-market/when-our-word-no-longer-good]]>292falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/democracy-s-road-to-tyranny--72185268https://mises.org/mises-wire/democracys-road-tyranny]]>145072Wed, 27 May 2026 12:31:12 +0000Mises InstituteThe popular pastime of modern democracies of punishing the diligent and thrifty, while rewarding the lazy, improvident, and unthrifty, is cultivated via the State, fulfilling a demo-egalitarian program based on a demo-totalitarian ideology.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/democracys-road-tyranny]]>1114democracy,political theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-big-apple-s-woes-are-not-just-the-result-of-one-election--72175114https://mises.org/mises-wire/big-apples-woes-are-not-just-result-one-election]]>145069Tue, 26 May 2026 19:22:35 +0000Mises InstituteMamdani’s election is not the cause of economic decline. Instead, New York City’s slide into chaos has been ongoing for many years, and Mamdani promises to make things even worse.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/big-apples-woes-are-not-just-result-one-election]]>483big government,bureaucracy and regulation,politics,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/murray-rothbard-on-war-and-isolationism--72168484https://mises.org/mises-wire/murray-rothbard-war-and-isolationism]]>145063Tue, 26 May 2026 13:17:57 +0000Mises InstituteRemembering Murray Rothbard on our imperialistic wars: "The true principle of isolationism is that the government should be isolated and people who trade, interchange, and engage in voluntary travel, migration, and so forth should be allowed to...https://mises.org/mises-wire/murray-rothbard-war-and-isolationism]]>2387war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-us-constitution-is-now-a-suicide-pact--72122405https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-constitution-now-suicide-pact]]>145061Fri, 22 May 2026 22:33:31 +0000Mises InstituteHistorically, many sovereign states have granted separatist cultural and ideological groups political autonomy as a means of avoiding full secession. The US legal system prevents this.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-constitution-now-suicide-pact]]>1576falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-economic-problem-behind-zohran-mamdani-s-government-grocery-plan--72116263https://mises.org/power-market/economic-problem-behind-zohran-mamdanis-government-grocery-plan]]>145057Fri, 22 May 2026 15:14:57 +0000Mises InstituteZohran Mamdani’s proposal reflects a growing belief that economic problems can be solved through public ownership and political management. But a grocery store is still a business governed by costs, and economic reality regardless of who owns...https://mises.org/power-market/economic-problem-behind-zohran-mamdanis-government-grocery-plan]]>439big government,bureaucracy and regulation,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-great-reversal-how-social-contract-theory-became-state-apologetics--72114790https://mises.org/mises-wire/great-reversal-how-social-contract-theory-became-state-apologetics]]>145053Fri, 22 May 2026 13:10:44 +0000Mises InstituteSocial contract theory was used to critique a form of the state, but was also used to legitimize the modern nation-state.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/great-reversal-how-social-contract-theory-became-state-apologeticshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/great-reversal-how-social-contract-theory-became-state-apologetics]]>1083big government,bureaucracy and regulation,democracy,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/buc-ee-s-free-market-triumph-or-simply-capitalist-oppression--72098542https://mises.org/mises-wire/buc-ees-free-market-triumph-or-simply-capitalist-oppression]]>144831Thu, 21 May 2026 13:41:56 +0000Mises InstituteBuc-ee’s—the roadside travel phenomenon—seems to cater to the extremes in our society. Either customers love shopping at the place or it is yet another symbol of capitalist oppression.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/buc-ees-free-market-triumph-or-simply-capitalist-oppression]]>552capitalism,economic freedom,free markets,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/murray-n-rothbard-a-legacy-of-liberty--72090416https://mises.org/articles-interest/murray-n-rothbard-legacy-liberty]]>144828Wed, 20 May 2026 20:33:07 +0000Mises InstituteWhile upholding the radical ideal, Rothbard combined idealism with realism, scholarship with accessibility, and boundless curiosity with commitment to truth.Original article: https://mises.org/articles-interest/murray-n-rothbard-legacy-libertyhttps://mises.org/articles-interest/murray-n-rothbard-legacy-liberty]]>1715biographies,history of the austrian school,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/economics-the-sociological-foundation-of-civilization--72088845https://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-sociological-foundation-civilization]]>144827Wed, 20 May 2026 18:43:57 +0000Mises InstituteEconomics is far more than what people see as “the economy.” It is the central organizing factor for civilized society.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-sociological-foundation-civilizationhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-sociological-foundation-civilization]]>447history of the austrian school,poverty,property rights,value and exchangefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-minerals-consortium-will-result-in-malinvestment--72083582https://mises.org/mises-wire/minerals-consortium-will-result-malinvestment]]>144825Wed, 20 May 2026 12:42:18 +0000Mises InstituteWashington is pursuing industrial policy again, this time being an attempt to form a minerals consortium with other countries to secure minerals vital to US manufacturing. No doubt, this initiative will end up on the ash heap of bad policy.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/minerals-consortium-will-result-malinvestment]]>578booms and busts,interventionismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/causes-of-uncontrollable-us-public-spending-and-debt--72075666https://mises.org/mises-wire/causes-uncontrollable-us-public-spending-and-debt]]>144821Tue, 19 May 2026 21:49:17 +0000Mises InstituteThe US fiat monetary regime not only has given us inflation and boom-and-bust cycles, but it also is the main contributor to the out-of-control government spending and debt accumulation.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/causes-uncontrollable-us-public-spending-and-debt]]>578bureaucracy and regulation,gold standard,politics,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-deflation-bad-for-the-economy--72075668https://mises.org/mises-wire/deflation-bad-economy]]>144820Tue, 19 May 2026 21:31:49 +0000Mises InstituteThe standard line among most economists is that deflation is as bad or even worse than inflation. In reality, the economy needs deflation now more than ever.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/deflation-bad-economyhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/deflation-bad-economy]]>701booms and busts,central banks,inflation,monetary policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/price-inflation-accelerates-as-wars-and-deficits-expand--72069679https://mises.org/mises-wire/price-inflation-accelerates-wars-and-deficits-expand]]>144815Tue, 19 May 2026 13:27:02 +0000Mises InstituteLast week’s CPI report, and this week’s PPI report both showed price inflation surging to multi-year highs, and not just on oil prices.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/price-inflation-accelerates-wars-and-deficits-expandhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/price-inflation-accelerates-wars-and-deficits-expand]]>504falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-a-society-chooses-freedom-in-an-unfree-world--72069057https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-society-chooses-freedom-unfree-world]]>144814Tue, 19 May 2026 13:11:06 +0000Mises InstituteWhat might be the process of a society moving from being unfree to being free? Here is one scenario.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-society-chooses-freedom-unfree-worldhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/when-society-chooses-freedom-unfree-world]]>577anarchy,big government,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-rothbard-is-as-relevant-as-ever--72026417https://mises.org/misesian/why-rothbard-relevant-ever]]>144806Fri, 15 May 2026 23:13:16 +0000Mises InstituteMurray Rothbard is one of the all-time greats in Austrian economics and libertarianism. When studying his achievements, we immediately see that Rothbard is a giant whose shoulders free-market scholars should aspire to stand on.Original article:...https://mises.org/misesian/why-rothbard-relevant-ever]]>2063economic policy,free markets,history of the austrian schoolfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gop-fiscal-follies--72025911https://mises.org/mises-wire/gop-fiscal-follies]]>144804Fri, 15 May 2026 21:43:27 +0000Mises InstituteWhile Republicans have promised robust economic growth to accompany their tax cuts, reality has been different. That is because Republicans increased government spending at the same time, dragging down the economy.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/gop-fiscal-follies]]>554politics,taxes and spending,u.s. economy,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hobbes-s-self-defeating-theory--72024434https://mises.org/mises-wire/hobbess-self-defeating-theory]]>144802Fri, 15 May 2026 18:31:57 +0000Mises InstituteWith some simple logic and using Hobbes’s own presuppositions and arguments, we can internally critique Hobbes’s argument for the state, namely, that the state solves none of the problems he presents.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/hobbess-self-defeating-theory]]>1008big government,democracy,political theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-job-market-has-only-gotten-worse-since-trump-s-liberation-day--72011431https://mises.org/mises-wire/job-market-has-only-gotten-worse-trumps-liberation-day]]>144792Thu, 14 May 2026 21:03:36 +0000Mises InstituteIn the year since Donald Trump’s “liberation day” in April 2024 fewer Americans are now working, and inflation-adjusted hourly earnings are still below where they were in 2021.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/job-market-has-only-gotten-worse-trumps-liberation-day]]>630falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/today-s-ais-show-the-marginal-revolution-s-unfinished-business--72007057https://mises.org/mises-wire/todays-ais-show-marginal-revolutions-unfinished-business]]>144788Thu, 14 May 2026 14:34:02 +0000Mises InstituteIn 1871, the “discovery” of marginal economic analysis soon took a wrong turn, moving towards quantification, data, and mathematics. It is time to “rediscover” the margin, this time the margin as explained by Carl Menger.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/todays-ais-show-marginal-revolutions-unfinished-business]]>560history of the austrian school,other schools of thought,subjectivism,value and exchangefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/socialists-are-reaping-a-bountiful-political-harvest-while-they-create-havoc--72006289https://mises.org/mises-wire/socialists-are-reaping-bountiful-political-harvest-while-they-create-havoc]]>144785Thu, 14 May 2026 13:41:56 +0000Mises InstituteAs the economy faulters, socialists are getting elected, promising free goods and services and an end to the chaos. Even when they make things worse, however, they will still gain political power.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/socialists-are-reaping-bountiful-political-harvest-while-they-create-havoc]]>1110democracy,inflation,progressivism,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cost-of-money-coinage-fiat-power-and-the-quiet-corruption-of-value--71996000https://mises.org/mises-wire/cost-money-coinage-fiat-power-and-quiet-corruption-value]]>144782Wed, 13 May 2026 21:01:14 +0000Mises InstituteGovernments take valuable things like paper and minerals, stamp something on them, and call them money, in the process rendering these things almost worthless. Something is wrong with this picture.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/cost-money-coinage-fiat-power-and-quiet-corruption-value]]>566gold standard,inflation,monetary policy,monetary theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-economics-of-war--71993817https://mises.org/articles-interest/economics-war]]>144778Wed, 13 May 2026 17:53:50 +0000Mises InstituteIn this article from 1950, Murray Rothbard suggests some of the less bad ways of financing military operations. Hint: monetary inflation and taxing savings and investment are among the worst.Original article:...https://mises.org/articles-interest/economics-war]]>1281free markets,taxes and spending,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marx-was-wrong-about-the-necessary-ruin-of-small-landed-property--71993094https://mises.org/mises-wire/marx-was-wrong-about-necessary-ruin-small-landed-property]]>144777Wed, 13 May 2026 16:34:02 +0000Mises InstituteKarl Marx not only misunderstood value and production, but he also was wrong about large-scale and small-scale property owners.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/marx-was-wrong-about-necessary-ruin-small-landed-propertyhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/marx-was-wrong-about-necessary-ruin-small-landed-property]]>675free markets,property rights,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-the-duty-of-natural-outlaws-to-shut-up--71995126https://mises.org/articles-interest/duty-natural-outlaws-shut]]>144779Wed, 13 May 2026 14:37:29 +0000Mises InstituteWho would join a radical minority movement, and commit him- or herself for life to social obloquy and a marginal existence, for the sake of 20% more bathtubs, or 15% more candy bars? Who will man the barricades either physically or spiritually, for...https://mises.org/articles-interest/duty-natural-outlaws-shut]]>993philosophy and methodology,political theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/depopulation-won-t-save-us-or-the-planet--71981967https://mises.org/mises-wire/depopulation-wont-save-us-or-planet]]>144766Tue, 12 May 2026 19:41:13 +0000Mises InstituteThe recent death of Paul Ehrlich reminds us that his crackpot overpopulation theories still are with us, even as they are being regularly discredited.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/depopulation-wont-save-us-or-planethttps://mises.org/mises-wire/depopulation-wont-save-us-or-planet]]>566media and culture,politics,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hobbes-s-state-why-are-you-hitting-yourself--71927122https://mises.org/mises-wire/hobbess-state-why-are-you-hitting-yourself]]>144735Fri, 08 May 2026 16:50:03 +0000Mises InstituteTo complain against the state’s actions, argues Hobbes, is to ultimately complain against yourself because you originally authorized the state through social contract and the state represents you!Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/hobbess-state-why-are-you-hitting-yourself]]>963philosophy,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-change-the-world-entrepreneurship-versus-politics--71913585https://mises.org/misesian/how-change-world-entrepreneurship-versus-politics2026 is the Year of Rothbard—Murray’s 100th birthday—and we’re celebrating by giving away free copies of Anatomy of the State through May 31. Grab yours today at https://mises.org/AudioFree]]>144732Thu, 07 May 2026 22:03:57 +0000Mises InstituteEntrepreneurship is a voluntary undertaking that causes change by providing value. No force, no threats, and no coercion are involved. It is market action fully in line with our libertarian ideals. And it provides alternatives, and produces...https://mises.org/misesian/how-change-world-entrepreneurship-versus-politics2026 is the Year of Rothbard—Murray’s 100th birthday—and we’re celebrating by giving away free copies of Anatomy of the State through May 31. Grab yours today at https://mises.org/AudioFree]]>1000democracy,politics,the entrepreneurfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-california-went-wrong--71909129https://mises.org/mises-wire/where-california-went-wrong2026 is the Year of Rothbard—Murray’s 100th birthday—and we’re celebrating by giving away free copies of Anatomy of the State through May 31. Grab yours today at https://mises.org/AudioFree]]>144729Thu, 07 May 2026 16:15:57 +0000Mises InstituteCalifornia has been seen as the nation’s “Promised Land” for many years, but in the past 25 years, people have left due to high housing costs and high taxes. The state’s future is about to become a lot worse, as socialists are rising in power...https://mises.org/mises-wire/where-california-went-wrong2026 is the Year of Rothbard—Murray’s 100th birthday—and we’re celebrating by giving away free copies of Anatomy of the State through May 31. Grab yours today at https://mises.org/AudioFree]]>969democracy,price controls,progressivism,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-president-goes-to-war--71909135https://mises.org/mises-daily/president-goes-war2026 is the Year of Rothbard—Murray’s 100th birthday—and we’re celebrating by giving away free copies of Anatomy of the State through May 31. Grab yours today at https://mises.org/AudioFree]]>144727Thu, 07 May 2026 15:18:45 +0000Mises InstituteOf course the president, like everyone, frequently protests his desire for peace. Everyone does this. And I think we may assume he is quite sincere about it.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/president-goes-war2026 is the Year of...https://mises.org/mises-daily/president-goes-war2026 is the Year of Rothbard—Murray’s 100th birthday—and we’re celebrating by giving away free copies of Anatomy of the State through May 31. Grab yours today at https://mises.org/AudioFree]]>1390war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mbs-slope-n-swap--71897218https://mises.org/power-market/mbs-slope-n-swap]]>144715Wed, 06 May 2026 19:45:47 +0000Mises InstituteIf executed perfectly, this swap allows the Fed to neutralize a shrinking money supply by swapping $2 trillion in mortgages for $2 trillion in government debt. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/mbs-slope-n-swaphttps://mises.org/power-market/mbs-slope-n-swap]]>299fed watch,the fedfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fukuyama-was-wrong-history-did-not-end--71897219https://mises.org/mises-wire/fukuyama-was-wrong-history-did-not-end]]>144714Wed, 06 May 2026 19:21:12 +0000Mises InstituteFrancis Fukuyama wrote The End of History more than 30 years ago, believing that the fall of the communist bloc would lead to a more peaceful world. We are still waiting for that moment of peace.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/fukuyama-was-wrong-history-did-not-end]]>545europe,u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/vote-harder-why-secession-is-the-only-answer-to-the-american-megastate--71908364https://mises.org/mises-wire/vote-harder-why-secession-only-answer-american-megastate2026 is the Year of Rothbard—Murray's 100th birthday—and we're celebrating by giving away free copies of Anatomy of the State through May 31. Grab yours today at https://mises.org/AudioFree]]>144720Wed, 06 May 2026 14:44:41 +0000Mises InstituteThe populist “victory” of the Trump administration is perhaps the best evidence yet that a strategy of “vote harder” is simply not going to lead to any significant change in the power of the regime.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/vote-harder-why-secession-only-answer-american-megastate2026 is the Year of Rothbard—Murray's 100th birthday—and we're celebrating by giving away free copies of Anatomy of the State through May 31. Grab yours today at https://mises.org/AudioFree]]>671falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-libertarianism-incoherent--71891475https://mises.org/mises-wire/libertarianism-incoherent]]>144711Wed, 06 May 2026 14:01:03 +0000Mises InstitutePhilosopher Matt Zwolinski has declared libertarianism to lack any coherent standards. Zwolinski’s confusion is the result of his rejection of libertarianism as outlined by Murray Rothbard and others based upon free markets based on individual...https://mises.org/mises-wire/libertarianism-incoherent]]>946liberalism,libertarianism,property rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-the-federal-government-subsidized-robberies--71893577https://mises.org/power-market/when-federal-government-subsidized-robberies]]>144712Wed, 06 May 2026 11:27:18 +0000Mises InstituteThe government created a market for stolen goods, paid criminals cash for five months, watched robberies spike, arrested everyone at a mafia-themed party, then called it a success because arrests went up. The robberies they subsidized didn't...https://mises.org/power-market/when-federal-government-subsidized-robberies]]>308falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-justice-department-indicts-the-ministry-of-love--71890754https://mises.org/mises-wire/justice-department-indicts-ministry-love]]>144700Wed, 06 May 2026 07:12:36 +0000Mises InstituteThe recent DOJ indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center might be controversial, but what is not controversial is that the SPLC engaged in conduct that was more reminiscent of the Ministry of Love in 1984 than protecting someone’s civil...https://mises.org/mises-wire/justice-department-indicts-ministry-love]]>603law,media and culture,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-precious-paper-problem-the-divergence-in-western-bullion-markets--71881554https://mises.org/mises-wire/precious-paper-problem-divergence-western-bullion-markets]]>144697Tue, 05 May 2026 21:28:09 +0000Mises InstituteGold markets have been volatile, to put it mildly, and the drama isn’t over. Unfortunately, governments are so involved in the gold markets that true market prices are hard to find.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/precious-paper-problem-divergence-western-bullion-markets]]>800cronyism and corporatism,gold standard,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-america-chose-empire--71880627https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-america-chose-empire]]>144693Tue, 05 May 2026 19:57:36 +0000Mises InstituteIn the late 1800s, American finally went in search of empire abroad, taking land by force and subjugating people who simply wanted their captors to leave.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-america-chose-empirehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/when-america-chose-empire]]>494democracy,europe,paternalism,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nfl-draft-and-public-buses--71880628https://mises.org/mises-wire/nfl-draft-and-public-buses]]>144690Tue, 05 May 2026 19:25:57 +0000Mises InstituteWhen the recent NFL draft was held in Pittsburgh, city officials declared bus fares would be free so fans would pack the auditorium where the draft was held. Who would have thought that making scarce goods free would bring about chaos with the bus...https://mises.org/mises-wire/nfl-draft-and-public-buses]]>708politics,prices,property rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-battle-of-ideas-paves-the-way-for-radicals-and-revolutionaries--71880629https://mises.org/mises-wire/battle-ideas-paves-way-radicals-and-revolutionaries]]>144689Tue, 05 May 2026 19:02:02 +0000Mises InstituteIt's not enough for an ideology to merely have a "good argument." Historical conditions must also combine to delegitimize the regime and its institutions. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/battle-ideas-paves-way-radicals-and-revolutionarieshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/battle-ideas-paves-way-radicals-and-revolutionaries]]>1329falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/remembering-the-costs-of-war--71880012https://mises.org/mises-wire/remembering-costs-war]]>144688Tue, 05 May 2026 18:43:09 +0000Mises InstituteAs the US is involved in yet another pointless war, we would do well to remember the real costs of war, how it strips us of our liberties, and destroys our futures.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/remembering-costs-warhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/remembering-costs-war]]>527politics,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ft-knox-full-of-impure-gold-unfit-for-international-transactions--71859192https://mises.org/power-market/ft-knox-full-impure-gold-unfit-international-transactions]]>144675Mon, 04 May 2026 14:51:11 +0000Mises InstituteThe bulk of the US gold reserves held in Fort Knox are made up of impure “non-standard” bars that don’t qualify for use in international settlements.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/ft-knox-full-impure-gold-unfit-international-transactionshttps://mises.org/power-market/ft-knox-full-impure-gold-unfit-international-transactions]]>705gold standard,money supply,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/freedom-upsets-patterns-the-deregulation-argument-westminster-will-not-have--71820020https://mises.org/mises-wire/freedom-upsets-patterns-deregulation-argument-westminster-will-not-have]]>144662Fri, 01 May 2026 19:49:02 +0000Mises InstituteThe UK does not have an energy problem, it has a freedom problem.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/freedom-upsets-patterns-deregulation-argument-westminster-will-not-havehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/freedom-upsets-patterns-deregulation-argument-westminster-will-not-have]]>896bureaucracy and regulation,economic freedom,europe,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-luck-fallacy-and-luck-egalitarianism--71813889https://mises.org/mises-wire/luck-fallacy-and-luck-egalitarianism]]>144659Fri, 01 May 2026 13:03:59 +0000Mises InstituteLuck egalitarians fallaciously declare property and wealth to be illegitimate or at least suspect due to a mysterious, unquantifiable force called luck. Their arguments fail even if what they claim about luck is true.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/luck-fallacy-and-luck-egalitarianism]]>1139democracy,law,politics,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-are-living-in-the-fourth-american-republic--71792925https://mises.org/mises-wire/we-are-living-fourth-american-republic]]>144647Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:53:16 +0000Mises InstituteThe old republic is gone. The constitutional order of the Jeffersonian years—i.e., the so-called "American experiment"—was swept away long ago.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/we-are-living-fourth-american-republichttps://mises.org/mises-wire/we-are-living-fourth-american-republic]]>965falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tragedy-of-socialized-fertility--71783442https://mises.org/mises-wire/tragedy-socialized-fertility]]>144642Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:59:59 +0000Mises InstituteThe dearth of child-bearing in western countries like the US is seen as a political crisis. Yet, if there is any place in our lives where government should stay out, it is in the area of childbirth.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/tragedy-socialized-fertility]]>758big government,economic policy,planning,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/usaid-funded-aid-programs-abroad-but-mainly-was-a-jobs-program-for-progressives--71782114https://mises.org/mises-wire/usaid-funded-aid-programs-abroad-mainly-was-jobs-program-progressives]]>144641Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:45:13 +0000Mises InstituteThe Trump administration’s downsizing USAID has brought the usual claims: that without US aid, millions of poor people around the world will die of starvation and disease. Not surprisingly, the claims are exaggerated.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/usaid-funded-aid-programs-abroad-mainly-was-jobs-program-progressives]]>718bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,politics,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fuel-protests-in-ireland-their-lights-and-shadows--71744106https://mises.org/mises-wire/fuel-protests-ireland-their-lights-and-shadows]]>144617Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:00:10 +0000Mises InstituteThere are fuel protests in Ireland, which are not surprising given the havoc Trump’s Iran war has caused in oil markets. They also should be protesting against the government policies that make the situation worse.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/fuel-protests-ireland-their-lights-and-shadows]]>468bureaucracy and regulation,europe,politics,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-case-against-the-free-bankers--71733534https://mises.org/mises-wire/case-against-free-bankers]]>144614Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:47:11 +0000Mises InstituteDespite support from some economists in the free market camp, fractional reserve free banking is doomed for failure, as Murray Rothbard pointed out.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/case-against-free-bankershttps://mises.org/mises-wire/case-against-free-bankers]]>643central banks,money and banking,other schools of thoughtfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-revolution-was--71732560https://mises.org/mises-daily/revolution-was]]>144613Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:12:57 +0000Mises Institute"There are those who still think they are holding the pass against a revolution that may be coming up the road. But they are gazing in the wrong direction. The revolution is behind them. It went by in the Night of Depression, singing songs to...https://mises.org/mises-daily/revolution-was]]>8024interventionism,other schools of thought,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-right-of-self-determination--71732559https://mises.org/mises-wire/right-self-determination]]>144609Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:22:35 +0000Mises InstituteThe right of self-determination is the right of the inhabitants of every territory to decide on the state to which they wish to belong.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/right-self-determinationhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/right-self-determination]]>365big government,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/economic-causes-of-war--71716023https://mises.org/mises-daily/economic-causes-war]]>144608Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:35:57 +0000Mises InstituteUnder a system of private ownership, in which the government's only function is to protect property rights, it is immaterial where the frontiers of people's country are drawn.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/economic-causes-warhttps://mises.org/mises-daily/economic-causes-war]]>1462austrian economics overview,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-science-is-a-public-good-let-china-pay-for-it--71716022https://mises.org/mises-wire/if-science-public-good-let-china-pay-it]]>144607Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:51:07 +0000Mises InstituteWhile there is a public uproar about China having access to the work of American scientists, there is a bigger issue at stake: Is science “owned” by “the public”? If not, why are we so worried about the Chinese?Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/if-science-public-good-let-china-pay-it]]>479bureaucracy and regulation,protectionism and free trade,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/those-big-beautiful-bonds--71711794https://mises.org/power-market/those-big-beautiful-bonds]]>144605Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:26:08 +0000Mises InstituteWhether rates go up or down, neither outcome will be pleasant, leaving a bondholder caught between the Unthinkable and the Unimaginable.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/those-big-beautiful-bondshttps://mises.org/power-market/those-big-beautiful-bonds]]>306fed watch,the fedfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/free-markets-would-be-opec-s-undoing--71710439https://mises.org/mises-daily/free-markets-would-be-opecs-undoing]]>144603Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:42:10 +0000Mises InstituteHad the United States pursued a policy of economic freedom with respect to energy production over the last thirty years, the conditions for OPEC’s success as a cartel would never have been present in the first place.Original article (September 18,...https://mises.org/mises-daily/free-markets-would-be-opecs-undoing]]>673free markets,global economy,money and banks,production theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-problem-with-eternal-vigilance--71706958https://mises.org/mises-wire/problem-eternal-vigilance]]>144602Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:46:11 +0000Mises InstituteWe are told that it takes “eternal vigilance” to protect our freedom. But what if the entity taking away our freedom has the weapons and the “law” on its side?Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/problem-eternal-vigilancehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/problem-eternal-vigilance]]>599big government,politics,the police statefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-a-chicken-isn-t-just-a-chicken--71674606https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-chicken-isnt-just-chicken]]>144595Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:37:09 +0000Mises InstituteWe are reminded time and again that prices emerge from subjective valuation, not objective criteria.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-chicken-isnt-just-chickenhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/when-chicken-isnt-just-chicken]]>503prices,subjectivism,value and exchangefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-next-food-pyramid-lab-grown-meat-and-the-new-moral-orthodoxy--71595192https://mises.org/mises-wire/next-food-pyramid-lab-grown-meat-and-new-moral-orthodoxy]]>144582Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:21:57 +0000Mises InstituteThe anti-meat movement has influenced government policy well beyond anything close to the truth about meat. From the discredited food pyramid to government funding of “lab-grown meat,” government aids the activists who are making our lives...https://mises.org/mises-wire/next-food-pyramid-lab-grown-meat-and-new-moral-orthodoxy]]>532big government,bureaucracy and regulation,corporate welfare,cronyism and corporatismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-bless-captain-vere-when-constitutional-duty-yields-to-institutional-power--71591456https://mises.org/mises-wire/god-bless-captain-vere-when-constitutional-duty-yields-institutional-power]]>144580Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:14:16 +0000Mises InstituteWith President Trump demanding people in the armed forces as well as in other government offices do his bidding no matter what the law might be, it is time for people to learn the lesson of Captain Vere.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/god-bless-captain-vere-when-constitutional-duty-yields-institutional-power]]>728law,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-look-behind-the-fed-s-curtains--71587351https://mises.org/mises-wire/look-behind-feds-curtains]]>144571Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:02:13 +0000Mises InstituteOur own Jonathan Newman had the opportunity to sit down with a Federal Reserve governor. The central banker's answers to Newman's questions were evasive and riddled with contradictions. It seems there is not much behind the Fed's technocratic...https://mises.org/mises-wire/look-behind-feds-curtains]]>1071central banks,inflation,politics,the fedfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-trump-s-populism-failed--71572660https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-trumps-populism-failed]]>144570Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:54:49 +0000Mises InstituteThe conservatives finally got their populist victory for middle-American working-class voters. The result is more federal spending, more federal power, and Israel-first foreign policy. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-trumps-populism-failed]]>1029falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/libertarians-must-never-warm-to-the-warfare-state--71571189https://mises.org/mises-daily/libertarians-must-never-warm-warfare-state]]>144566Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:26:58 +0000Mises InstituteJust as, for them, liberty must be the highest political end, peace must be the highest end of foreign policy.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/libertarians-must-never-warm-warfare-statehttps://mises.org/mises-daily/libertarians-must-never-warm-warfare-state]]>1466free markets,interventionism,political theory,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rothbard-was-right-libertarians-must-never-warm-to-the-warfare-state--71569333https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-was-right-libertarians-must-never-warm-warfare-state]]>144565Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:08:15 +0000Mises InstituteA foreign policy that seeks to maintain a global empire is entirely incompatible with the laissez-faire, free-market system at home that many hawkish self-described libertarians claim to support.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-was-right-libertarians-must-never-warm-warfare-state]]>623interventionism,libertarianism,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-s-foreign-policy-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-needs-a-strategic-reset--71569334https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-foreign-policy-latin-america-and-caribbean-needs-strategic-reset]]>144563Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:26:13 +0000Mises InstitutePresident Trump is not only angering Iranians and most of Europe. He also is making new enemies in both North and South America. Perhaps it is time for policy reset.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-foreign-policy-latin-america-and-caribbean-needs-strategic-reset]]>910politics,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-pays-the-hormuz-toll--71533485https://mises.org/mises-wire/who-pays-hormuz-toll]]>144553Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:32:54 +0000Mises InstituteAccording to Rothbard’s first law of incidence, “no tax can be shifted forward.” That is, the person or company paying the tax cannot make the buyer pay the tax. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/who-pays-hormuz-tollhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/who-pays-hormuz-toll]]>674falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/raico-ekirch-and-the-tragedy-of-american-militarism--71532181https://mises.org/mises-wire/raico-ekirch-and-tragedy-american-militarism]]>144552Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:12:12 +0000Mises InstituteIn dealing with the question of why the United States, a country founded on liberty, turned into a militaristic behemoth, Ralph Raico looked to the work of historian Arthur Ekirch for answers.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/raico-ekirch-and-tragedy-american-militarism]]>531democracy,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/peaceful-nationalism-as-a-foundation-for-economic-liberalism--71521512https://mises.org/mises-wire/peaceful-nationalism-foundation-economic-liberalism]]>144543Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:28:02 +0000Mises InstituteLudwig von Mises Mises argues in Nation, State, and Economy that nationalism is compatible with economic and political liberty if it is peaceful, based on self-determination as an individual right.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/peaceful-nationalism-foundation-economic-liberalism]]>561immigration,liberalism,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/four-letter-economic-words--71502690https://mises.org/mises-wire/four-letter-economic-words]]>144539Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:44:06 +0000Mises InstituteEconomics has its own four-letter words. Although they are not obscene, socialists and statists would find them so.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/four-letter-economic-wordshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/four-letter-economic-words]]>969austrian economics overview,capitalism,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jesus-and-the-christian-socialist-s-problem-of-evil--71411105https://mises.org/mises-wire/jesus-and-christian-socialists-problem-evil]]>144531Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:42:58 +0000Mises InstituteThose who invoke Jesus for socialism face a tension: if the power to end suffering creates a moral obligation, then the Jesus who healed many but not all appears, by that standard, either unwilling or unable.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/jesus-and-christian-socialists-problem-evil]]>1211free markets,philosophy,political theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/assisted-suicide-is-the-logical-outcome-of-government-controlled-medical-care--71407235https://mises.org/mises-wire/assisted-suicide-logical-outcome-government-controlled-medical-care]]>144530Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:54:23 +0000Mises InstituteAs the socialistic Canadian medical system runs aground, the government actively promotes physician-assisted suicide as a way to save the system and promoting “die with dignity” at the same time.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/assisted-suicide-logical-outcome-government-controlled-medical-care]]>1084big government,bureaucracy and regulation,health,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/war-and-trade-restrictions-fallacious-paths-to-national-security-and-prosperity--71376537https://mises.org/mises-wire/war-and-trade-restrictions-fallacious-paths-national-security-and-prosperity]]>144523Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:01:13 +0000Mises InstituteThe Trump administration continues its bellicose war against Iran, destroying opportunities for prosperity through meaningful commerce along the way.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/war-and-trade-restrictions-fallacious-paths-national-security-and-prosperity]]>558politics,protectionism and free trade,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tax-freedom-day-underestimates-how-long-you-work-for-the-government--71353505https://mises.org/power-market/tax-freedom-day-underestimates-how-long-you-work-government]]>144509Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:26:40 +0000Mises InstituteWhile Tax Freedom Day is mid-April, Rothbard’s measure of the government's fiscal burden reveals that Americans don’t truly start working for themselves until June 5, over seven weeks later.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/tax-freedom-day-underestimates-how-long-you-work-government]]>163falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/taxation-is-robbery--71351489https://mises.org/mises-daily/taxation-robbery]]>144507Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:12:50 +0000Mises InstituteIt took centuries to end the idea that taxes kept the privileged class in comfort and financed their wars. But now we're told taxes = civilization.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/taxation-robberyhttps://mises.org/mises-daily/taxation-robbery]]>3352interventionism,legal system,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/artificial-liquidity-brings-inflation-shocks--71344531https://mises.org/mises-wire/artificial-liquidity-brings-inflation-shocks]]>144503Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:29:53 +0000Mises InstituteThere is no shortfall of liquidity in financial markets. In fact, there is so much that inflation has become a way of life for market participants. This is not a good thing.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/artificial-liquidity-brings-inflation-shocks]]>540financial markets,inflation,money and banks,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/precious-metals-work--71343213https://mises.org/mises-wire/precious-metals-work]]>144502Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:11:01 +0000Mises InstituteIn this time of war and uncertainty, we should expect to see the prices of precious metals rise and fall and the only certainty will be uncertainty.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/precious-metals-workhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/precious-metals-work]]>490gold standard,interventionism,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-danger-of-allowing-good-intentions-to-override-the-constitution--71318323https://mises.org/mises-wire/danger-allowing-good-intentions-override-constitution]]>144491Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:42:10 +0000Mises InstituteAll too often, judges allow sentiment to override the Constitution. While they might refer to a “living Constitution,” what they really mean is that they don’t permit the law to get in the way of their worldviews.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/danger-allowing-good-intentions-override-constitution]]>553law,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ex-nihilo-no-more--71300125https://mises.org/mises-wire/ex-nihilo-no-more]]>144489Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:11:41 +0000Mises InstituteMises described the problem, Hayek proposed the direction, Kirzner explains why the market will not stop. And the market, as so many times before, has already found the first step.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ex-nihilo-no-morehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/ex-nihilo-no-more]]>568booms and busts,business cycles,capital and interest theory,money and bankingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-memory-of-the-creator-of-the-washington-consensus--71297734https://mises.org/mises-wire/memory-creator-washington-consensus]]>144487Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:42:21 +0000Mises InstituteJohn Williamson, who passed away five years ago, is known for creating what was called the “Washington Consensus,” which was an attempt to bring a liberal economic order to poor countries looking to transition from socialism to capitalism.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/memory-creator-washington-consensus]]>522free markets,other schools of thought,pricesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marxism-vs-the-majority--71296450https://mises.org/mises-daily/marxism-vs-majority]]>144486Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:16:57 +0000Mises InstituteAs the Marxians do not admit that differences of opinion can be settled by discussion and persuasion or decided by majority vote, no solution is open but civil war.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/marxism-vs-majorityhttps://mises.org/mises-daily/marxism-vs-majority]]>515biographies,other schools of thought,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/germany-restricts-emigration-to-prevent-young-men-from-escaping-the-military-draft--71295402https://mises.org/power-market/germany-restricts-emigration-prevent-young-men-escaping-military-draft]]>144485Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:09:12 +0000Mises InstituteLate last year, German lawmakers passed new legislation paving the way for military conscription.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/germany-restricts-emigration-prevent-young-men-escaping-military-drafthttps://mises.org/power-market/germany-restricts-emigration-prevent-young-men-escaping-military-draft]]>571falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-i-side-with-ludwig-von-mises--71294369https://mises.org/power-market/why-i-side-ludwig-von-mises]]>144484Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:41:57 +0000Mises InstitutePeople readily line up on one side or another of great economic debates. How do they choose which side to take?Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/why-i-side-ludwig-von-miseshttps://mises.org/power-market/why-i-side-ludwig-von-mises]]>1280falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/state-wars-bleed-a-nation-to-death--71293338https://mises.org/mises-wire/state-wars-bleed-nation-death]]>144480Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:01:11 +0000Mises InstitutePresident Trump’s current war with Iran not only is creating economic havoc around the world, but it is also bleeding US taxpayers. There are no good outcomes here.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/state-wars-bleed-nation-deathhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/state-wars-bleed-nation-death]]>582politics,u.s. economy,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-note-on-currency-in-colonial-america--71235909https://mises.org/mises-wire/note-currency-colonial-america]]>144472Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:50:12 +0000Mises InstituteIn studying history, it is key to avoid definitional anachronism—failing to note how a word has changed over time and assuming the present meaning was the same in the past. This is often the case with the word currency as used in colonial...https://mises.org/mises-wire/note-currency-colonial-america]]>843monetary theory,other schools of thought,u.s. economy,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/turns-out-the-elites-like-the-administrative-state-better-than-democracy--71210352https://mises.org/mises-wire/turns-out-elites-administrative-state-better-democracy]]>144455Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:10:55 +0000Mises InstituteThe New York Times claims that the "administrative state"—that is, governance by unelected bureaucrats—protects our country and enhances democracy.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/turns-out-elites-administrative-state-better-democracyhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/turns-out-elites-administrative-state-better-democracy]]>613bureaucracy and regulation,capitalism,cronyism and corporatism,democracy,lawfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-donald-trump-another-bismarck--71197689https://mises.org/mises-wire/donald-trump-another-bismarck]]>144452Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:29:57 +0000Mises InstituteThe US finds itself once again in an undeclared overseas war. Republicans in Congress, however, are unwilling to hold Trump to the Constitution.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/donald-trump-another-bismarckhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/donald-trump-another-bismarck]]>506law,politics,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/money-laundering-and-oliver-bullough-s-new-pearl-clutching-book--71192616https://mises.org/mises-wire/money-laundering-and-oliver-bulloughs-new-pearl-clutching-book]]>144447Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:22:11 +0000Mises InstituteThe old saw that when one has a hammer, everything else is a nail certainly applies to a new book by Oliver Bullough on so-called money laundering. Joakim Book sets the readers straight.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/money-laundering-and-oliver-bulloughs-new-pearl-clutching-book]]>704bitcoin,book reviews,financial markets,free marketsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rothbard-the-mises-institute-and-the-battle-of-ideas--71189645https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-mises-institute-and-battle-ideas]]>144445Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:22:14 +0000Mises InstituteOver the centuries, many academic institutions and publications have played their role in the good work of defending freedom. The Mises Institute does this today. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-mises-institute-and-battle-ideashttps://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-mises-institute-and-battle-ideas]]>960falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-irresistible-promise-of-john-law--71167839https://mises.org/mises-wire/irresistible-promise-john-law]]>144442Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:53:27 +0000Mises InstituteBefore J. M. Keynes and Stephanie Kelton, there was John Law. The promise of free money never seems to die.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/irresistible-promise-john-lawhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/irresistible-promise-john-law]]>629inflation,money and banking,money supply,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-corporations-resist-the-state-ethics-ai-and-the-limits-of-government-power--71141200https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-corporations-resist-state-ethics-ai-and-limits-government-power]]>144425Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:28:10 +0000Mises InstituteWhat happens when a corporation resists a government edict because company leaders believe the policy to be morally wrong? The ordeal of Anthropic is a current case in point.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-corporations-resist-state-ethics-ai-and-limits-government-power]]>537big government,bureaucracy and regulation,economic policy,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-myth-that-won-t-die-war-is-good-for-the-economy--71098220https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-wont-die-war-good-economy]]>144407Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:03:38 +0000Mises InstituteOne of the legacies of Keynesian thought is the belief that war is “good for the economy.” While war may help enable employment, nonetheless, its overall legacy is destructive, and even the jobs war “creates” are economically undesirable.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-wont-die-war-good-economy]]>603keynes,taxes and spending,unemployment,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ideological-impregnation-of-thought--71084742https://mises.org/mises-daily/ideological-impregnation-thought]]>144406Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:15:11 +0000Mises InstituteHowever one may turn the matter, one cannot discover any reason why an ideological distortion of truth should be more useful to the bourgeoisie than a correct theory.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/ideological-impregnation-thoughthttps://mises.org/mises-daily/ideological-impregnation-thought]]>969history of the austrian school,other schools of thought,political theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/barter-media-of-exchange-and-colonial-america--71084043https://mises.org/mises-wire/barter-media-exchange-and-colonial-america]]>144404Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:14:50 +0000Mises InstituteDespite the claims of the chartalists and modern monetary theory advocates, early American monetary history tells a much different story. In fact, much of the historical evidence illustrates Menger’s theory.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/barter-media-exchange-and-colonial-america]]>1031history of the austrian school,monetary theory,money and banking,other schools of thoughtfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/corruption-in-the-system--71071921https://mises.org/mises-wire/corruption-system]]>144391Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:50:13 +0000Mises InstituteGovernment corruption isn’t an anomaly. It is part of the system itself. We should expect government to be corrupt. Free markets are the antidote to this corruption.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/corruption-systemhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/corruption-system]]>538big government,bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,free marketsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-the-us-regime-pretends-israel-s-nuclear-weapons-don-t-exist--71069736https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-us-regime-pretends-israels-nuclear-weapons-dont-exist]]>144390Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:21:07 +0000Mises InstituteThe existence of the arsenal makes the State of Israel ineligible for US aid under US law. This is a problem for US supporters of military and economic aid to the State of Israel. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-us-regime-pretends-israels-nuclear-weapons-dont-exist]]>649falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-true-founders-of-economics-the-school-of-salamanca--71068423https://mises.org/mises-wire/true-founders-economics-school-salamanca]]>144389Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:14:47 +0000Mises InstituteThe real founders of economic science actually wrote hundreds of years before Adam Smith. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/true-founders-economics-school-salamancahttps://mises.org/mises-wire/true-founders-economics-school-salamanca]]>985history of the austrian school,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-duke-faculty-and-administration-damaged-the-intellectual-foundations-of-higher-education--71065282https://mises.org/mises-wire/duke-faculty-and-administration-damaged-intellectual-foundations-higher-education]]>144385Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:47:30 +0000Mises InstituteBy opposing justice and throwing aside the facts of hard science, the Duke faculty and administration damaged all of higher education during the infamous lacrosse hoax.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/duke-faculty-and-administration-damaged-intellectual-foundations-higher-education]]>851education,law,the police statefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-is-no-property-rights-case-for-birthright-citizenship--71054263https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-no-property-rights-case-birthright-citizenship]]>144375Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:33:05 +0000Mises InstituteThe process of naturalization is a government-created "right" with no basis in property rights. In other words, there is no libertarian case for birthright citizenship. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-no-property-rights-case-birthright-citizenship]]>1328falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ethics-state-and-just-war-some-notes-on-rothbard-s-libertarianism--71048641https://mises.org/mises-wire/ethics-state-and-just-war-some-notes-rothbards-libertarianism]]>144372Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:55:48 +0000Mises InstituteFor Rothbard — as for Locke — it is not the use of force that is disputable, but the use of force against peaceful and innocent people.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ethics-state-and-just-war-some-notes-rothbards-libertarianismhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/ethics-state-and-just-war-some-notes-rothbards-libertarianism]]>915falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-the-jacksonians-caused-america-s-industrial-revolution--71004552https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-jacksonians-caused-americas-industrial-revolution]]>144353Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:49:19 +0000Mises InstituteAmerica’s industrial revolution didn’t just happen. It came about because of the free market initiatives that came from the Andrew Jackson presidency.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-jacksonians-caused-americas-industrial-revolutionhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/how-jacksonians-caused-americas-industrial-revolution]]>968economic policy,free markets,u.s. economy,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/atlanta-tsa-and-a-test-case-for-interventionist-non-intervention--70926457https://mises.org/mises-wire/atlanta-tsa-and-test-case-interventionist-non-intervention]]>144329Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:34:56 +0000Mises InstituteThe TSA stories, especially at Atlanta, are illustrations of interventionist non-intervention: non-delivery of promised, paid-for, and monopolized service.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/atlanta-tsa-and-test-case-interventionist-non-intervention]]>1332economic freedom,interventionism,monopoly and competition,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/durham-police-and-prosecutors-committed-numerous-crimes-in-the-duke-lacrosse-case-and-escaped-meaningful-punishment--70898402https://mises.org/mises-wire/durham-police-and-prosecutors-committed-numerous-crimes-duke-lacrosse-case-and-escaped-meaningful-punishment]]>144324Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:53:22 +0000Mises InstituteWhen accusations of rape and assault were made against Duke University’s lacrosse team in 2006, both the Durham City Police and District Attorney Michael Nifong engaged in law breaking to indict three young men that clearly were innocent.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/durham-police-and-prosecutors-committed-numerous-crimes-duke-lacrosse-case-and-escaped-meaningful-punishment]]>892media and culture,politics,the police statefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cheap-calories-expensive-consequences-how-federal-policy-contributes-to-chronic-disease--70875628https://mises.org/mises-wire/cheap-calories-expensive-consequences-how-federal-policy-contributes-chronic-disease]]>144318Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:01:11 +0000Mises InstituteThe federal government heavily subsidizes certain politically-connected food growers in the name of “protecting our food supply.” Actually, the government protects the livelihood of those that promote unhealthy foods.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/cheap-calories-expensive-consequences-how-federal-policy-contributes-chronic-disease]]>801bureaucracy and regulation,corporate welfare,cronyism and corporatism,economic policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mistaken-identity-of-prediction-markets--70874670https://mises.org/mises-wire/mistaken-identity-prediction-markets]]>144317Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:47:21 +0000Mises InstituteMainstream finance regularly confuses finance, insurance and betting. The Austrian School provides the tools to understand their differences.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/mistaken-identity-prediction-marketshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/mistaken-identity-prediction-markets]]>746financial markets,legal system,strategyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/individualism-in-rothbard-s-natural-rights-libertarianism--70874669https://mises.org/mises-wire/individualism-rothbards-natural-rights-libertarianism]]>144316Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:27:13 +0000Mises InstituteMurray Rothbard’s system was built upon the natural rights of individuals, and tying liberty to property and ownership, not collectivism.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/individualism-rothbards-natural-rights-libertarianismhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/individualism-rothbards-natural-rights-libertarianism]]>591interviews,libertarianism,politics,property rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-iran-war-brings-more-inflation-and-new-strength-to-the-yuan--70874671https://mises.org/mises-wire/iran-war-brings-more-inflation-and-new-strength-yuan]]>144315Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:50:12 +0000Mises InstituteBeyond the initial oil shock, the Iran war is also laying the foundation for ongoing monetary inflation and price inflation, with no real change to the US regime’s commitment to easy money.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/iran-war-brings-more-inflation-and-new-strength-yuan]]>589falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-not-anarcho-tyranny-it-s-interventionist-non-intervention--70787908https://mises.org/mises-wire/its-not-anarcho-tyranny-its-interventionist-non-intervention]]>144286Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:55:07 +0000Mises InstituteCombining binary and triangular interventions, the state coercively taxes citizens to pay for its services, monopolizes certain services, and then is incentivized to engage in paid non-delivery.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/its-not-anarcho-tyranny-its-interventionist-non-intervention]]>1083falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/remembering-paul-ehrlich-even-if-we-would-rather-not--70747833https://mises.org/mises-wire/remembering-paul-ehrlich-even-if-we-would-rather-not]]>144260Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:35:51 +0000Mises InstituteNeo-Malthusian Paul Ehrlich recently passed away, but not before his false doomsday claims made his a very wealthy man. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/remembering-paul-ehrlich-even-if-we-would-rather-nothttps://mises.org/mises-wire/remembering-paul-ehrlich-even-if-we-would-rather-not]]>906economic policy,politics,the environment,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/roger-garrison-and-the-sustainable-growth-of-the-austrian-school--70723644https://mises.org/power-market/roger-garrison-and-sustainable-growth-austrian-school]]>144254Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:55:16 +0000Mises InstituteGenerations of scholars come and go; a few, including Roger Garrison, make their mark on the field and inspire future generations to do the same.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/roger-garrison-and-sustainable-growth-austrian-schoolhttps://mises.org/power-market/roger-garrison-and-sustainable-growth-austrian-school]]>400falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rothbard-never-abandoned-his-principles--70716858https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-never-abandoned-his-principles]]>144251Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:05:59 +0000Mises InstituteAs we continue to celebrate the centennial of the birth of Murray Rothbard, Wanjiru Njoya reminds us that he never compromised his principles and stood for liberty throughout his all-too-brief life.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-never-abandoned-his-principles]]>613free markets,history of the austrian school,political theory,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/popular-interest-rate-theory-describes-but-fails-to-explain--70667708https://mises.org/mises-wire/popular-interest-rate-theory-describes-fails-explain]]>144238Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:47:48 +0000Mises InstituteMilton Friedman and others tried to explain interest rates using liquidity, economic activity, and inflation expectations. These things, however, only describe interest but do not explain it. Only the Austrian theory of time preference correctly...https://mises.org/mises-wire/popular-interest-rate-theory-describes-fails-explain]]>624capital and interest theory,money supply,other schools of thoughtfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cultural-marxism-masquerading-as-true-history--70666489https://mises.org/mises-wire/cultural-marxism-masquerading-true-history]]>144237Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:23:12 +0000Mises InstituteModern academic historians have been captured by the cultural Marxists, no matter how much they deny the obvious truth.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/cultural-marxism-masquerading-true-historyhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/cultural-marxism-masquerading-true-history]]>746media and culture,progressivism,socialism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-another-stone-age-in-the-making--70665100https://mises.org/mises-wire/another-stone-age-making]]>144236Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:39:47 +0000Mises InstituteAs war drums beat again, this time against Iran, we ask ourselves if recklessness from Donald Trump and European and Israeli leaders is pushing us to catastrophe.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/another-stone-age-makinghttps://mises.org/mises-wire/another-stone-age-making]]>412media and culture,politics,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/only-power-can-check-power--70615106https://mises.org/mises-wire/only-power-can-check-power]]>144230Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:44:07 +0000Mises InstituteThe radical classical liberals of the past were not so naive as to think that words on paper would prevent the abuses of the central state. Allowing the central state to have a monopoly on coercive power is always a mistake. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/only-power-can-check-power]]>1277falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-duke-lacrosse-case-20-years-later-how-durham-law-enforcement-promoted-a-criminal-conspiracy--70609259https://mises.org/mises-wire/duke-lacrosse-case-20-years-later-how-durham-law-enforcement-promoted-criminal-conspiracy]]>144222Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:01:13 +0000Mises InstituteThe Duke Lacrosse Case would never have been a legal item had not the police and prosecutors of the case lied and broken the law on numerous occasions. Here is a small sampling of the lies they told.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/duke-lacrosse-case-20-years-later-how-durham-law-enforcement-promoted-criminal-conspiracy]]>1104law,legal system,politics,the police statefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rothbard-and-the-american-revolution--70508706https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-and-american-revolution]]>144169Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:58:51 +0000Mises InstituteAs we celebrate the Centennial of the birth of Murray Rothbard, we look at his commentary on the American Revolution, where it promoted liberty and where the creation of the Constitution became liberty’s roadblock.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-and-american-revolution]]>658economic policy,law,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/operation-ajax-1953-the-cia-s-template-and-warnings-for-today--70507250https://mises.org/mises-wire/operation-ajax-1953-cias-template-and-warnings-today]]>144168Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:53:12 +0000Mises InstituteThe current US conflict with Iran has its roots in the CIA-backed coup in 1953, which removed a democratically-elected prime minister and replaced him with the Shah. The Shah’s government ultimately collapsed, leading to the current Islamic...https://mises.org/mises-wire/operation-ajax-1953-cias-template-and-warnings-today]]>1257u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-duke-lacrosse-case-exposed-the-rot-in-higher-education-the-media-and-the-justice-system--70483937https://mises.org/mises-wire/duke-lacrosse-case-exposed-rot-higher-education-media-and-justice-system]]>144157Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:31:12 +0000Mises InstituteIt has been 20 years since the Duke Lacrosse Case dominated the news media. It was a story in which false narratives of guilt pushed by corrupt police and prosecutors, radical members of Duke’s faculty, and the legacy media nearly railroaded three...https://mises.org/mises-wire/duke-lacrosse-case-exposed-rot-higher-education-media-and-justice-system]]>787education,law,legal system,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rothbard-and-war--70467109https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-and-war]]>144150Thu, 05 Mar 2026 02:02:13 +0000Mises InstituteThose who believe in the free and unhampered market economy should be especially skeptical of war and military action. War, after all, is the ultimate government program.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-and-warhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-and-war]]>1741war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-iran-war-exposes-the-farce-of-american-representative-democracy--70442254https://mises.org/mises-wire/iran-war-exposes-farce-american-representative-democracy]]>144141Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:15:48 +0000Mises InstituteThe current war is a timely reminder that the US ruling elites regard the US taxpayers and ordinary Americans as little more than inconvenient afterthoughts in US foreign policy.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/iran-war-exposes-farce-american-representative-democracy]]>919falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/war-guilt-in-the-middle-east--70393345https://mises.org/mises-wire/war-guilt-middle-east]]>144115Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:53:52 +0000Mises InstituteInto the heart of the peasant and nomadic Arab world of the Middle East there came, on the backs and on the bayonets of British imperialism, a largely European colonizing people.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/war-guilt-middle-easthttps://mises.org/mises-wire/war-guilt-middle-east]]>1837world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fight-for-liberty-and-the-beltway-barbarians--70392411https://mises.org/mises-wire/fight-liberty-and-beltway-barbarians]]>144113Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:45:05 +0000Mises InstituteAre we emphasizing “the negative”? In a sense, yes, but what else are we to stress when our values, our principles, our very being are under attack from a relentless foe?Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fight-liberty-and-beltway-barbarianshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/fight-liberty-and-beltway-barbarians]]>687strategyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/massachusetts-1690-the-first-western-fiat-experiment--70332290https://mises.org/mises-wire/massachusetts-1690-first-western-fiat-experiment]]>144087Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:13:02 +0000Mises InstituteWhen the Massachusetts colony issued its own unredeemable paper money in 1690, it was with the promise that it would soon be redeemable in specie. Like all paper money issued by government, it lost value and the confidence of the people.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/massachusetts-1690-first-western-fiat-experiment]]>1013gold standard,monetary theory,money and banks,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bill-of-rights-against-the-states--70303812https://mises.org/mises-wire/bill-rights-against-states]]>144066Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:13:08 +0000Mises InstituteWe are told that the Bill of Rights is the bedrock of our freedom, yet this same Bill of Rights ultimately has been used as a weapon against state sovereignty and against our individual rights.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/bill-rights-against-states]]>828decentralization and secession,law,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-defense-of-national-borders--70301368https://mises.org/mises-wire/defense-national-borders]]>144063Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:51:57 +0000Mises InstituteThe current outburst of protests against President Trump’s enforcement of immigration laws is overshadowing a question that is not being asked: Can we defend having national borders in the first place?Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/defense-national-borders]]>419immigration,law,liberalism,libertarianismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-act-in-a-world-of-uncertainty-not-probabilities--70300376https://mises.org/mises-wire/we-act-world-uncertainty-not-probabilities]]>144062Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:06:29 +0000Mises InstituteHuman action involves people engaging in unique events in which outcomes often are uncertain, when expertise and planning often do not give us the results we anticipate.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/we-act-world-uncertainty-not-probabilities]]>845entrepreneurship,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/class-conflict-the-jacksonians-and-exploitation--70282907https://mises.org/mises-wire/class-conflict-jacksonians-and-exploitation]]>144058Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:06:46 +0000Mises InstituteIn a truly free market, there is no class conflict. In the presence of the state, however, things are different because various groups jockey with each other to gain the favor of state agents.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/class-conflict-jacksonians-and-exploitation]]>1374falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anarcho-tyranny-and-the-uk-grooming-gangs-scandal--70282902https://mises.org/mises-wire/anarcho-tyranny-and-uk-grooming-gangs-scandal]]>144057Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:35:48 +0000Mises InstituteThe rise of the grooming gangs in Great Britain and the refusal of Britain’s Labor government to intervene speaks volumes about the contempt that British political elites have for their laws and the people who must live under a regime of...https://mises.org/mises-wire/anarcho-tyranny-and-uk-grooming-gangs-scandal]]>630europe,immigration,law,legal systemfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rothbard-and-eminent-domain-confused-history-and-legal-sleight-of-hand--70252339https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-and-eminent-domain-confused-history-and-legal-sleight-hand]]>144045Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:11:09 +0000Mises InstituteGovernments at all levels abuse their “privilege” of eminent domain, the taking of private property for government use. Murray Rothbard understood that government was not justified to seize property for such use in the first place.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-and-eminent-domain-confused-history-and-legal-sleight-hand]]>611big government,law,property rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nock-s-war-on-the-state--70239504https://mises.org/mises-wire/nocks-war-state]]>144039Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:01:11 +0000Mises InstituteBefore Murray Rothbard, there was Albert Jay Nock laying intellectual broadsides against the tyranny of the state. While Nock (unlike Rothbard) never called for total abolishment of the state, he did want as minimal a state as could be had.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/nocks-war-state]]>590anarchy,big government,minarchyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-end-of-artificial-employment--70232757https://mises.org/power-market/end-artificial-employment]]>144037Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:26:35 +0000Mises InstituteAI is not the killer—it is the coroner.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/end-artificial-employmenthttps://mises.org/power-market/end-artificial-employment]]>237booms and busts,capitalism,unemploymentfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/antebellum-federal-protections-of-slavery--70227008https://mises.org/mises-wire/antebellum-federal-protections-slavery]]>144028Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:23:07 +0000Mises InstituteUnfortunately, slavery was not just propped up by policy in the slave states, but federally. It is often overlooked that the federal government—not just slave states—had implemented legal protections of slavery by policy for decades.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/antebellum-federal-protections-slavery]]>972u.s. economy,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-senate-and-the-loss-of-mixed-government--70162321https://mises.org/mises-wire/senate-and-loss-mixed-government]]>143999Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:31:57 +0000Mises InstituteFew Americans today realize that until the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913, US senators were appointed by their state legislatures, not by popular vote. This development had an unfortunate effect upon US politics, further damaging the original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/senate-and-loss-mixed-government]]>813democracy,politics,progressivism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/u-s-actions-toward-cuba-are-criminal--70150755https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-actions-toward-cuba-are-criminal]]>143997Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:23:48 +0000Mises InstituteEven though Cuba poses no threat to the U.S., the Trump administration continues its criminal policies of sanctions and other restrictions in an attempt to foist "regime change" on the country.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-actions-toward-cuba-are-criminal]]>607socialism,the police state,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/surviving-capitalism-the-scarcity-advantage--70138848https://mises.org/mises-wire/surviving-capitalism-scarcity-advantage]]>143993Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:22:11 +0000Mises InstituteThe story of Anil Ambani destroys the belief that capitalism automatically favors the rich and excludes the poor. Once a billionaire, he made a series of bad business choices and the market punished those choices. Capitalism favors good...https://mises.org/mises-wire/surviving-capitalism-scarcity-advantage]]>666bureaucracy and regulation,capitalism,the entrepreneurfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/monetary-decay-and-imperial-survival--70136255https://mises.org/mises-wire/monetary-decay-and-imperial-survival]]>143990Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:11:02 +0000Mises InstituteThe American empire—with its global military footprint and permanent war economy—cannot be financed through honest taxation without provoking revolt.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/monetary-decay-and-imperial-survivalhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/monetary-decay-and-imperial-survival]]>420law,libertarianism,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-mises-s-the-theory-of-money-and-credit-is-still-important-today--70116691https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-misess-theory-money-and-credit-still-important-today]]>143982Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:22:11 +0000Mises InstituteLudwig von Mises’s first major work was The Theory of Money and Credit in which he explained the role of money in the economy and also pointed out what causes the boom-bust cycle. It remains an important classic in Austrian economics.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-misess-theory-money-and-credit-still-important-today]]>542austrian economics overview,book reviews,history of the austrian school,monetary theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-we-should-repeal-the-civil-rights-act--70105903https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-we-should-repeal-civil-rights-act]]>143981Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:59:59 +0000Mises InstituteThe Civil Rights Act, first passed in 1964, is falsely connected with freedom. In reality, this law severely restricts individual liberty and replaces it with coercive government acts.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-we-should-repeal-civil-rights-act]]>392law,media and culture,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-brief-history-of-the-petite-bourgeoisie--70101406https://mises.org/mises-wire/brief-history-petite-bourgeoisie]]>143978Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:34:02 +0000Mises InstituteFrom the Jacksonians to the Marxists, political theorists have understood that there is something unique about "small industry" between big business and propertyless workers. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/brief-history-petite-bourgeoisiehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/brief-history-petite-bourgeoisie]]>1109falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/olaudah-equiano-s-manumission-regulatory-barriers-to-freedom--70035755https://mises.org/mises-wire/olaudah-equianos-manumission-regulatory-barriers-freedom]]>143966Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:17:57 +0000Mises InstituteIf one man may legally own another, then he should likewise have the right to disown this property. To deny this right by law involves simultaneously affirming the right of one human to own another as his property but not the right to stop owning...https://mises.org/mises-wire/olaudah-equianos-manumission-regulatory-barriers-freedom]]>1101property rights,u.s. economy,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-turmoil-at-the-washington-post-does-not-threaten-democracy--70017270https://mises.org/mises-wire/turmoil-washington-post-does-not-threaten-democracy]]>143957Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:59:48 +0000Mises InstitutePundits are claiming that the demise of the Washington Post will weaken democracy and provide a boost for government corruption. As usual, the pundits are badly mistaken.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/turmoil-washington-post-does-not-threaten-democracy]]>1023big government,politics,progressivism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-european-union-now-resembles-the-soviet-union--69984892https://mises.org/mises-wire/european-union-now-resembles-soviet-union]]>143942Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:12:14 +0000Mises InstituteThe similarities between the EU and the USSR are striking, and they are not just a coincidence. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/european-union-now-resembles-soviet-unionhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/european-union-now-resembles-soviet-union]]>983decentralization and secession,europe,liberalism,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-government-services-underfunded--69980223https://mises.org/mises-wire/are-government-services-underfunded]]>143939Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:53:57 +0000Mises InstituteStatists love to claim that government services would be better if only they were “fully funded.” However, given their nature, government services always will be seen as “underfunded” no matter how much money politicians throw at them.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/are-government-services-underfunded]]>648big government,politics,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-s-assault-on-our-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms--69977624https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-assault-our-right-keep-and-bear-arms]]>143936Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:15:38 +0000Mises InstituteIs it illegal to carry a gun to a demonstration against ICE? According to the Trump Administration, it is. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-assault-our-right-keep-and-bear-armshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-assault-our-right-keep-and-bear-arms]]>880falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-challenge-of-distinguishing-history-from-fiction--69977616https://mises.org/mises-wire/challenge-distinguishing-history-fiction]]>143935Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:58:02 +0000Mises InstituteWhat happens when historical fiction becomes a more accurate portrayal than the version of history given by mainstream historians?Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/challenge-distinguishing-history-fictionhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/challenge-distinguishing-history-fiction]]>505media and culture,secession,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/calls-for-unity-help-the-federal-government-seize-more-power--69963049https://mises.org/mises-wire/calls-unity-help-federal-government-seize-more-power]]>143925Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:12:04 +0000Mises InstituteIn the United States, since no state is allowed to ever leave, or to even control its own borders. This will lead to more centralized political power in every way.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/calls-unity-help-federal-government-seize-more-power]]>717falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/history-is-not-a-mathematical-calculation--69890983https://mises.org/mises-wire/history-not-mathematical-calculation]]>143917Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:41:48 +0000Mises InstituteUnderstanding history is not about understanding formulas or narratives. Instead, we must understand the people who made history, their motives, and their goals.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/history-not-mathematical-calculationhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/history-not-mathematical-calculation]]>586decentralization and secession,media and culture,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stop-fighting-your-neighbor-the-mechanics-of-state-power-and-how-to-opt-out--69887682https://mises.org/mises-wire/stop-fighting-your-neighbor-mechanics-state-power-and-how-opt-out]]>143915Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:34:09 +0000Mises InstituteThe modern state doesn’t get its power from the consent of the governed. Instead, it creates crises and then uses coercion to demand obedience.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/stop-fighting-your-neighbor-mechanics-state-power-and-how-opt-outhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/stop-fighting-your-neighbor-mechanics-state-power-and-how-opt-out]]>845big government,democracy,interventionism,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/machiavelli-is-dead-why-politics-without-property-rights-rules-and-moral-limits-cannot-work--69850517https://mises.org/mises-wire/machiavelli-dead-why-politics-without-property-rights-rules-and-moral-limits-cannot-work]]>143912Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:56:30 +0000Mises InstituteModern political economy is based upon a Machiavellian belief in might makes right. Yet, political power cannot accomplish what free markets and private property rights have done in lifting billions of people out of poverty.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/machiavelli-dead-why-politics-without-property-rights-rules-and-moral-limits-cannot-work]]>440free markets,politics,property rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ruthlessness-and-brutality-of-the-us-government--69845179https://mises.org/power-market/ruthlessness-and-brutality-us-government]]>143910Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:06:45 +0000Mises InstituteFrom time to time, the American people need to be reminded who is the boss. The boss is the US government. The citizenry are the serfs, the servants, the subordinates.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/ruthlessness-and-brutality-us-government]]>563falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-immigration-and-ice--69823176https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-immigration-and-ice]]>143904Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:17:57 +0000Mises InstituteRestoring the rule of law and Constitutional government on immigration—something wrecked by Trump's rule-by-decree with federal agents—is vastly more important than expelling illegal immigrants.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-immigration-and-ice]]>978falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-america-s-two-party-system-will-never-threaten-the-true-political-elites--69813266https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-americas-two-party-system-will-never-threaten-true-political-elites]]>143898Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:12:47 +0000Mises InstituteThe fact  that the Republican and Democratic parties are allowed to circulate into key positions of government is proof enough that they are no threat to the true governing elites.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-americas-two-party-system-will-never-threaten-true-political-elites]]>957falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-idiocracy-that-is-california-politics--69812577https://mises.org/mises-wire/idiocracy-california-politics]]>143897Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:08:19 +0000Mises InstituteIf California voters and politicians do not understand the current crisis, we will see the continuous march to perdition as California politicians refuse to acknowledge that they are killing the geese laying the golden eggs.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/idiocracy-california-politics]]>1681big government,media and culture,politics,progressivism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-positive-view-of-sectional-history--69790292https://mises.org/mises-wire/positive-view-sectional-history]]>143889Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:46:08 +0000Mises InstituteIn most nations of any size, sectionalism is almost inevitable. How nations handle such divisions, historian Frank L. Owsley, determines if sectionalism is peaceful or becomes violent. It became violent in the US in 1861.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/positive-view-sectional-history]]>365decentralization and secession,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-affordability-is-the-wrong-term-to-describe-effects-of-inflation--69789254https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-affordability-wrong-term-describe-effects-inflation]]>143888Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:14:45 +0000Mises InstitutePoliticians are touting “affordability” to describe the current regime of rising prices. However, most lawmakers who claim they are trying to make things more affordable demand policies that make things more costly.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-affordability-wrong-term-describe-effects-inflation]]>612big government,inflation,politics,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-not-so-new-dollar-strategy-monetize-productivity-in-advance--69789253https://mises.org/mises-wire/not-so-new-dollar-strategy-monetize-productivity-advance]]>143887Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:27:14 +0000Mises InstituteA bad end is most likely though even in the best case scenario of AI increasing living standards. The build-up of asset inflation malinvestment and overleveraging will impose huge costs.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/not-so-new-dollar-strategy-monetize-productivity-advance]]>742falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/have-fiat-money-will-tyrannize--69786941https://mises.org/mises-wire/have-fiat-money-will-tyrannize]]>143885Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:46:06 +0000Mises InstituteThanks to the Federal Reserve, the US government will always have enough printed money to fund its tyrannical schemes.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/have-fiat-money-will-tyrannizehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/have-fiat-money-will-tyrannize]]>750inflation,socialism,the fed,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-five-stages-of-totalitarianism--69765559https://mises.org/mises-wire/five-stages-totalitarianism]]>143870Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:41:46 +0000Mises InstituteTotalitarian societies do not become that way overnight. There are recognizable signs and stages which show how a society slides into that abyss.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/five-stages-totalitarianismhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/five-stages-totalitarianism]]>1244liberalism,socialism,the police statefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-no-surprise-that-conservatives-have-rediscovered-their-love-of-federal-power--69760932https://mises.org/mises-wire/its-no-surprise-conservatives-have-rediscovered-their-love-federal-power]]>143867Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:55:02 +0000Mises InstituteThere is no reason to be surprised by the total lack of commitment to any ideological standards. Nor is there any reason to expect anything better. That's just how American politics works. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/its-no-surprise-conservatives-have-rediscovered-their-love-federal-power]]>638falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-political-economy-of-pesticides-how-to-subsidize-a-poison--69742490https://mises.org/mises-wire/political-economy-pesticides-how-subsidize-poison]]>143857Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:12:50 +0000Mises InstituteWill the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) succeed? If the regulatory story of DDT is a prime example of government regulation in action, then the answer is a resounding no.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/political-economy-pesticides-how-subsidize-poison]]>1316bureaucracy and regulation,politics,the environmentfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/surprise-mamdani-is-governing-like-a-socialist--69672487https://mises.org/mises-wire/surprise-mamdani-governing-socialist]]>143840Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:47:04 +0000Mises InstituteBy hiring a communist as his main housing adviser, New York Mayor Zohram Mamdani is fully committed to driving out private ownership of rental properties and handing over apartments to the city and politically-connected organizations. It will only...https://mises.org/mises-wire/surprise-mamdani-governing-socialist]]>893big government,politics,price controls,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-the-federalists-hated-the-bill-of-rights--69667848https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-federalists-hated-bill-rights]]>143839Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:44:52 +0000Mises InstituteThe Bill of Rights transformed the Constitution from one of supreme and total national power to a partially mixed polity where the liberal anti-nationalists at least had a fighting chance.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-federalists-hated-bill-rights]]>1590u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-can-have-unity-or-we-can-have-freedom-we-can-t-have-both--69649131https://mises.org/mises-wire/we-can-have-unity-or-we-can-have-freedom-we-cant-have-both]]>143837Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:11:07 +0000Mises InstituteWhile unity sounds like a nice thing to have, when it comes to politics and nation-states, experience repeatedly shows that unity is the tool of those who build state power at the expense of freedom. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/we-can-have-unity-or-we-can-have-freedom-we-cant-have-both]]>941falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/latest-federal-killing-in-minnesota-echoes-ruby-ridge--69600709https://mises.org/mises-wire/latest-federal-killing-minnesota-echoes-ruby-ridge]]>143816Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:14:49 +0000Mises InstituteThe latest killing of a protester in Minneapolis by federal agents is reminiscent of the shooting of Vickie Weaver by a government sniper in 1992. In both cases, the government has refused to acknowledge wrongdoing and has engaged in legal...https://mises.org/mises-wire/latest-federal-killing-minnesota-echoes-ruby-ridge]]>668big government,politics,the police state,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-hate-speech-is-defined-as-a-crime--73146261https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-hate-speech-defined-crime]]>145622Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:12:25 +0000Mises InstituteMany progressives believe that certain kind of speech, or what they call “hate speech,” should be subject to criminal penalties, including imprisonment. Murray Rothbard understood that such laws would destroy our very freedoms.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-hate-speech-defined-crime]]>485law,media and culture,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-the-failure-of-constitutionalism-through-the-ages-norms-emergencies-and-the-administrative-state--69592975https://mises.org/mises-wire/failure-constitutionalism-through-ages-norms-emergencies-and-administrative-state]]>143812Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:41:42 +0000Mises InstituteConstitutionalism gives us the expectation of governance according to rules that everyone from those that are governed to the ones that govern are expected to obey. But what happens if those that govern exempt themselves from those rules?Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/failure-constitutionalism-through-ages-norms-emergencies-and-administrative-state]]>716big government,democracy,politics,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reparations-are-a-welfare-scheme-and-would-have-no-effect-on-racial-wealth-gaps--69550571https://mises.org/mises-wire/reparations-are-welfare-scheme-and-would-have-no-effect-racial-wealth-gaps]]>143794Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:01:11 +0000Mises InstituteFor all of the demands for reparations for blacks, the schemes so far have been unworkable and would not address the real wealth gaps between black and white Americans.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/reparations-are-welfare-scheme-and-would-have-no-effect-racial-wealth-gaps]]>1114politics,progressivism,taxes and spending,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trading-with-the-enemy-an-american-tradition--69548562https://mises.org/mises-daily/trading-enemy-american-tradition]]>143793Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:39:53 +0000Mises InstituteMurray Rothbard recounts how during the French and Indian War (1754–63), Americans continued the great tradi­tion of trading with the enemy.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/trading-enemy-american-traditionhttps://mises.org/mises-daily/trading-enemy-american-tradition]]>1177u.s. history,value and exchange,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/israel-and-its-relationship-to-the-islamic-state--69539225https://mises.org/mises-wire/israel-and-its-relationship-islamic-state]]>143788Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:07:48 +0000Mises InstituteIn the so-called world of strategic alliances, things often are not what they seem to be. It is that way with the Islamic State or ISIS, which supposedly is a deadly enemy of Israel. However, Israel has a symbiotic relationship with Jihadist groups...https://mises.org/mises-wire/israel-and-its-relationship-islamic-state]]>647politics,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/weak-states-not-limited-states-early-ming-governance-and-the-illusion-of-proto-liberalism--69519081https://mises.org/mises-wire/weak-states-not-limited-states-early-ming-governance-and-illusion-proto-liberalism]]>143772Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:05:37 +0000Mises InstituteAlthough some scholars have labeled the early Ming Dynasty as a proto-liberal state, they are mistaken. The Ming governance at that time was weak, not limited by law and ideology.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/weak-states-not-limited-states-early-ming-governance-and-illusion-proto-liberalism]]>702law,liberalism,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-british-north-american-colonies-were-not-homogeneous-political-units--69512631https://mises.org/mises-wire/british-north-american-colonies-were-not-homogeneous-political-units]]>143767Mon, 19 Jan 2026 23:18:47 +0000Mises InstituteThe original 13 British colonies that made up the early United States had very different populations with decidedly different political and social outlooks.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/british-north-american-colonies-were-not-homogeneous-political-units]]>598decentralization and secession,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bait-and-switch-victims-of-the-la-wildfires-find-that-local-government-wants-them-gone--69453516https://mises.org/mises-wire/bait-and-switch-victims-la-wildfires-find-local-government-wants-them-gone]]>143750Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:01:45 +0000Mises InstitutePeople who lost their homes last year in the LA wildfires are finding government roadblocks to rebuilding, due to systems put in place by progressives. And nothing will change.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/bait-and-switch-victims-la-wildfires-find-local-government-wants-them-gone]]>795bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,politics,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-wants-500-billion-more-for-the-pentagon-as-deficits-mount--69447479https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-wants-500-billion-more-pentagon-deficits-mount]]>143740Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:03:48 +0000Mises InstituteTrump ways he wants to spend half a trillion more dollars on military spending, even as federal spending persists at Biden-Era levels and interest on the debt climbs ever upward. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-wants-500-billion-more-pentagon-deficits-mount]]>655falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-s-justice-dept-launches-criminal-probe-against-the-fed-s-powell--69437471https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-justice-dept-launches-criminal-probe-against-feds-powell]]>143732Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:01:53 +0000Mises InstituteThis feud is little more than two factions within the Federal government fighting over how exactly to use the Fed’s many powers to inflate, exploit, and help fund an ever expanding federal government.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-justice-dept-launches-criminal-probe-against-feds-powell]]>772falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/powell-should-be-a-great-american-villain-dc-will-make-him-a-hero--69437470https://mises.org/mises-wire/powell-should-be-great-american-villain-dc-will-make-him-hero]]>143731Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:34:48 +0000Mises InstituteThe current Washington tiff between Donald Trump and Jerome Powell is being reframed as Powell heroically defending the Fed’s “independence.” In truth, the Fed has always done the administration’s dirty work and pursued inflation when it might...https://mises.org/mises-wire/powell-should-be-great-american-villain-dc-will-make-him-hero]]>432inflation,politics,the fedfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-revolution-and-classical-liberalism--69429639https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-and-classical-liberalism]]>143727Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:29:08 +0000Mises Institute"America, above all countries, was born in an explicitly libertarian revolution, a revolution against empire; against taxation, trade monopoly, and regulation; and against militarism and executive power."Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-and-classical-liberalism]]>3656u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/did-the-articles-of-confederation-fail-probably-not--69381722https://mises.org/mises-wire/did-articles-confederation-fail-probably-not]]>143712Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:12:43 +0000Mises InstituteThe standard explanation for the Constitutional Convention was that the Articles of Confederation were a failure. However, the Articles actually worked the way they were supposed to work. Unfortunately, the advocates of a strong central government...https://mises.org/mises-wire/did-articles-confederation-fail-probably-not]]>528big government,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/environmentalism-is-anti-humanism--69374797https://mises.org/mises-wire/environmentalism-anti-humanism]]>143705Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:45:59 +0000Mises InstituteAnti-impact environmentalists want you dead; they will settle, in the short term, for you to feel guilty for existing, producing and consuming, and willing to comply with any degree of central planning and freedom curtailment to “save the planet” from...https://mises.org/mises-wire/environmentalism-anti-humanism]]>1269media and culture,philosophy,socialism,the environmentfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-the-monroe-doctrine-cannot-be-reestablished--69361046https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-monroe-doctrine-cannot-be-reestablished]]>143694Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:55:32 +0000Mises InstituteWith American intervention in Venezuela, some are claiming that the Trump administration is simply invoking the Monroe Doctrine, or its corollary, the “Donroe” Doctrine. In reality, neither doctrine is an appropriate reason for US military...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-monroe-doctrine-cannot-be-reestablished]]>801interventionism,politics,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-uk-is-in-economic-and-social-freefall--69358734https://mises.org/mises-wire/uk-economic-and-social-freefall]]>143692Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:39:51 +0000Mises InstituteWhatever advances Great Britain made during the Margaret Thatcher years have long been reversed as the UK finds itself in decline of its economy and social fabric. Big government, once again, is the culprit.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/uk-economic-and-social-freefall]]>334big government,europe,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-warmth-of-collectivism-beginning-the-mamdani-era--69354148https://mises.org/mises-wire/warmth-collectivism-beginning-mamdani-era]]>143689Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:01:47 +0000Mises InstituteIn his inaugural speech, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared an end to “rugged individualism” and the embrace of “the warmth of collectivism.” New Yorkers are about to find out that collectivism will not produce what they need to have better...https://mises.org/mises-wire/warmth-collectivism-beginning-mamdani-era]]>695bureaucracy and regulation,price controls,socialism,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-aristotelian-thomistic-roots-of-austrian-school--69344946https://mises.org/mises-wire/aristotelian-thomistic-roots-austrian-school]]>143681Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:50:12 +0000Mises InstituteThe Austrian School of economics isn’t a 20th century or even 19th century creation. Instead, Austrian economics is rooted in the logical thought, as developed by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/aristotelian-thomistic-roots-austrian-school]]>453history of the austrian school,philosophy and methodology,praxeology,value and exchangefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-venezuelan-war-is-a-racket--69342491https://mises.org/mises-wire/venezuelan-war-racket]]>143676Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:44:50 +0000Mises InstituteDonald Trump’s war against Venezuela is truly a racket, as it looks to be little more than an attempt to loot the nation of Venezuela’s natural resources in the name of “liberation.”Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/venezuelan-war-rackethttps://mises.org/mises-wire/venezuelan-war-racket]]>777cronyism and corporatism,politics,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/calhoun-s-doctrine-of-the-concurrent-majority--69326974https://mises.org/mises-wire/calhouns-doctrine-concurrent-majority]]>143664Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:31:48 +0000Mises InstituteSensing the dangers of tyranny by the majority, John C. Calhoun developed the doctrine of the concurrent majority which served to limit the powers of government.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/calhouns-doctrine-concurrent-majorityhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/calhouns-doctrine-concurrent-majority]]>561democracy,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/three-key-lessons-from-the-us-s-venezuela-intervention--69324202https://mises.org/mises-wire/three-key-lessons-uss-venezuela-intervention]]>143661Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:03:51 +0000Mises InstituteThe US's bombing of Caracas reiterates three key foundations of American foreign policy: the Constitution is dead, democracy is irrelevant, and the "rule of law" doesn't matter. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/three-key-lessons-uss-venezuela-intervention]]>781falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/socialist-mamdani-inadvertently-pays-tribute-to-capitalism--69311712https://mises.org/mises-wire/socialist-mamdani-inadvertently-pays-tribute-capitalism]]>143657Mon, 05 Jan 2026 21:19:53 +0000Mises InstituteZohran Mamdani held his mayoral swearing in ceremony at the now-abandoned City Hall Station that was a feature of the first New York Subway built in 1904. Unfortunately, city officials deliberately drove the subway company into insolvency and then...https://mises.org/mises-wire/socialist-mamdani-inadvertently-pays-tribute-capitalism]]>510interventionism,politics,socialism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-us-government-is-not-the-daddy-of-us-oil-companies--69310018https://mises.org/power-market/us-government-not-daddy-us-oil-companies]]>143656Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:54:54 +0000Mises InstituteAmong the many rationalizations that the Trump administration is using to initiate massive force and violence against the Venezuelan people is that the Venezuelan government nationalized American oil interests many years ago.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/us-government-not-daddy-us-oil-companies]]>353falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/questioning-the-annexation-of-texas-as-a-us-state--69309251https://mises.org/power-market/questioning-annexation-texas-us-state]]>143655Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:03:38 +0000Mises InstituteThe annexation of Texas was a preview of future foreign policy.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/questioning-annexation-texas-us-statehttps://mises.org/power-market/questioning-annexation-texas-us-state]]>332politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-s-national-insecurity-strategy--69309249https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-national-insecurity-strategy]]>143653Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:57:05 +0000Mises InstitutePresident Trump’s latest national security initiative is unlikely to make the US secure from outside danger. For that matter, Trump’s own internal policies are making this country less secure.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-national-insecurity-strategy]]>793politics,u.s. economy,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-statism-of-donald-trump--69308799https://mises.org/mises-wire/statism-donald-trump]]>143652Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:27:48 +0000Mises InstituteFrom war to tariffs to inflation, it is clear Donald Trump is a devoted disciple of the ideology of statism and interventionism. The fact he's better than the atrocious Kamala Harris doesn't change this. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/statism-donald-trump]]>804falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-indians-separating-truth-from-fiction--69288698https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-indians-separating-truth-fiction]]>143641Sat, 03 Jan 2026 07:17:16 +0000Mises InstituteDepending upon the narrative, American Indians were either noble creatures who were victims of a genocide by rapacious European settlers or were bloodthirsty savages. The truth is more nuanced.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-indians-separating-truth-fiction]]>370europe,media and culture,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-panic-of-1893-an-austrian-view--69283722https://mises.org/mises-wire/panic-1893-austrian-view]]>143642Fri, 02 Jan 2026 23:01:08 +0000Mises InstituteFrom an Austrian perspective, the Panic of 1893 provides key lessons, but this consequential panic has not received as much direct attention as it deserves.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/panic-1893-austrian-viewhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/panic-1893-austrian-view]]>1604inflation,u.s. economy,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-illogic-of-reparations-historical-standards-selective-memory-and-the-logic-of-victory--69283721https://mises.org/mises-wire/illogic-reparations-historical-standards-selective-memory-and-logic-victory]]>143640Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:22:03 +0000Mises InstituteDemands for Americans to pay reparations to descendants of chattel slavery in America have been growing. The case for reparations, however, has always been weak and illogical.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/illogic-reparations-historical-standards-selective-memory-and-logic-victory]]>608law,politics,progressivism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-new-year-we-will-hear-even-more-environmental-doom-because-the-doomsday-industry-never-rests--69280301https://mises.org/mises-wire/new-year-we-will-hear-even-more-environmental-doom-because-doomsday-industry-never-rests]]>143636Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:07:47 +0000Mises InstituteA wearisome part of modern life is the incessant chants of “doomsday” from intellectual, academic, political, and media elites. That their six decades of predictions all have been wrong only leads them to double down on the volume of their...https://mises.org/mises-wire/new-year-we-will-hear-even-more-environmental-doom-because-doomsday-industry-never-rests]]>1210bureaucracy and regulation,politics,progressivism,the environmentfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rise-of-the-state-and-the-fall-of-natural-law--69263605https://mises.org/mises-wire/rise-state-and-fall-natural-law]]>143608Wed, 31 Dec 2025 23:14:34 +0000Mises InstituteIn the wake of WWI, Pope Pius XI reminded his readers that governments instituted by men can never be perfect, and they cannot even be good if they neglect natural law. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rise-state-and-fall-natural-lawhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/rise-state-and-fall-natural-law]]>810falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kalshi-culture-how-gambling-speculation-and-degeneracy-went-mainstream--69261906https://mises.org/mises-wire/kalshi-culture-how-gambling-speculation-and-degeneracy-went-mainstream]]>143599Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:57:44 +0000Mises InstituteAs government continues to engage in reckless actions from inflation to starting wars, people develop shorter time horizons, creating social vacuums. Increased gambling and other irresponsible behaviors then fill the void.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/kalshi-culture-how-gambling-speculation-and-degeneracy-went-mainstream]]>454booms and busts,cronyism and corporatism,inflation,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-constitution-as-a-weak-reed--69261126https://mises.org/mises-wire/constitution-weak-reed]]>143597Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:50:04 +0000Mises InstituteIn theory, the Constitution should safeguard individual liberty by giving citizens a bulwark against state tyranny. However, the Constitution actually advanced federal government power or failed to ultimately prevent it.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/constitution-weak-reed]]>464politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/free-health-care-will-not-fix-america-s-medical-crisis--69254861https://mises.org/mises-wire/free-health-care-will-not-fix-americas-medical-crisis]]>143592Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:14:09 +0000Mises InstituteSocialists and progressives demand that the US adopt a “single payer” healthcare system in which the government provides “free” healthcare. However, “free” healthcare is not free at all, as medical care consists of scarce goods which always come as a...https://mises.org/mises-wire/free-health-care-will-not-fix-americas-medical-crisis]]>721economic policy,health,interventionism,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-treason-and-the-new-york-times--69253826https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-treason-and-new-york-times]]>143591Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:23:53 +0000Mises InstitutePresident Trump recently accused the New York Times of treason because the paper printed something he didn’t like. Unfortunately, Trump is not the only person to designate the crime of treason to actions that are not even criminal.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-treason-and-new-york-times]]>609antipolitics,democracy,politics,the police statefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-continental-bait-and-switch--69244021https://mises.org/mises-wire/continental-bait-and-switch]]>143579Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:35:37 +0000Mises InstituteThe Continentals and other paper monies only temporarily retained some value largely because of an initial promise of future redemption in gold and silver—a monetary “bait-and-switch.”Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/continental-bait-and-switch]]>1135inflation,u.s. economy,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/revisiting-the-maidan-massacre--69241973https://mises.org/mises-wire/revisiting-maidan-massacre]]>143578Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:03:33 +0000Mises InstituteThe Maidan Massacre of February 2014 supposedly involved Ukrainian government troops tied to President Viktor Yanukovych, a Russian ally, leading to his overthrow. But what if it was a false flag operation done to make people blame the...https://mises.org/mises-wire/revisiting-maidan-massacre]]>940book reviews,democracy,europe,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/camillo-tarello-the-forgotten-farmer-who-outsmarted-the-state--69240588https://mises.org/mises-wire/camillo-tarello-forgotten-farmer-who-outsmarted-state]]>143576Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:33:49 +0000Mises InstituteCamillo Tarello was one of the fathers of modern agriculture. Fighting the headwinds of state disapproval for his innovative farming methods, he made many agricultural discoveries, benefitting not only his fellow Italians, but future farmers around...https://mises.org/mises-wire/camillo-tarello-forgotten-farmer-who-outsmarted-state]]>779economic freedom,europe,the entrepreneurfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-are-houses-so-expensive-it-s-deliberate-government-policy--69195334https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-are-houses-so-expensive-its-deliberate-government-policy]]>143566Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:41:49 +0000Mises InstituteHistorically, it has been very poor manners in Washington to admit that keeping home prices high is a deliberate policy. High prices are not the "unintended consequence" of good intentions. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-are-houses-so-expensive-its-deliberate-government-policy]]>784falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reclaiming-the-antistate-roots-of-christmas--69198203https://mises.org/mises-wire/reclaiming-antistate-roots-christmas]]>143563Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:27:23 +0000Mises InstituteShortly after hearing about the birth of Jesus, Herod the king tried to have the child murdered. Indeed, Herod's oppressive rule and the predations of the Roman state play a huge role in the Christmas story.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/reclaiming-antistate-roots-christmas]]>541the police state,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/more-largesse-from-santa-claus-trump--69195332https://mises.org/power-market/more-largesse-santa-claus-trump]]>143558Wed, 24 Dec 2025 06:32:32 +0000Mises InstituteAll children eventually learn that the presents under the Christmas tree come from family and friends, who must pay for them with their own money, and not from Santa Claus.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/more-largesse-santa-claus-trumphttps://mises.org/power-market/more-largesse-santa-claus-trump]]>195big government,economic policy,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/was-scrooge-the-victim-in-a-christmas-carol--69186052https://mises.org/mises-wire/was-scrooge-victim-christmas-carol]]>143557Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:35:54 +0000Mises InstituteScrooge was never mistreated by his nephew, by Cratchit, or by those seeking charitable donations. Scrooge was always free to refuse them all.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/was-scrooge-victim-christmas-carolhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/was-scrooge-victim-christmas-carol]]>614labor and wages,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-the-soviets-replaced-christmas-with-a-socialist-winter-holiday--69173088https://mises.org/power-market/how-soviets-replaced-christmas-socialist-winter-holiday]]>143543Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:15:06 +0000Mises InstituteFather Frost (the Soviet Santa Claus) asks: "To whom do we owe all the good things in our socialist society?,” to which, it is said, the children chorus the reply, "Stalin."Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/how-soviets-replaced-christmas-socialist-winter-holiday]]>310falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/home-prices-and-sales-fall-can-sellers-count-on-lower-interest-rates--69167338https://mises.org/power-market/home-prices-and-sales-fall-can-sellers-count-lower-interest-rates]]>143541Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:42:46 +0000Mises InstituteWith employment fundamentals so weak, the real way to increase home sales is to cut prices further. That, of course, is not what sellers want to hear. Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/home-prices-and-sales-fall-can-sellers-count-lower-interest-rates]]>525falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inflation-and-the-intergenerational-housing-rivalry--69137278https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-and-intergenerational-housing-rivalry]]>143529Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:41:57 +0000Mises InstituteInstead of market competition, inflation forces young and old into rivalrous competition for housing.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-and-intergenerational-housing-rivalryhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-and-intergenerational-housing-rivalry]]>1009central banks,inflation,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/november-s-weak-jobs-report-pushes-the-fed-toward-more-monetary-stimulus--69118049https://mises.org/mises-wire/novembers-weak-jobs-report-pushes-fed-toward-more-monetary-stimulus]]>143514Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:44:08 +0000Mises InstituteIf employment reports continue to show growing economic stagnation, calls for more monetary inflation and government spending will only grow.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/novembers-weak-jobs-report-pushes-fed-toward-more-monetary-stimulushttps://mises.org/mises-wire/novembers-weak-jobs-report-pushes-fed-toward-more-monetary-stimulus]]>712falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-next-economic-downturn-will-be-here-soon-enough--69106263https://mises.org/mises-wire/next-economic-downturn-will-be-here-soon-enough]]>143513Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:11:43 +0000Mises InstituteThe US economy is hooked on easy money and artificially low interest rates. Huge credit expansions are not “stimulating” the economy; they are destroying it.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/next-economic-downturn-will-be-here-soon-enoughhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/next-economic-downturn-will-be-here-soon-enough]]>817business cycles,capital and interest theory,money supplyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-hayek-rejected-merit-based-equality--69099357https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-hayek-rejected-merit-based-equality]]>143510Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:23:45 +0000Mises InstituteIn criticizing the progressive notion of equity, or equality of results, critics of such views embrace an order of “meritocracy.” F.A. Hayek, however, understood that in a free society, inequality is inevitable, and it is something we must...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-hayek-rejected-merit-based-equality]]>613hayek,law,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/obama-s-powerpoint-death-parade-led-to-trump-s-venezuelan-killings--69088470https://mises.org/power-market/obamas-powerpoint-death-parade-led-trumps-venezuelan-killings]]>143492Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:31:58 +0000Mises InstitutePresident Trump and Hegseth are cashing a blank check for carnage that was written years earlier by President Barack Obama.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/obamas-powerpoint-death-parade-led-trumps-venezuelan-killingshttps://mises.org/power-market/obamas-powerpoint-death-parade-led-trumps-venezuelan-killings]]>1031falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-religious-freedom-in-america-was-founded-on-privatization-and-decentralization--69079042https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-religious-freedom-america-was-founded-privatization-and-decentralization]]>143501Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:23:51 +0000Mises InstituteThe drive to religious freedom in America was carried out overwhelmingly in the state legislatures—and the federal First Amendment had almost nothing to do with it.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-religious-freedom-america-was-founded-privatization-and-decentralization]]>1233falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/risk-uncertainty-profits-and-modern-portfolio-theory--69065164https://mises.org/mises-wire/risk-uncertainty-profits-and-modern-portfolio-theory]]>143491Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:23:53 +0000Mises InstituteWhile Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) is popular in academic economics and finance, it fails to properly explain profits, mistakenly confusing entrepreneurial profit seeking with risk management.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/risk-uncertainty-profits-and-modern-portfolio-theory]]>720financial markets,prices,the entrepreneurfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-farmland-protection-policy-act-crisis-politics-and-the-quiet-socialization-of-land--69057870https://mises.org/mises-wire/farmland-protection-policy-act-crisis-politics-and-quiet-socialization-land]]>143488Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:31:48 +0000Mises InstituteFor more than 40 years, the Farmland Protection Policy Act has socialized US farmlands and transferred wealth to politically-connected people. What it hasn’t done is protect farmland.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/farmland-protection-policy-act-crisis-politics-and-quiet-socialization-land]]>837big government,bureaucracy and regulation,politics,property rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inflation-interventionism-and-intergenerational-resentment--69008661https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-interventionism-and-intergenerational-resentment]]>143465Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:45:54 +0000Mises InstituteInflation does more than just force up prices. It destroys the wealth-producing process, especially with young people who are prevented from acquiring the same kinds of assets earlier generations procured. The result is inter-generational...https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-interventionism-and-intergenerational-resentment]]>1062inflation,media and culture,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bursting-the-bubble-that-was-fdr--68994888https://mises.org/mises-wire/bursting-bubble-was-fdr]]>143456Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:11:11 +0000Mises InstituteDavid Beito’s new biography on Franklin D. Roosevelt is not the hagiographic nonsense that has dominated the US history profession. That is a good thing. Americans should know how FDR’s presidency led to one disaster after another.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/bursting-bubble-was-fdr]]>1308big government,book reviews,u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elon-musk-claims-money-will-become-irrelevant-is-he-right--68978184https://mises.org/mises-wire/elon-musk-claims-money-will-become-irrelevant-he-right]]>143450Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:48:55 +0000Mises InstituteElon Musk recently claimed that artificial intelligence will make money itself obsolete. He needs to read the literature of Austrian economics.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/elon-musk-claims-money-will-become-irrelevant-he-righthttps://mises.org/mises-wire/elon-musk-claims-money-will-become-irrelevant-he-right]]>772monetary theory,money and banking,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-banning-hate-speech-is-evil--68951342https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-banning-hate-speech-evil]]>143430Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:54:06 +0000Mises InstituteMarion Millar has been charged in Scotland with the crime of “malicious communication” due to tweets criticizing gender self-identification. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-banning-hate-speech-evilhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/why-banning-hate-speech-evil]]>689falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-unjustified-conflict-grant-s-memoirs-on-the-mexican-american-war--68899411https://mises.org/mises-wire/unjustified-conflict-grants-memoirs-mexican-american-war]]>143410Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:12:54 +0000Mises InstituteThe Mexican-War resulted in more territory for the new American empire, but the US government started it under false pretenses. A young US soldier who fought—Ulysses Grant—knew better, exposing the lies from Washington.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/unjustified-conflict-grants-memoirs-mexican-american-war]]>762u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lane-train-and-the-rest-of-college-football-madness-has-been-fueled-by-easy-money--68884444https://mises.org/mises-wire/lane-train-and-rest-college-football-madness-has-been-fueled-easy-money]]>143405Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:11:54 +0000Mises InstituteThe Lane Kiffin saga has dominated sports headlines this past week, highlighting the sea changes that have come over college sports—an especially college football—in the past decade. Much of this change is being driven by the easy money regime of the...https://mises.org/mises-wire/lane-train-and-rest-college-football-madness-has-been-fueled-easy-money]]>621media and culture,monetary policy,the fedfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/zohran-mamdani-s-socialism-flunks-basic-economics--68832250https://mises.org/mises-wire/zohran-mamdanis-socialism-flunks-basic-economics]]>143390Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:14:51 +0000Mises InstituteNew York’s mayor-elect believes he can implement socialist policies through sheer rhetoric, as though mere words can make socialism work. However, economics involves real things and reality will hit New Yorkers soon enough, and they won’t like...https://mises.org/mises-wire/zohran-mamdanis-socialism-flunks-basic-economics]]>880bureaucracy and regulation,democracy,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thanksgiving-a-celebration-of-domestic-life--68789881https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgiving-celebration-domestic-life]]>143371Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:43:00 +0000Mises InstituteFor 150 years, Thanksgiving has been primarily an apolitical holiday that's really about family fun and eating a huge meal.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgiving-celebration-domestic-lifehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgiving-celebration-domestic-life]]>762u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thanksgiving-is-a-celebration-of-free-enterprise--68771614https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgiving-celebration-free-enterprise]]>143369Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:14:47 +0000Mises InstituteThe first English settlers in America learned a hard lesson about socialist economics in the early years of their new colonies as they faced starvation. Once they embraced free enterprise, however, they had something to be thankful for.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgiving-celebration-free-enterprise]]>683free markets,political theory,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/families-are-the-key-to-building-alternatives-to-the-state--68762805https://mises.org/mises-wire/families-are-key-building-alternatives-state]]>143363Wed, 26 Nov 2025 21:33:33 +0000Mises InstituteFrom the perspective of the state, the ideal society is one composed of single parents raising a small number of children in irreligious households.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/families-are-key-building-alternatives-statehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/families-are-key-building-alternatives-state]]>942falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thanksgiving-celebrating-the-birth-of-american-free-enterprise--68762102https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgiving-celebrating-birth-american-free-enterprise]]>143362Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:22:10 +0000Mises InstituteIn the wilderness of the New World, the Plymouth Pilgrims had progressed from the false dream of communism to the sound realism of capitalism.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgiving-celebrating-birth-american-free-enterprisehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgiving-celebrating-birth-american-free-enterprise]]>643u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/minarchism-the-worst-kind-of-state-idolatry--68679817https://mises.org/mises-wire/minarchism-worst-kind-state-idolatry]]>143315Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:14:54 +0000Mises InstituteIs minarchism an antidote for the growing statism and socialism infecting our body politic? Think of it as “statism lite.”Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/minarchism-worst-kind-state-idolatryhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/minarchism-worst-kind-state-idolatry]]>723anarchy,big government,liberalism,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/government-intervention-not-blackrock-is-to-blame-for-the-housing-crisis--68641904https://mises.org/mises-wire/government-intervention-not-blackrock-blame-housing-crisis]]>143296Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:20:09 +0000Mises InstituteThe rent is too high. However, government interference into rental markets has been the main reason rents are so high in the first place.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/government-intervention-not-blackrock-blame-housing-crisishttps://mises.org/mises-wire/government-intervention-not-blackrock-blame-housing-crisis]]>511bureaucracy and regulation,inflation,interventionism,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-i-won-t-be-mourning-dick-cheney--68643942https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-i-wont-be-mourning-dick-cheney]]>143301Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:11:01 +0000Mises InstituteCheney was an architect of both Iraq wars, and he was a perennial supporter of the American surveillance state, torture, and more. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-i-wont-be-mourning-dick-cheneyhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/why-i-wont-be-mourning-dick-cheney]]>739falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/origins-of-the-welfare-state-in-america--68641128https://mises.org/mises-daily/origins-welfare-state-america]]>143294Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:23:12 +0000Mises InstituteWe must realize that the two most powerful motivations in human history have always been ideology and economic interest, and that a joining of these two motivations can be downright irresistible.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-daily/origins-welfare-state-america]]>7437free markets,other schools of thought,philosophy and methodologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-road-to-de-civilization-inflation-and-the-moral-erosion-of-society--68625009https://mises.org/mises-wire/road-de-civilization-inflation-and-moral-erosion-society]]>143278Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:58:48 +0000Mises InstituteInflation is not just an economic phenomenon. It also undercuts the foundations of a civilization, leading to the breakdown of society itself.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/road-de-civilization-inflation-and-moral-erosion-societyhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/road-de-civilization-inflation-and-moral-erosion-society]]>831inflation,philosophy,property rights,the fedfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/roger-williams-exemplar-of-america-s-soul--68604676https://mises.org/mises-wire/roger-williams-exemplar-americas-soul]]>143270Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:58:01 +0000Mises InstituteRoger Williams, the Baptist minister whose libertarian views ran afoul of the Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities, should be honored as one of this country’s early libertarians.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/roger-williams-exemplar-americas-soul]]>731libertarianism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-meaning-of-revolution--68560002https://mises.org/mises-wire/meaning-revolution]]>143251Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:48:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe revolutionaries include the pamphleteer writing in his study, the journalist, the agitator, the organizer, the campus activist, the theoretician, the philanthropist. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/meaning-revolutionhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/meaning-revolution]]>376falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/food-stamps-and-the-federal-war-on-self-reliance--68559996https://mises.org/mises-wire/food-stamps-and-federal-war-self-reliance]]>143249Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:01:49 +0000Mises InstituteThe government “shutdown” and the so-called threat to the food stamp program may be abated for now, but we need to understand why this program has metastasized in recent years. James Bovard tells us why.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/food-stamps-and-federal-war-self-reliance]]>748big government,bureaucracy and regulation,paternalism,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rothbard-world-war-i-as-the-triumph-of-progressive-intellectuals--68558488https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-world-war-i-triumph-progressive-intellectuals]]>143247Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:58:59 +0000Mises InstituteNovember 11 was once known as Armistice Day, the day set aside to celebrate the end of WWI. In this essay Rothbard discusses the war as the triumph of several Progressive intellectual strains from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-world-war-i-triumph-progressive-intellectuals]]>1373falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-resisting-evil--68538295https://mises.org/mises-wire/resisting-evil]]>143235Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:21:12 +0000Mises InstituteWe libertarians may be anti-state, but that we are emphatically not anti-society or opposed to the real world, however contaminated it might be. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/resisting-evilhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/resisting-evil]]>986politics,strategyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dystopia-misdiagnosed-how-the-rich-drive-health-innovation--68466547https://mises.org/mises-wire/dystopia-misdiagnosed-how-rich-drive-health-innovation]]>143216Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:32:03 +0000Mises InstituteThe dystopian futuristic movie Elysium portrays a terrible future in which only the rich have medical care while the poor suffer on an overpopulated, polluted planet. The film’s theme—that only huge wealth transfers can bring medical care to...https://mises.org/mises-wire/dystopia-misdiagnosed-how-rich-drive-health-innovation]]>509economic policy,health,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hobbes-s-accidental-case-against-the-state--68462681https://mises.org/mises-wire/hobbess-accidental-case-against-state]]>143209Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:31:00 +0000Mises InstituteIf Hobbes is right about human nature, then he is wrong about the state as a solution. Ironically, his key arguments for the state are actually key reasons against it.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/hobbess-accidental-case-against-statehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/hobbess-accidental-case-against-state]]>868anarchy,europe,law,philosophyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-election-of-mamdani-what-it-means-and-what-it-doesn-t-mean--68461843https://mises.org/mises-wire/election-mamdani-what-it-means-and-what-it-doesnt-mean]]>143200Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:33:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile giddy socialists are proclaiming that Zohran Mamdani's electoral victory is the beginning of a socialist takeover of the U.S., the Democratic Socialists of America have a long way before they can complete their stated mission.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/election-mamdani-what-it-means-and-what-it-doesnt-mean]]>822politics,socialism,u.s. economy,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/recipes-with-rothbard-what-chocolate-cake-can-teach-about-economics--68365815https://mises.org/mises-wire/recipes-rothbard-what-chocolate-cake-can-teach-about-economics]]>143162Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:24:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhen studying praxeology, something as trivial as the recipe for chocolate cake can become a way to better teach us Austrian economics.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/recipes-rothbard-what-chocolate-cake-can-teach-about-economicshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/recipes-rothbard-what-chocolate-cake-can-teach-about-economics]]>917austrian economics overview,entrepreneurship,praxeology,value and exchangefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/murray-rothbard-and-world-war-ii-origins--68354278https://mises.org/mises-wire/murray-rothbard-and-world-war-ii-origins]]>143139Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:02:21 +0000Mises InstituteMurray Rothbard’s view of the origins of World War II has an important lesson for us today.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/murray-rothbard-and-world-war-ii-originshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/murray-rothbard-and-world-war-ii-origins]]>1005falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/by-all-means-elect-mamdani-and-watch-his-socialist-laboratory-at-work--68351530https://mises.org/mises-wire/all-means-elect-mamdani-and-watch-his-socialist-laboratory-work]]>143135Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:43:09 +0000Mises InstituteHenry Hazlett wrote in Economics in One Lesson that each generation has to relearn economic fallacies that government employs when implementing bad policies. New Yorkers are about to learn a lot of new lessons.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/all-means-elect-mamdani-and-watch-his-socialist-laboratory-work]]>730capitalism,politics,progressivism,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-trump-administration-is-lying-us-into-another-war--68336518https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-administration-lying-us-another-war]]>143126Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:21:45 +0000Mises InstituteTrump's team is citing the fentanyl crisis to justify its escalations near Venezuela. But virtually all illicit fentanyl is made and smuggled thousands of miles away. If war or regime change in Venezuela is good for the American people, why hide the...https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-administration-lying-us-another-war]]>507corporate welfare,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-food-industry-lobbyists-keep-the-food-stamp-gravy-train-going--68339685https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-food-industry-lobbyists-keep-food-stamp-gravy-train-going]]>143129Wed, 29 Oct 2025 07:12:10 +0000Mises InstituteThe food stamp program is a way for Pepsico and the Coca-Cola company to legally rip off the taxpayers.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-food-industry-lobbyists-keep-food-stamp-gravy-train-goinghttps://mises.org/mises-wire/how-food-industry-lobbyists-keep-food-stamp-gravy-train-going]]>843falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-brief-history-of-the-enduring-american-embargo-against-cuba--68314095https://mises.org/mises-wire/brief-history-enduring-american-embargo-against-cuba]]>143115Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:40:03 +0000Mises InstituteFor more than 60 years, the US government has enforced a trade embargo against Cuba, ostensibly to force the communist government into collapse. The only thing that has collapsed, however, is the logic in the US policy.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/brief-history-enduring-american-embargo-against-cuba]]>1745politics,protectionism and free trade,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-tariffs-did-not-cause-september-s-budget-surplus--68314094https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-tariffs-did-not-cause-septembers-budget-surplus]]>143114Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:47:56 +0000Mises InstituteSeptember’s fiscal surplus was not thanks to tariff revenue. In truth, it was thanks to Americans paying more in income tax. Tariffs were only 5.7 percent of revenue.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-tariffs-did-not-cause-septembers-budget-surplus]]>595falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-recognize-critical-race-theory--68314096https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-recognize-critical-race-theory]]>143113Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:46:00 +0000Mises InstituteDespite the change in the White House, critical race theory is still with us, dominating the academic sectors and being ingrained in progressive culture. We need to better recognize what it is and how it works in order to better refute it.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-recognize-critical-race-theory]]>619law,media and culture,philosophy,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/recognizing-the-roots-of-the-current-us-political-turmoil--68303768https://mises.org/mises-wire/recognizing-roots-current-us-political-turmoil]]>143111Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:35:01 +0000Mises InstituteNo one doubts that the US is a politically and culturally divided nation. Contrary to much of public opinion, politicians like Donald Trump did not cause the crisis. Instead, as Lawrence Mead writes, they are a symptom of the government's assault on...https://mises.org/mises-wire/recognizing-roots-current-us-political-turmoil]]>807book reviews,media and culture,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-myth-of-the-robber-barons-james-hill-versus-the-crony-competitors--68266723https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-robber-barons-james-hill-versus-crony-competitors]]>143091Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:35:59 +0000Mises InstituteAs a true market entrepreneur, as opposed to a political entrepreneur, James J. Hill successfully built a transcontinental railroad, outcompeting his government-subsidized competitors.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-robber-barons-james-hill-versus-crony-competitors]]>1186cronyism and corporatism,the entrepreneur,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/america-hurts-farmers-and-discounts-china-s-soy-imports-while-providing-a-crutch-for-argentina--68259357https://mises.org/mises-wire/america-hurts-farmers-and-discounts-chinas-soy-imports-while-providing-crutch-argentina]]>143086Thu, 23 Oct 2025 21:02:00 +0000Mises InstituteOnce again, the Trump administration’s “dealmaking” on international trade has blown up, this time pulling the rug from under US soybean farmers. This isn’t the first trade policy fiasco, nor will it be the last.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/america-hurts-farmers-and-discounts-chinas-soy-imports-while-providing-crutch-argentina]]>378interventionism,protectionism and free trade,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-myth-of-planned-obsolescence--68254230https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-planned-obsolescence]]>143081Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:59:03 +0000Mises InstituteThe concept of “planned obsolescence” makes no economic sense and is often an excuse for governments to harass and shake down innovative entrepreneurs. Much of so-called planned obsolescence is really entrepreneurship at work improving products for...https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-planned-obsolescence]]>782bureaucracy and regulation,capitalism,the entrepreneurfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-rothbard-letters-show-his-early-opposition-to-both-nixon-and-reagan--68243100https://mises.org/mises-wire/new-rothbard-letters-show-his-early-opposition-both-nixon-and-reagan]]>143078Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:43:58 +0000Mises Institute“I see that you are preparing the groundwork for supporting Nixon,” Rothbard wrote Meyer. “Again, for shame! Is this what conservative principles are coming down to...?"Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/new-rothbard-letters-show-his-early-opposition-both-nixon-and-reagan]]>446falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-will-the-next-gold-bust-look-like--68239590https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-will-next-gold-bust-look]]>143075Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:23:00 +0000Mises InstituteThere have been four gold busts under the fiat dollar money regimes since the “freeing” of the gold price in March 1968. Will the current gold boom end in a similar bust?Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-will-next-gold-bust-lookhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/what-will-next-gold-bust-look]]>706falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-progressives-broke-the-constitution-and-praised-themselves-for-it--68228372https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-progressives-broke-constitution-and-praised-themselves-it]]>143061Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:23:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe US Constitution as originally written and understood no longer exists. The first wave of “progressives” reinterpreted it to their liking before later generations of progressives finished the job.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-progressives-broke-constitution-and-praised-themselves-it]]>543law,politics,progressivism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/popular-media-romanticism-and-the-statist-insinuation--68216556https://mises.org/mises-wire/popular-media-romanticism-and-statist-insinuation]]>143056Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:46:03 +0000Mises InstitutePopular views of capitalism and free markets are not shaped by the facts, but rather by anti-capitalist intellectuals and the media.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/popular-media-romanticism-and-statist-insinuationhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/popular-media-romanticism-and-statist-insinuation]]>1057free markets,philosophy,socialism,u.s. history,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/economics-and-the-infantilization-of-culture--68092370https://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-and-infantilization-culture]]>143026Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:43:01 +0000Mises InstituteThe yearning for a state-controlled system is not born of compassion for others but rather of infantile selfishness.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-and-infantilization-culturehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-and-infantilization-culture]]>1159media and culture,progressivism,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-acid-rain-scare-and-the-science-industrial-complex--68077993https://mises.org/mises-wire/acid-rain-scare-and-science-industrial-complex]]>143012Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:46:00 +0000Mises Institute“Science” is now indistinguishable from politics. As the “acid rain” hysteria showed back in the 1970s and 1980s, “follow the science” is just a political slogan, unrelated to actual science.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/acid-rain-scare-and-science-industrial-complex]]>1156bureaucracy and regulation,from the archives,politics,the environment,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/going-for-broke--68077994https://mises.org/mises-wire/going-broke]]>143010Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:58:01 +0000Mises InstituteOnce upon a time, American firms built with the long term in view, and the government did not try to hinder them. Today, thanks to reckless federal government spending, we are living hand-to-mouth, accumulating massive debts, and soon enough will be...https://mises.org/mises-wire/going-broke]]>547big government,inflation,the fed,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/letters-to-frank-meyer-reveal-rothbard-s-views-on-lincoln-slavery-and-popular-sovereignty--68052525https://mises.org/mises-wire/letters-frank-meyer-reveal-rothbards-views-lincoln-slavery-and-popular-sovereignty]]>142994Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:23:02 +0000Mises Institute“The Civil War was really the watershed,” he wrote Meyer. “Lincoln was America’s first dictator, and almost all the Republican Acts were monstrous.”Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/letters-frank-meyer-reveal-rothbards-views-lincoln-slavery-and-popular-sovereignty]]>426falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mises-on-separating-morality-and-state--68047567https://mises.org/mises-wire/mises-separating-morality-and-state]]>142969Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:12:59 +0000Mises InstituteThe recent assassination of Charlie Kirk has focused attention on political violence. Ludwig von Mises, not surprisingly, understood that tying morality to politicized state helps create the climate where political violence is prevalent.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/mises-separating-morality-and-state]]>815big government,media and culture,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-taxes-were-so-hated-in-the-middle-ages--68036621https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-taxes-were-so-hated-middle-ages]]>142959Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:31:22 +0000Mises InstituteDuring the Middle Ages, taxation was considered to be appropriate only as an extreme measure in times of emergency, and as a last resort. Kings were expected to subsist on revenues from their own private property.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-taxes-were-so-hated-middle-ages]]>1138falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/individualism-and-the-violence-of-the-identitarian-left--68032101https://mises.org/mises-wire/individualism-and-violence-identitarian-left]]>142956Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:59:02 +0000Mises InstituteLeftists seek to create a new society that supposedly is peaceable. However, they also celebrate violence done against political opponents, something that Murray Rothbard understood as undermining every supposed peaceful goal they claim to be...https://mises.org/mises-wire/individualism-and-violence-identitarian-left]]>560libertarianism,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inflation-and-economic-growth--68003199https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-and-economic-growth]]>142951Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:46:00 +0000Mises InstituteAccording to mainstream economists, inflation aids economic growth while deflation impairs growth. Austrian economists, however, point out that in much of US history, economic growth was accompanied by deflation.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-and-economic-growth]]>493central banks,inflation,monetary policy,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jefferson-s-war-on-the-barbary-pirates-is-an-unjustified-password-for-military-intervention--68001773https://mises.org/mises-wire/jeffersons-war-barbary-pirates-unjustified-password-military-intervention]]>142950Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:02:04 +0000Mises InstituteAdvocates for US military intervention have invoked the war against the Barbary pirates as justification. Yet, an examination of that conflict shows that President Jefferson’s actions were limited and followed the direction of Congress.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/jeffersons-war-barbary-pirates-unjustified-password-military-intervention]]>1176politics,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-complicated-legacy-of-andrew-jackson-s-bank-war--67992405https://mises.org/mises-wire/complicated-legacy-andrew-jacksons-bank-war]]>142933Thu, 02 Oct 2025 19:49:00 +0000Mises InstituteWas Jackson’s victory over the Second Bank of the United States a triumph for liberty, or did it merely expand federal authority under the guise of constraining it? His legacy is complicated, but there is much we can learn from it.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/complicated-legacy-andrew-jacksons-bank-war]]>936central banks,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/absolutism-and-the-reason-of-state-rothbard-on-the-growth-of-statism--67991229https://mises.org/mises-wire/absolutism-and-reason-state-rothbard-growth-statism]]>142932Thu, 02 Oct 2025 19:09:03 +0000Mises InstituteThe Renaissance period is seen as mostly positive by historians, but the sinister development of absolutism and the imperial state complicates the legacy of that time.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/absolutism-and-reason-state-rothbard-growth-statism]]>452europe,legal system,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/james-comey-is-not-an-innocent-victim-of-the-lawfare-he-helped-to-create--67987738https://mises.org/mises-wire/james-comey-not-innocent-victim-lawfare-he-helped-create]]>142930Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:12:00 +0000Mises InstituteAlthough the political establishment claims the Comey indictment represents an unprecedented moment in our history, the truth is much different. Federal prosecutors have a long history of bringing unjustified, politically-motivated...https://mises.org/mises-wire/james-comey-not-innocent-victim-lawfare-he-helped-create]]>899law,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wheels-of-government-cheese--67955700https://mises.org/mises-wire/wheels-government-cheese]]>142909Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:46:00 +0000Mises InstituteBy trying to protect dairy farmers and raise their incomes, the government created a massive cheese surplus, then gave it away, thus harming the farmers they were trying to support.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/wheels-government-cheesehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/wheels-government-cheese]]>601big government,corporate welfare,cronyism and corporatism,economic policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-the-fourteenth-amendment-empowers-judicial-activism--67952096https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-fourteenth-amendment-empowers-judicial-activism]]>142906Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:11:06 +0000Mises InstituteCreated to assure that newly-freed slaves would receive equal legal protection, the Fourteenth Amendment has come to dominate federal jurisprudence. This is not a good thing.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-fourteenth-amendment-empowers-judicial-activism]]>422law,media and culture,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-political-violence-becomes-a-signal--67952097https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-political-violence-becomes-signal]]>142905Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:44:03 +0000Mises InstituteIndividual voters have little reason to become informed. Politicians have strong incentives to pander rather than persuade. Partisans are rewarded for tribal loyalty rather than epistemic integrity.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-political-violence-becomes-signal]]>441democracy,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/presidents-have-a-long-history-of-using-the-fcc-to-silence-their-critics--67914079https://mises.org/mises-wire/presidents-have-long-history-using-fcc-silence-their-critics]]>142896Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:23:03 +0000Mises InstitutePresident Trump’s latest anti-broadcast media actions are portrayed in legacy media as being unprecedented. While they definitely are outrageous, they hardly are the first time presidents have used federal agencies to go after broadcast...https://mises.org/mises-wire/presidents-have-long-history-using-fcc-silence-their-critics]]>754bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-the-government-is-so-loved-by-so-many--67883652https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-government-so-loved-so-many]]>142885Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:11:23 +0000Mises InstituteMen can be trained to regard their exploiters as the virtuous architects of safety and prosperity, as so many so-called "citizens" in America are so relentlessly trained to do. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-government-so-loved-so-manyhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/why-government-so-loved-so-many]]>754falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jimmy-kimmel-an-american-tragedy--67880008https://mises.org/mises-wire/jimmy-kimmel-american-tragedy]]>142880Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:33:02 +0000Mises InstituteThe irony of the Jimmy Kimmel controversy is that he owed his spot at ABC precisely because his work was non-political. Unfortunately in modern America, professional clowns feel they must become political tools.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/jimmy-kimmel-american-tragedy]]>518bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hate-speech-isn-t-real-and-pam-bondi-is-an-enemy-of-freedom--67866501https://mises.org/mises-wire/hate-speech-isnt-real-and-pam-bondi-enemy-freedom]]>142868Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:48:00 +0000Mises Institute“Hate speech” does not exist. At all. That’s a concept the Left invented to justify state-enforced censorship of speech the Left doesn't like.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/hate-speech-isnt-real-and-pam-bondi-enemy-freedomhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/hate-speech-isnt-real-and-pam-bondi-enemy-freedom]]>747politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/charlie-kirk-and-the-sacred-totem-of-civil-rights--67796884https://mises.org/mises-wire/charlie-kirk-and-sacred-totem-civil-rights]]>142825Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:01:00 +0000Mises InstituteOne of the reasons Charlie Kirk was considered "divisive" was that he spoke out against the civil rights laws, which was interpreted as his supporting Jim Crow segregation. Yet, these laws did not increase liberty but rather imposed a new progressive...https://mises.org/mises-wire/charlie-kirk-and-sacred-totem-civil-rights]]>412big government,law,media and culture,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-unique-evil-of-the-left--67771836https://mises.org/mises-wire/unique-evil-left]]>142816Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:38:12 +0000Mises InstituteSince the French Revolution, leftism has served as the impetus for many of the state’s worst massacres and totalitarian impulses.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/unique-evil-lefthttps://mises.org/mises-wire/unique-evil-left]]>997philosophy and methodology,political theory,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dehumanization-of-charlie-kirk-came-from-the-establishment--67726778https://mises.org/mises-wire/dehumanization-charlie-kirk-came-establishment]]>142795Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:42:02 +0000Mises InstituteModern political life in the U.S. is increasingly defined by violence and toleration of violence against one's perceived enemies. The murder of Charlie Kirk has exposed the left's endorsement of deadly violence as a political tool.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/dehumanization-charlie-kirk-came-establishment]]>416politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-9-11-attacks-exposed-major-government-failure-but-americans-learned-the-wrong-lessons--67722667https://mises.org/mises-wire/911-attacks-exposed-major-government-failure-americans-learned-wrong-lessons]]>142790Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:42:01 +0000Mises InstitutePolitical elites insisted that the 9/11 attacks occurred because the US Government lacked power and authority. Unfortunately, the elites got their wish and Americans received war, economic calamity, and massive government debt in return.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/911-attacks-exposed-major-government-failure-americans-learned-wrong-lessons]]>788media and culture,u.s. economy,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-year-is-1939-to-the-war-hawks--67381756https://mises.org/mises-wire/every-year-1939-war-hawks]]>142562Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:02:17 +0000Mises InstituteAccording to the neo-conservative war hawks, every so-called enemy is the Next Hitler and every year is 1939. The failure to seek new conflicts abroad is equated to the failure of Great Britain and France to stand up to Hitler before World War II...https://mises.org/mises-wire/every-year-1939-war-hawks]]>742europe,u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/more-thoughts-on-the-brics-and-gold-versus-the-us-and-the-dollar--67377808https://mises.org/power-market/more-thoughts-brics-and-gold-versus-us-and-dollar]]>142561Fri, 15 Aug 2025 07:02:33 +0000Mises InstituteThe US and its Western allies may scoff at this challenge, but it only became possible due to high-handedness (to use the kindest word imaginable) and outright illegality of US actions.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/more-thoughts-brics-and-gold-versus-us-and-dollar]]>280economic policy,protectionism and free trade,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-can-t-yell-chicken-jockey-in-a-crowded-theater-except-when-you-can--67376819https://mises.org/mises-wire/you-cant-yell-chicken-jockey-crowded-theater-except-when-you-can]]>142545Fri, 15 Aug 2025 05:02:46 +0000Mises InstituteThe hackneyed argument for government regulation of speech -- yelling "FIRE" in a crowded theater -- has always been a red herring. As Murray Rothbard wrote, private property rights should be front-and-center when dealing with free speech...https://mises.org/mises-wire/you-cant-yell-chicken-jockey-crowded-theater-except-when-you-can]]>832bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,private property,property rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tariffs-won-t-spawn-good-trade-deals--67369018https://mises.org/mises-wire/tariffs-wont-spawn-good-trade-deals]]>142466Thu, 14 Aug 2025 11:02:15 +0000Mises InstituteThe media is spinning President Trump‘s “trade deals” as a “victory” for the White House. Yet, when we break down these “deals” into their particulars, we find that American producers and consumers will be worse off than before.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/tariffs-wont-spawn-good-trade-deals]]>768big government,cronyism and corporatism,economic freedom,protectionism and free tradefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ambiguous-nationalism-patriotism-in-brazilian-politics--67367841https://mises.org/power-market/ambiguous-nationalism-patriotism-brazilian-politics]]>142560Thu, 14 Aug 2025 07:02:27 +0000Mises InstituteIn both cases, the use of nationalism and patriotism by Brazilian governments reveals a recurring strategy: appealing to national pride to divert attention from self-inflicted crises.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/ambiguous-nationalism-patriotism-brazilian-politics]]>334protectionism and free trade,taxes and spending,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-oklahoma-city-bombing-a-lesson-in-government-lawlessness--67366272https://mises.org/mises-wire/oklahoma-city-bombing-lesson-government-lawlessness]]>142569Thu, 14 Aug 2025 05:03:20 +0000Mises InstituteAfter the tragic 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the FBI rolled out the same "lone nut" narrative about who did it. However, much evidence exists to show that FBI informants and agents embedded with white supremacy groups may well have been...https://mises.org/mises-wire/oklahoma-city-bombing-lesson-government-lawlessness]]>1118big government,book reviews,media and culture,the police statefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-silent-war-for-latin-america-how-the-foro-de-sao-paulo-subverted-liberty-from-within--67358319https://mises.org/mises-wire/silent-war-latin-america-how-foro-de-sao-paulo-subverted-liberty-within]]>142464Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:03:33 +0000Mises InstituteFrom seminary classrooms to Supreme Courts, a network redefined justice, democracy, and freedom in the name of social control. Many goals of the Foro de São Paulo, launched in 1990 by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Fidel Castro, sadly, are being...https://mises.org/mises-wire/silent-war-latin-america-how-foro-de-sao-paulo-subverted-liberty-within]]>726democracy,liberalism,media and culture,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-trump-putin-meeting-how-we-got-here--67355571https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-putin-meeting-how-did-we-get-here]]>142559Wed, 13 Aug 2025 05:02:35 +0000Mises InstituteWhen presidents Trump and Putin meet this Friday, the political and military landscape is much different than it was when war broke out more than three years ago and Putin was willing to talk about a real cease fire. Thanks to western dishonesty,...https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-putin-meeting-how-did-we-get-here]]>744europe,u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/harry-truman-founding-father-of-the-national-security-state--67348491https://mises.org/mises-wire/harry-truman-founding-father-national-security-state]]>142463Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:03:09 +0000Mises InstituteFollowing World War II, President Truman helped produce the modern national security state by creating the Central Intelligence Agency. Only later did Truman regret what he did, as the CIA turned into a monster that could never be tamed.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/harry-truman-founding-father-national-security-state]]>485big government,the police state,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-created-jobs-for-robots--67343786https://mises.org/power-market/you-created-jobs-robots]]>142544Tue, 12 Aug 2025 07:02:24 +0000Mises InstituteOriginal article: https://mises.org/power-market/you-created-jobs-robotshttps://mises.org/power-market/you-created-jobs-robots]]>554bureaucracy and regulation,economic freedom,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-meaning-of-coercion-in-hayekian-philosophy--67343787https://mises.org/mises-wire/meaning-coercion-hayekian-philosophy]]>142460Tue, 12 Aug 2025 05:02:26 +0000Mises InstituteHow do we define liberty? Hayek saw it as the absence of most (but not all) coercion, but that depends upon how one defines “coercion.” Murray Rothbard believed that Hayek was too willing to accept forms of coercion that were anti-freedom.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/meaning-coercion-hayekian-philosophy]]>621economic freedom,hayek,politics,property rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-econometric-models-fulfill-the-role-of-an-economic-laboratory--67333969https://mises.org/mises-wire/can-econometric-models-fulfill-role-economic-laboratory]]>142445Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:02:19 +0000Mises InstituteMainstream economists claim that they can use econometric models to emulate human action and, thus, create an economic laboratory. These models, however, cannot tell us about cause-and-effect, which is vital to understanding praxeology and economic...https://mises.org/mises-wire/can-econometric-models-fulfill-role-economic-laboratory]]>724other schools of thought,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jamaica-s-beaches-and-property-rights--67332277https://mises.org/power-market/jamaicas-beaches-and-property-rights]]>142521Mon, 11 Aug 2025 07:02:20 +0000Mises InstituteOriginal article: https://mises.org/power-market/jamaicas-beaches-and-property-rightshttps://mises.org/power-market/jamaicas-beaches-and-property-rights]]>520bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,property rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/will-jamaica-become-a-republic--67329247https://mises.org/mises-wire/will-jamaica-become-republic]]>142435Mon, 11 Aug 2025 05:02:22 +0000Mises InstituteLong a constitutional monarchy with ties to Great Britain, many in Jamaica are looking to end the old relationship and become a republic. But is this movement simply a reaction to anti-colonialism, and what kind of constitution would the new republic...https://mises.org/mises-wire/will-jamaica-become-republic]]>685decentralization and secession,democracy,legal system,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/us-travel-restrictions-for-cuba-violate-the-freedoms-of-americans-and-cubans--67311246https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-travel-restrictions-cuba-violate-freedoms-americans-and-cubans]]>142432Sat, 09 Aug 2025 05:02:28 +0000Mises InstituteA relic of the Cold War, the US embargo and travel restrictions to Cuba violate American freedoms and they accomplish nothing to end Cuba's communist regime or win freedom for Cubans. Yet, this failed policy has persisted for nearly 65 years with no...https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-travel-restrictions-cuba-violate-freedoms-americans-and-cubans]]>1028law,politics,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/equality-under-the-hayekian-rule-of-law--67311245https://mises.org/mises-wire/equality-under-hayekian-rule-law]]>142459Sat, 09 Aug 2025 05:02:28 +0000Mises InstituteWhat do we mean by equality? F.A. Hayek believed that equality under law and the socialist belief of material equality were opposed to each other. Furthermore, he held liberty to be necessary for civilization itself to flourish.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/equality-under-hayekian-rule-law]]>715hayek,law,philosophy,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reintroducing-the-levellers--67306520https://mises.org/mises-wire/reintroducing-levellers]]>142406Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:02:27 +0000Mises InstituteBefore the American Revolution, there were the Levellers, who sought liberty during the English Civil War. While their influence on the American colonists would be indirect, nonetheless, many of their ideas reflected what came after American...https://mises.org/mises-wire/reintroducing-levellers]]>754politics,secession,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inflation-by-design-how-keynesian-dogma-undermines-capitalism--67300602https://mises.org/power-market/inflation-design-how-keynesian-dogma-undermines-capitalism]]>142520Fri, 08 Aug 2025 07:03:07 +0000Mises InstituteIn most of the world, inflation is no longer an exception, it is the rule. Official inflation targets of 4 percent, 5 percent, or even 6 percent per year have become normalized.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/inflation-design-how-keynesian-dogma-undermines-capitalism]]>522big government,inflation,monetary policy,money and banksfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-should-not-apologize-for-businesses-being-profitable--67305491https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/we-should-not-apologize-businesses-being-profitable]]>142543Fri, 08 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Profit Without Apology: The Need to Stand Up For Business by Onkar Ghate and Dan Watkins. While praising the effort, he also shares some concerns.Original article:...https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/we-should-not-apologize-businesses-being-profitable]]>490book reviews,capitalism,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-day-of-barter-and-questions-for-the-first-day-of-chartalism--67300601https://mises.org/mises-wire/last-day-barter-and-questions-first-day-chartalism]]>142458Fri, 08 Aug 2025 05:02:25 +0000Mises InstituteIn examining the Austrian Regression Theorem of Money, Joshua Mawhorter takes on the Chartalist/MMT claim that government gives money its value. The Chartalist/MMT advocates lack a necessary cause-and-effect mechanism to prove their claims.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/last-day-barter-and-questions-first-day-chartalism]]>989calculation and knowledge,monetary theory,other schools of thought,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-european-miracle-how-contractual-politics-and-divided-power-gave-birth-to-western-prosperity--67288081https://mises.org/mises-wire/european-miracle-how-contractual-politics-and-divided-power-gave-birth-western-prosperity]]>142405Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:02:25 +0000Mises InstituteHow did Europe move from a collection of impoverished city states and kingdoms to a prosperous state of affairs? Europeans learned the value of contracts, private property, and the limited power of the state, and in turn, they flourished.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/european-miracle-how-contractual-politics-and-divided-power-gave-birth-western-prosperity]]>609decentralization and secession,europe,lawfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-the-brics-nations-lead-us-to-a-better-world--67284530https://mises.org/power-market/can-brics-nations-lead-us-better-world]]>142512Thu, 07 Aug 2025 07:02:25 +0000Mises InstituteThere is much gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair by just about every leader in the West, especially by an almost apoplectic President Trump, over a so-called “sinister threat” by the BRICS.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/can-brics-nations-lead-us-better-world]]>443gold standard,protectionism and free trade,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scholars-and-schemers-how-the-left-ruined-higher-education--67283087https://mises.org/mises-wire/scholars-and-schemers-how-left-ruined-higher-education]]>142394Thu, 07 Aug 2025 05:02:13 +0000Mises InstituteOne cannot deny that American institutions have been corrupted by leftist thought, which demonstrates the success of Italian communist Antonio Gramsci's call to bring about socialism in the West by eroding the institutional barriers against...https://mises.org/mises-wire/scholars-and-schemers-how-left-ruined-higher-education]]>1038education,media and culture,progressivism,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-threats-of-ai-come-from-the-state--67277791https://mises.org/mises-wire/threats-ai-come-state]]>142511Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:02:34 +0000Mises InstituteArtificial Intelligence is advancing, but people often fear it for the wrong reasons. AI is not a threat in itself, but rather becomes a threat when the state uses it as one more tool to limit individual liberty and to engage in oppressive...https://mises.org/mises-wire/threats-ai-come-state]]>618big government,media and culture,the police statefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/america-s-war-on-arab-christians--67274990https://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-war-arab-christians]]>142404Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:02:22 +0000Mises InstituteThe recent attack by Israeli setters on the village of Taybeh in the West Bank has brought attention to the conflicts between Israel and the Christian population in Palestine. American Christians who uncritically support Israel should take a harder...https://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-war-arab-christians]]>751war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/harry-truman-and-the-atomic-bomb--67276634https://mises.org/mises-daily/harry-truman-and-atomic-bomb]]>142522Wed, 06 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime worse than any that Japanese generals were executed for in Tokyo and Manila. If Harry Truman was not a war criminal, then no one ever was.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-daily/harry-truman-and-atomic-bomb]]>1086big government,u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cold-war-2-0-heats-up--67276633https://mises.org/power-market/cold-war-20-heats]]>142523Wed, 06 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteOriginal article: https://mises.org/power-market/cold-war-20-heatshttps://mises.org/power-market/cold-war-20-heats]]>267falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-matter-who-is-president-don-t-trust-government-data--67268818https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-matter-who-president-dont-trust-government-data]]>142510Wed, 06 Aug 2025 05:02:27 +0000Mises InstituteWhether President Trump overreacted to the recent BLS is irrelevant to the fact that government data often is inaccurate and politically suspect. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-matter-who-president-dont-trust-government-datahttps://mises.org/mises-wire/no-matter-who-president-dont-trust-government-data]]>470big government,bureaucracy and regulation,labor and wages,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anarcho-capitalism-the-nine-most-important-objections--67262153https://mises.org/mises-wire/anarcho-capitalism-nine-most-important-objections]]>142472Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:03:02 +0000Mises Institute"Anarcho-Capitalism is good in theory, but it would never work in the real world." That is a common objection to A-C, but is it correct? What are the objections and how do we answer them. Stanisław Wójtowicz provides some answers.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/anarcho-capitalism-nine-most-important-objections]]>826anarchy,capitalism,libertarianismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-bad-to-worse-irish-rent-control--67261119https://mises.org/mises-wire/bad-worse-irish-rent-control]]>142401Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:02:39 +0000Mises InstituteApparently, Ireland's government has not learned any lessons from rent control disasters elsewhere. Thus, the Irish will have to learn this hard lesson and face the consequences of their economic folly.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/bad-worse-irish-rent-control]]>508bureaucracy and regulation,europe,price controls,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jeff-bezos-s-yacht-driver-of-economic-activity--67257910https://mises.org/power-market/jeff-bezoss-yacht-driver-economic-activity]]>142502Tue, 05 Aug 2025 07:03:00 +0000Mises InstituteA yacht—like any good exchanged on the free market—represents countless value-maximizing exchanges and represents an industry that employs thousands of people to provide goods and services to others.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/jeff-bezoss-yacht-driver-economic-activity]]>468capital and interest theory,capitalism,value and exchangefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-complexity-of-historical-narratives--67257028https://mises.org/mises-wire/complexity-historical-narratives]]>142400Tue, 05 Aug 2025 05:02:19 +0000Mises InstituteUnderstanding any era of history requires the ability to view complex things. However, people often employ simple narratives as their historical guides, which leads to wrong conclusions. The pre-war history of the American South is one that is much...https://mises.org/mises-wire/complexity-historical-narratives]]>696legal system,media and culture,politics,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fed-says-it-is-data-driven-but-the-data-isn-t-any-good--67253354https://mises.org/mises-wire/fed-says-it-data-driven-data-isnt-any-good]]>142501Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:47:45 +0000Mises InstituteWhat use is the Fed's supposed devotion to being "data-driven" when the data itself is unreliable and the Fed is basing its policies on data that is thoroughly wrong?Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fed-says-it-data-driven-data-isnt-any-goodhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/fed-says-it-data-driven-data-isnt-any-good]]>780falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-does-money-acquire-its-value--67247089https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-does-money-acquire-its-value]]>142398Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:02:19 +0000Mises InstituteThanks for modern Keynesian economics, most people believe money gains its value from the government that issues it. Money's value, however, is historically tied to the value of the commodity from which money was derived.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-does-money-acquire-its-value]]>642central banks,monetary policy,money and banksfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-jfk-and-the-cia-gave-nyc-zohran-mamdani-and-obama-to-the-us--67243683https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-jfk-and-cia-gave-nyc-zohran-mamdani-and-obama-us]]>142471Mon, 04 Aug 2025 05:02:39 +0000Mises InstituteIn an attempt to compete with the Soviet Union by bringing future elite political leaders from Africa to study in US universities, Sen. John Kennedy and the CIA inadvertently spread Marxism here and abroad. One product of this program was bringing...https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-jfk-and-cia-gave-nyc-zohran-mamdani-and-obama-us]]>616education,socialism,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-thunderously-bad-deal-oklahoma-city-s-crony-arena-tax--67243688https://mises.org/mises-wire/thunderously-bad-deal-oklahoma-citys-crony-arena-tax]]>142397Mon, 04 Aug 2025 05:02:38 +0000Mises InstituteOklahoma City will be building a new arena for the 2025 NBA Champions Thunder. Not surprisingly, the taxpayers will be the ones carrying most of the financial burden.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/thunderously-bad-deal-oklahoma-citys-crony-arena-tax]]>434big government,corporate welfare,cronyism and corporatismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-origins-of-fdr-s-teutonophobia--67228805https://mises.org/mises-wire/origins-fdrs-teutonophobia]]>142395Sat, 02 Aug 2025 05:02:12 +0000Mises InstituteIt was no secret that President Franklin Roosevelt hated Germany and all things German. Heavily influenced by Silas Marcus MacVane. FDR embraced MacVane's left-leaning progressivism.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/origins-fdrs-teutonophobiahttps://mises.org/mises-wire/origins-fdrs-teutonophobia]]>940politics,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/austrian-perspectives-on-social-justice--67228803https://mises.org/mises-wire/austrian-perspectives-social-justice]]>142396Sat, 02 Aug 2025 05:02:12 +0000Mises InstituteMany "social justice" advocates claim to appeal to a “higher law,” but they usually refuse to acknowledge economic laws because those laws stand in their way of creating the "just" society.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/austrian-perspectives-social-justice]]>727other schools of thought,philosophy and methodology,political theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tanenhaus-and-god-at-buckley--67221789https://mises.org/mises-wire/tanenhaus-and-god-buckley]]>142376Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:02:22 +0000Mises InstituteThe long-awaited biography of William F. Buckley Jr. is hardly worth the wait of thirty years. David Brady, Jr., reviews it, saving our readers the pain of reading themselves.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/tanenhaus-and-god-buckleyhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/tanenhaus-and-god-buckley]]>556book reviews,media and culture,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jefferson-davis-von-hayek--67218821https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/jefferson-davis-von-hayek]]>142470Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:02:41 +0000Mises InstituteWhile Hayek did not write directly about the American Civil War, some of his writings provide insights on the conflict.Original article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/jefferson-davis-von-hayekhttps://mises.org/friday-philosophy/jefferson-davis-von-hayek]]>461hayek,philosophy,secessionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-governments-burned-money--67215190https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-governments-burned-money]]>142344Fri, 01 Aug 2025 05:02:44 +0000Mises InstituteWhile it is true that colonial era governments sometimes burned paper money after receiving it in the form of taxation, why they burned the money is for reasons other than what MMT advocates are claiming. In the end, the MMT promoters are telling a...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-governments-burned-money]]>973gold standard,monetary theory,other schools of thoughtfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rothbard-the-constitution-was-a-coup-d-etat--67209965https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-constitution-was-coup-detat]]>142481Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:27:16 +0000Mises InstituteRothbard took the American Revolution to be mainly libertarian in its inspiration, but he contends that the libertarian impulses of the Revolution were betrayed by a centralizing coup d’état.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-constitution-was-coup-detat]]>740book reviews,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mmt-is-wrong-about-the-history-of-the-origins-of-money--67209964https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmt-wrong-about-history-origins-money]]>142479Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:57:28 +0000Mises InstituteNot only are modern monetary theory (MMT) cultists dishonest about the role of money, they also are dishonest about money‘s history. By taking issue with Carl Menger‘s historical version, they expose their own ignorance of how money came...https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmt-wrong-about-history-origins-money]]>554economic policy,history of the austrian school,monetary theory,other schools of thoughtfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yes-virginia-there-is-a-deep-state-and-it-is-worse-than-you-think--67209967https://mises.org/mises-wire/yes-virginia-there-deep-state-and-it-worse-you-think]]>142475Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:47:20 +0000Mises InstituteWe like to think of the “deep state” as a conspiratorial entity. In reality, the term describes much of what the federal government does in broad daylight.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/yes-virginia-there-deep-state-and-it-worse-you-thinkhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/yes-virginia-there-deep-state-and-it-worse-you-think]]>582big government,bureaucracy and regulation,progressivism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lincoln-s-new-deal--67207981https://mises.org/mises-wire/lincolns-new-deal]]>142462Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:18:01 +0000Mises InstituteAbraham Lincoln is best known for his role as a wartime president, but his economic policies were a precursor to the New Deal. From railroad subsidies to a national banking system, Lincoln paved the way to the Progressive Era and beyond.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/lincolns-new-deal]]>786monetary policy,money and banks,progressivism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christine-lagarde-and-the-privatization-of-currency--67207983https://mises.org/mises-wire/christine-lagarde-and-privatization-currency]]>142457Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:02:47 +0000Mises InstituteEU Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has declared that anything that might lead to private currencies must be stopped. Yet, as F.A. Hayek noted, one way to confound central banks is through private currencies.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/christine-lagarde-and-privatization-currency]]>546central banks,europe,hayek,monetary policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-source-missing-from-today-s-narratives--67206048https://mises.org/mises-wire/life-source-missing-todays-narratives]]>142343Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:02:29 +0000Mises InstituteAmerica recently celebrated Independence Day, but Americans were too quick to abandon their own individual freedoms and individual sovereignty and submit to the state.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/life-source-missing-todays-narrativeshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/life-source-missing-todays-narratives]]>505anarchy,decentralization and secession,secessionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mother-o-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-the-cal-bullet-train--67201551https://mises.org/mises-wire/mother-o-mercy-end-cal-bullet-train]]>142455Thu, 31 Jul 2025 05:02:42 +0000Mises InstituteThe Trump administration has withdrawn its promised $4 billion for the California Bullet Train project because this project does not have a viable future. While they may complete the 171-mile Central Valley portion, the rest of the project is dead in...https://mises.org/mises-wire/mother-o-mercy-end-cal-bullet-train]]>579bureaucracy and regulation,planning,politics,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nobody-for-fed-chairman--67193066https://mises.org/power-market/nobody-fed-chairman]]>142461Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:08:26 +0000Mises InstituteThe proper answer to who should be Fed chairman is…nobody. Nobody knows the “correct” interest rate.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/nobody-fed-chairmanhttps://mises.org/power-market/nobody-fed-chairman]]>289falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-s-tariff-ship-has-sailed-the-chinese-ship-levy--67193067https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-tariff-ship-has-sailed-chinese-ship-levy]]>142431Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:02:59 +0000Mises InstitutePresident Trump is proposing a $1.5 million levy on Chinese-built ships that enter US harbors. Since a majority of cargo ships have been produced by Chinese shipyards, the costs would be substantial. This action also would damage US exports, yet...https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-tariff-ship-has-sailed-chinese-ship-levy]]>528economic policy,protectionism and free trade,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-classical-liberal-constitutionalism-has-failed--67192075https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-classical-liberal-constitutionalism-has-failed]]>142454Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:17:20 +0000Mises InstituteThe old classical liberal political tactics of constitutionalism, state building, and universal suffrage have clearly failed. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-classical-liberal-constitutionalism-has-failedhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/why-classical-liberal-constitutionalism-has-failed]]>953falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ftc-versus-fortnite-consumer-protection-is-consumer-deception--67192074https://mises.org/mises-wire/ftc-versus-fortnite-consumer-protection-consumer-deception]]>142341Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:02:57 +0000Mises InstituteThe Federal Trade Commission has fined the makers of the video game Fortnite more than $500 million ostensibly for violations that have no legal basis. This is yet another case of the feds shaking down producers in the name of “consumer...https://mises.org/mises-wire/ftc-versus-fortnite-consumer-protection-consumer-deception]]>541big government,bureaucracy and regulation,economic freedom,interventionismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wnba-players-pay-us-what-you-owe-us--67190894https://mises.org/power-market/wnba-players-pay-us-what-you-owe-us]]>142430Wed, 30 Jul 2025 07:02:26 +0000Mises InstituteDiscussions of wages often miss the all-important economic of a worker‘s diminishing marginal value product (DMVP), and the WNBA is no exception.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/wnba-players-pay-us-what-you-owe-ushttps://mises.org/power-market/wnba-players-pay-us-what-you-owe-us]]>541economic policy,labor and wages,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-us-eu-trade-deal-is-nothing-to-celebrate--67187615https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-eu-trade-deal-nothing-celebrate]]>142429Wed, 30 Jul 2025 05:01:48 +0000Mises InstituteThe White House is boasting about a new trade “deal” with the EU. But every supposed benefit that comes from the agreement applies only to a small subset of the country while leaving the American public, as a whole, worse off.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-eu-trade-deal-nothing-celebrate]]>322europe,politics,protectionism and free trade,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-ship-weapons-to-troubled-hot-spots--67182135https://mises.org/mises-wire/dont-ship-weapons-troubled-hot-spots]]>142439Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:17:18 +0000Mises InstituteOnce he took office, Trump continued Biden‘s policy of massive arms shipments to Israel. Trump even sent American bombers to attack Iran‘s nuclear facilities.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dont-ship-weapons-troubled-hot-spotshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/dont-ship-weapons-troubled-hot-spots]]>677falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/federal-student-loans-drive-up-college-tuition-levels--67182134https://mises.org/mises-wire/federal-student-loans-drive-college-tuition-levels]]>142442Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:52:16 +0000Mises InstituteLike every other government program designed to make something “more affordable,” the student loan program has managed to drive college tuition to atmospheric levels and saddle students with massive levels of debt.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/federal-student-loans-drive-college-tuition-levels]]>515big government,bureaucracy and regulation,poverty,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-racism-can-t-explain-europe-s-drive-for-conquest-and-colonial-power--67182133https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-racism-cant-explain-europes-drive-conquest-and-colonial-power]]>142441Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:42:15 +0000Mises InstituteHistorically, Europeans had few qualms about conquering and enslaving other Europeans. This presents some problems for the narrative claiming that injustices committed by Europeans are motivated primarily by racism.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-racism-cant-explain-europes-drive-conquest-and-colonial-power]]>537world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tariffs-mean-lost-jobs--67180736https://mises.org/mises-wire/tariffs-mean-lost-jobs]]>142440Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:33:25 +0000Mises InstituteThe goalposts are continually changing (more like fallacy-hopping), but one would-be goal of tariffs needs to be confronted—tariffs for domestic job protection.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/tariffs-mean-lost-jobshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/tariffs-mean-lost-jobs]]>876cronyism and corporatism,free markets,unemployment,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/axe-the-bank-of-portugal-before-it-does-more-harm--67179828https://mises.org/mises-wire/axe-bank-portugal-it-does-more-harm]]>142310Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:02:15 +0000Mises InstituteThe Federal Reserve is not the only central bank in the world doing monetary and economic damage. Portugal's central bank, working as a branch of the European Central Bank, has been undermining sound money and economic prosperity in that...https://mises.org/mises-wire/axe-bank-portugal-it-does-more-harm]]>757central banks,inflation,money and banksfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-surveys-provide-insight-into-the-state-of-the-economy--67155257https://mises.org/mises-wire/can-surveys-provide-insight-state-economy]]>142315Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:01:52 +0000Mises InstituteSurveys used to gauge optimism or pessimism about the economy may be interesting to read, but unless they are the product of sound and realistic economic theory, they are not economically useful.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/can-surveys-provide-insight-state-economy]]>582economic policy,fiscal theory,philosophy and methodologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/key-elements-of-a-market-based-health-system--67151334https://mises.org/mises-wire/key-elements-market-based-health-system]]>142374Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:02:18 +0000Mises InstituteMost people believe that ours is a “free-market” healthcare system, but nothing could be further from the truth. A true market-based system as explained here would be less costly and more oriented to patient care.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/key-elements-market-based-health-system]]>762free markets,health,interventionismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/energy-transition-as-a-tool-for-fascist-capitalism--67128959https://mises.org/mises-wire/energy-transition-tool-fascist-capitalism]]>142250Sat, 26 Jul 2025 05:02:18 +0000Mises InstituteEuropeans are being forced into an energy transition through debt-fueled spending that will lead to permanently higher energy prices and stifle European competitiveness. This won‘t change the climate, but it will make the people poorer.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/energy-transition-tool-fascist-capitalism]]>912big government,bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/human-reason-as-the-foundation-of-civilization--67128958https://mises.org/mises-wire/human-reason-foundation-civilization]]>142299Sat, 26 Jul 2025 05:02:18 +0000Mises InstituteHuman reason, wrote Ludwig von Mises, is the basis for civilization itself. Western civilization, he said, was built upon economic progress that sprang from reason. However, he also warned that if the West abandoned sound economics, it would trigger...https://mises.org/mises-wire/human-reason-foundation-civilization]]>764economic freedom,economic policy,europe,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-psychology-is-catching-up-with-the-reality-of-human-action--67116964https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-psychology-catching-reality-human-action]]>142249Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:02:21 +0000Mises InstituteModern psychology has been at odds with the praxeology of the Austrian School, as psychologists have tended to see humans as passive and reactive, while Austrians view human action as purposeful. Recent developments in the field might change that...https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-psychology-catching-reality-human-action]]>495other schools of thought,philosophy,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/four-reasons-why-college-degrees-are-becoming-useless--67116962https://mises.org/mises-wire/four-reasons-why-college-degrees-are-becoming-useless]]>142410Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:22:15 +0000Mises InstituteIf education and career skills are what you want, a college or university may be a waste of your time and money.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/four-reasons-why-college-degrees-are-becoming-uselesshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/four-reasons-why-college-degrees-are-becoming-useless]]>535education,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/busting-the-free-college-myth--67116961https://mises.org/mises-wire/busting-free-college-myth]]>142409Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:16:46 +0000Mises InstituteIf New Yorkers wanted to help students by paying for their tuition, they would have already done so on their own.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/busting-free-college-mythhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/busting-free-college-myth]]>346political theory,prices,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/america-s-syrian-civil-war--67115187https://mises.org/power-market/americas-syrian-civil-war]]>142402Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:57:19 +0000Mises InstituteIn Syria the damage is done, and future generations will continue to suffer from the cruel folly of those convinced they know how to run everyone else’s lives.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/americas-syrian-civil-warhttps://mises.org/power-market/americas-syrian-civil-war]]>266falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-honneth-effort--67115188https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/honneth-effort]]>142340Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:13:36 +0000Mises InstituteIn this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes on Alex Honneth's The Working Sovereign. While Dr. Gordon acknowledges that the author gives an "Honneth" effort, his logic and grasp of the world of work fall way short of being...https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/honneth-effort]]>537book reviews,labor and wages,philosophy,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mmters-love-when-governments-burn-money--67110915https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmters-love-when-governments-burn-money]]>142317Fri, 25 Jul 2025 05:03:02 +0000Mises InstituteEven when MMT advocates are correct that colonial governments at times burned money after receiving it for tax revenues, they still manage to get both the history and the causes wrong. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmters-love-when-governments-burn-money]]>962monetary policy,monetary theory,money and banks,philosophy and methodologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-open-letter-to-treasury-secretary-bessent--67107422https://mises.org/mises-wire/open-letter-treasury-secretary-bessent]]>142380Thu, 24 Jul 2025 19:01:45 +0000Mises InstituteDr. DiLorenzo has some words for Secretary Bessent about the true role of the Fed and its record in this open letter.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/open-letter-treasury-secretary-bessenthttps://mises.org/mises-wire/open-letter-treasury-secretary-bessent]]>629central banks,money and banks,the fedfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/private-property-and-customer-safety-starbucks-learns-a-hard-lesson--67105244https://mises.org/mises-wire/private-property-and-customer-safety-starbucks-learns-hard-lesson]]>142375Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:22:20 +0000Mises InstituteThe news that Starbucks is closing sixteen stores due to customer safety concerns exposes the lack of police protection in cities and the problems with allowing noncustomers to remain in stores.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/private-property-and-customer-safety-starbucks-learns-hard-lesson]]>413media and culture,property rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/do-wnba-players-really-want-to-be-paid-what-they-are-owed--67103009https://mises.org/mises-wire/do-wnba-players-really-want-be-paid-what-they-are-owed]]>142373Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:36:12 +0000Mises InstituteAt the recent WNBA All-Star game, players wore T-shirts with the message, “Pay us what you owe us.” If one uses the discounted marginal revenue product as a guide, the answer to their demand would be “zero.”Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/do-wnba-players-really-want-be-paid-what-they-are-owed]]>521labor and wages,media and culture,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-virus-that-was-born-an-orphan-the-origin-of-sars-cov-2-and-the-silence-of-institutions--67103010https://mises.org/mises-wire/virus-was-born-orphan-origin-sars-cov-2-and-silence-institutions]]>142246Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:02:16 +0000Mises InstituteWhen the covid madness was imposed upon the world five years ago, the lockdown advocates claimed they were just “doing science.” In reality, they were ignoring science, lying, and just “doing totalitarian politics.”Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/virus-was-born-orphan-origin-sars-cov-2-and-silence-institutions]]>835big government,socialism,the police statefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/will-an-iran-cyber-attack-panic-usher-in-a-new-patriot-act--67088878https://mises.org/mises-wire/will-iran-cyber-attack-panic-usher-new-patriot-act]]>142213Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:04:03 +0000Mises InstituteIn the wake of the US bombing of Iran, media outlets are warning about Iran retaliating with cyber attacks on the West. As the public fear of attacks increases, government moves into the void to find new ways to restrict our liberties.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/will-iran-cyber-attack-panic-usher-new-patriot-act]]>458politics,the police state,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-democrats-are-their-own-worst-enemy--67084724https://mises.org/mises-wire/democrats-are-making-costly-unserious-attempt-find-out-why-they-lost]]>142354Wed, 23 Jul 2025 05:02:48 +0000Mises InstituteThe Democrats are performing an autopsy of their 2024 electoral failures, but without mentioning Biden, the Harris campaign, their alienation of certain demographics, or their polarizing positions.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/democrats-are-making-costly-unserious-attempt-find-out-why-they-lost]]>338media and culture,politics,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secession-is-inevitable-war-to-prevent-it-is-optional--67078999https://mises.org/mises-wire/secession-inevitable-war-prevent-it-optional]]>142355Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:47:59 +0000Mises InstituteThe answer lies not in doubling down on political unity, maintained through endless violence or threats of violence. Rather, the answer lies in peaceful separation.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/secession-inevitable-war-prevent-it-optionalhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/secession-inevitable-war-prevent-it-optional]]>608u.s. history,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-mises-university--67078998https://mises.org/power-market/i-mises-university]]>142353Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:02:30 +0000Mises InstituteJust as no one in the world could possibly make something as simple as a pencil all by himself, as the great Leonard Read explained in his famous essay, I, Pencil, so it is with Mises University.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/i-mises-university]]>271falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rethinking-sociology-with-mises-a-new-austro-libertarian-framework-for-understanding-society--67075053https://mises.org/mises-wire/rethinking-sociology-mises-new-austro-libertarian-framework-understanding-society]]>142212Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:02:29 +0000Mises InstituteIs Austrian Economics compatible with modern sociology, which is presently dominated by collectivists? However, it is possible to apply praxeology to sociology analysis, and that is where one begins to approach this discipline in a manner that...https://mises.org/mises-wire/rethinking-sociology-mises-new-austro-libertarian-framework-understanding-society]]>724austrian economics overview,other schools of thought,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-silent-guardian-of-liberty-hans-f-sennholz-and-the-seed-of-mises-in-america--67070659https://mises.org/power-market/silent-guardian-liberty-hans-f-sennholz-and-seed-mises-america]]>142339Tue, 22 Jul 2025 07:03:47 +0000Mises InstituteThe biography of Hans F. Sennholz reads like a paradoxical novel—as if the protagonist had journeyed backward through the twentieth century.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/silent-guardian-liberty-hans-f-sennholz-and-seed-mises-americahttps://mises.org/power-market/silent-guardian-liberty-hans-f-sennholz-and-seed-mises-america]]>650history of the austrian school,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/understanding-the-doctrine-of-states-rights--67070657https://mises.org/mises-wire/understanding-doctrine-states-rights]]>142203Tue, 22 Jul 2025 05:02:23 +0000Mises InstituteWhat do we mean by “states‘ rights”? Mises scholar, Wanjiru Njoya, takes us through the discussion to show us how different people have tried to define and explain that term.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/understanding-doctrine-states-rights]]>566bureaucracy and regulation,decentralization and secession,politics,secessionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-questionable-role-of-quantitative-methods-in-economics--67057677https://mises.org/mises-wire/questionable-role-quantitative-methods-economics]]>142202Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:02:25 +0000Mises InstituteAustrian economics veers sharply from the economic mainstream over the use of mathematics and quantitative measures. Instead, Austrians build upon irrefutable premises based upon human action.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/questionable-role-quantitative-methods-economics]]>671other schools of thought,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/selling-the-public-lands--67055082https://mises.org/mises-wire/selling-public-lands]]>142201Mon, 21 Jul 2025 05:02:17 +0000Mises InstituteSome in Congress are floating the idea of selling government land -- especially in the West -- as a way to pay down federal debt and free more land for housing. While this might seem like a free market "solution," we should remember that the...https://mises.org/mises-wire/selling-public-lands]]>544big government,bureaucracy and regulation,economic freedomfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-economic-success-of-singapore-and-hong-kong--67037069https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-success-singapore-and-hong-kong]]>142200Sat, 19 Jul 2025 05:02:22 +0000Mises InstituteWhile it is tempting to see the economic success of Singapore and Hong Kong as similar, there really are stark differences between them. Hong Kong has developed through laissiez-faire and entrepreneurship while Singapore is much more state...https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-success-singapore-and-hong-kong]]>745bureaucracy and regulation,free markets,protectionism and free tradefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/understanding-the-causes-of-lincoln-s-war--67037068https://mises.org/mises-wire/understanding-causes-lincolns-war]]>142199Sat, 19 Jul 2025 05:02:22 +0000Mises InstituteWhy did North and South go to war with each other in 1861? The standard narrative is that slavery caused the war while more thoughtful people realize that the causes are much more complex than the simple "slavery existed" narrative.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/understanding-causes-lincolns-war]]>760decentralization and secession,secession,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-axiom-of-action-and-the-inescapability-of-liberty--67031226https://mises.org/mises-wire/axiom-action-and-inescapability-liberty]]>142197Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:01:46 +0000Mises InstituteSocialists despise individual liberty because they believe that allowing humans to make free choices supposedly leads to selfish and anti-social behavior. However, by denying individual choice, socialists are denying human action itself.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/axiom-action-and-inescapability-liberty]]>508other schools of thought,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-invasion-of-the-spatializers--67030753https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/invasion-spatializers]]>142285Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:02:42 +0000Mises InstituteJesús Huerta de Soto has published a series of lectures on Austrian Economics, and Dr. David Gordon in Friday Philosophy reviews his Lectures in Austrian Economics, Volume 1. Dr. Gordon is especially interested in how de Soto deals with time.Original...https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/invasion-spatializers]]>480austrian economics overview,entrepreneurship,philosophy and methodologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-their-own-words-revolutionary-voices-on-inflation--67026133https://mises.org/mises-wire/their-own-words-revolutionary-voices-inflation]]>142248Fri, 18 Jul 2025 05:02:23 +0000Mises InstituteThis article is dedicated to some of the quotes, especially from key participants and primary sources, about inflation and its consequences during the American Revolution. As usual, war led to inflation, which in turn facilitated war, and both...https://mises.org/mises-wire/their-own-words-revolutionary-voices-inflation]]>799inflation,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-mises-university-matters--67019538https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-mises-university-matters]]>142309Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:02:25 +0000Mises InstituteMises University begins Sunday, July 20, and given that misinformation abounds about the economy, it is good to have a forum where students can learn economic truths and stretch their minds.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-mises-university-matters]]>360austrian economics overview,other schools of thought,philosophy and methodologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/subsidies-to-amtrak-and-siemens-a-pathway-to-cronyism-for-the-few--67017600https://mises.org/mises-wire/subsidies-amtrak-and-siemens-pathway-cronyism-few]]>142198Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:07:33 +0000Mises InstituteDespite assurances from Amtrak's administrators that profitability is just around the corner, Amtrak remains a huge money loser. However, even given the long distances of some of the routes, Amtrak could still be profitable if its leadership is...https://mises.org/mises-wire/subsidies-amtrak-and-siemens-pathway-cronyism-few]]>711big government,bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/democratic-socialism-is-totalitarianism--67012526https://mises.org/mises-wire/democratic-socialism-totalitarianism]]>142298Thu, 17 Jul 2025 05:02:13 +0000Mises InstituteThe word "democratic" is supposed to soften the blow of socialism, with Zohran Mamdani's campaign being the latest to fool the voters. In reality, there is no softening real socialism, as it depends upon coercion, violence, and ultimately becomes...https://mises.org/mises-wire/democratic-socialism-totalitarianism]]>659democracy,politics,property rights,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-s-election-interference-tariff--67006506https://mises.org/power-market/trumps-election-interference-tariff]]>142302Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:47:20 +0000Mises InstituteLike a child with his new favorite toy at Christmas, President Trump is using tariff taxes not only to attempt to centrally plan the pricing of thousands of goods and services in the economy, but also to engage in election interference in other...https://mises.org/power-market/trumps-election-interference-tariff]]>321falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-new-york-city-doomed--67006505https://mises.org/power-market/new-york-city-doomed]]>142301Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:37:57 +0000Mises InstituteThere are real concerns regarding Mamdani. Mamdani is a self-described socialist, and socialism has failed disastrously everywhere it's been tried.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/new-york-city-doomedhttps://mises.org/power-market/new-york-city-doomed]]>556falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mistrusting-government-about-epstein-and-more--67003798https://mises.org/power-market/mistrusting-government-about-epstein-and-more]]>142300Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:32:17 +0000Mises InstituteExposing such lies is key for restoring liberty. The good news is that the more mistrust of government grows, the easier it will be to find people receptive to our message.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/mistrusting-government-about-epstein-and-more]]>252falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/josh-hawley-proves-that-republicans-still-don-t-understand-economics--67003799https://mises.org/mises-wire/josh-hawley-proves-republicans-still-dont-understand-economics]]>142270Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:02:37 +0000Mises InstituteBy introducing legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is demonstrating that while Republicans like to talk about free markets, they are statists and interventionists like their Democratic colleagues...https://mises.org/mises-wire/josh-hawley-proves-republicans-still-dont-understand-economics]]>721bureaucracy and regulation,economic freedom,labor and wages,price controlsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thomas-paine-slaps-congress-with-his-resume--66999954https://mises.org/mises-wire/thomas-paine-slaps-congress-his-resume]]>142172Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:02:56 +0000Mises InstitutePerhaps no publication contributed more to the Colonials' drive for independence from Great Britain than Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense." But what if he had tried to get the Continental Congress to publish it, instead? The following debate...https://mises.org/mises-wire/thomas-paine-slaps-congress-his-resume]]>687secession,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-split-over-epstein-tells-us-something-important-about-the-maga-movement--66995886https://mises.org/mises-wire/split-over-epstein-tells-us-something-important-about-maga-movement]]>142286Wed, 16 Jul 2025 05:02:13 +0000Mises InstituteWhen President Trump declared the Epstein case closed, many of his supporters in MAGA objected, believing that the government is still hiding the truth. But Trump opponents claim that MAGA is a monolithic movement beholden only to Trump. This incident...https://mises.org/mises-wire/split-over-epstein-tells-us-something-important-about-maga-movement]]>631law,media and culture,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fallacies-of-conservative-protectionists--66990863https://mises.org/mises-wire/fallacies-conservative-protectionists]]>142290Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:56:20 +0000Mises InstituteIn its attempt to claim that the concept of free trade is full of fallacies, The American Compass builds its anti-free trade case upon fallacies.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fallacies-conservative-protectionistshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/fallacies-conservative-protectionists]]>641cronyism and corporatism,economic policy,protectionism and free tradefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-propaganda-war-against-capitalism--66990864https://mises.org/mises-wire/propaganda-war-against-capitalism]]>142289Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:37:25 +0000Mises InstituteThe most popular method of deprecating capitalism is to make it responsible for every condition which is considered unsatisfactory.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/propaganda-war-against-capitalismhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/propaganda-war-against-capitalism]]>482education,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hayek-on-the-difference-between-science-and-scientism--66990866https://mises.org/mises-wire/hayek-difference-between-science-and-scientism]]>142288Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:27:19 +0000Mises InstituteModern progressive governance claims it has science on its side. Hayek‘s Nobel speech punctured that viewpoint.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/hayek-difference-between-science-and-scientismhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/hayek-difference-between-science-and-scientism]]>578hayekfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-government-lands-burn--66989426https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-government-lands-burn]]>142284Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:04:14 +0000Mises InstituteProgressives blame all the recent wildfires on "climate change," but the real culprit is government mismanagement of public forests and grasslands. The recent fire at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is yet another example.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-government-lands-burn]]>643bureaucracy and regulation,interventionism,politics,the environmentfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bolivia-held-hostage-the-tyrant-s-return--66988437https://mises.org/mises-wire/bolivia-held-hostage-tyrants-return]]>142171Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:02:22 +0000Mises InstituteWhen socialist Evo Morales was elected president of Bolivia, he received favorable press from the western media. Like most socialists, however, his government turned tyrannical. Disqualified from office, he and his followers now seek to stage a coup...https://mises.org/mises-wire/bolivia-held-hostage-tyrants-return]]>715socialism,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-hayek-rejected-mere-legality--66985125https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-hayek-rejected-mere-legality]]>142151Tue, 15 Jul 2025 05:02:36 +0000Mises InstituteA government that rules by imposing politically-oriented statutes upon its citizens cannot lay claim to governing by “rule of law.” Hayek understood that claiming “legality” to anything the state does is a sure road to tyranny.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-hayek-rejected-mere-legality]]>491hayek,law,legal systemfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-46-years-of-contempt-of-congress--66982376https://mises.org/mises-wire/my-46-years-contempt-congress]]>142269Tue, 15 Jul 2025 02:01:44 +0000Mises InstituteAlthough most political attention is focused on the US presidency, James Bovard pleads guilty to contempt of Congress. This is the Congress that is spending and borrowing the country into financial oblivion, but never taking the blame for the...https://mises.org/mises-wire/my-46-years-contempt-congress]]>633big government,democracy,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/robert-reich-s-blind-spots-the-elephant-in-the-progressive-left-s-room--66978633https://mises.org/power-market/robert-reichs-blind-spots-elephant-progressive-lefts-room]]>142273Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:47:17 +0000Mises InstituteReich, Elizabeth Warren, and other leftists never address the root cause of what they correctly diagnose as excessive corporate power: the Federal Reserve.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/robert-reichs-blind-spots-elephant-progressive-lefts-room]]>484inflation,interventionism,the fed,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/intellectual-property-innovation-should-serve-consumers-not-producers--66978634https://mises.org/mises-wire/intellectual-property-innovation-should-serve-consumers-not-producers]]>142272Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:42:18 +0000Mises InstituteInnovations aren‘t very useful unless they serve consumers in the marketplace. Otherwise, we‘re pursuing innovation for its own sake, and that isn‘t progress.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/intellectual-property-innovation-should-serve-consumers-not-producers]]>410entrepreneurship,protectionism and free tradefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-putrid-underbelly-of-woke-capitalism--66978635https://mises.org/mises-wire/putrid-underbelly-woke-capitalism]]>142271Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:22:15 +0000Mises InstituteAmerican corporations are lavishing billions of dollars on leftist groups in the name of “equity.” But many of them are also donating to even more questionable people and causes.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/putrid-underbelly-woke-capitalism]]>573cronyism and corporatism,media and culture,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/do-financial-markets-operate-upon-superior-knowledge--66976528https://mises.org/mises-wire/do-financial-markets-operate-upon-superior-knowledge]]>142111Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:02:38 +0000Mises InstituteThe Efficient Market Hypothesis claims that financial markets process information immediately and correctly. However, since the EMH is based upon unrealistic assumptions, we also have to question the efficacy of this hypothesis, especially when...https://mises.org/mises-wire/do-financial-markets-operate-upon-superior-knowledge]]>549booms and busts,central banks,financial marketsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-guillotine-and-the-lyre-what-andrea-chenier-reveals-about-the-french-revolution--66973068https://mises.org/mises-wire/guillotine-and-lyre-what-andrea-chenier-reveals-about-french-revolution]]>142150Mon, 14 Jul 2025 05:02:12 +0000Mises InstituteThe poet, the opera, and the Terror: when art dares to confront the violence of power. How one artist portrays the French Revolution and the political terror it unleashed is a grim reminder of what today's Bastille Day celebrations ignore.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/guillotine-and-lyre-what-andrea-chenier-reveals-about-french-revolution]]>649anarchy,europe,law,the police statefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/social-engineering-under-the-fourteenth-amendment--66954202https://mises.org/mises-wire/social-engineering-under-fourteenth-amendment]]>142110Sat, 12 Jul 2025 05:02:33 +0000Mises InstituteMurray Rothbard called egalitarianism a "revolt against nature," and he believed that the egalitarianism inherent in the Fourteenth Amendment was socially harmful. Social engineering never turns out well, but that doesn't discourage progressives from...https://mises.org/mises-wire/social-engineering-under-fourteenth-amendment]]>862big government,bureaucracy and regulation,philosophy,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/debunking-the-myth-of-market-fundamentalism--66954203https://mises.org/mises-wire/debunking-myth-market-fundamentalism]]>142112Sat, 12 Jul 2025 05:02:31 +0000Mises InstituteCritics of free markets such as Oren Cass claim that Austrians and other supporters of the free economy are engaged in “market fundamentalism.” However, support for free markets is not an act of blind faith but is based upon understanding of how...https://mises.org/mises-wire/debunking-myth-market-fundamentalism]]>922free markets,philosophy,protectionism and free tradefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-forces-of-centralization-and-the-struggle-for-freedom--66948585https://mises.org/mises-wire/forces-centralization-and-struggle-freedom]]>142109Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:02:16 +0000Mises InstituteThroughout history, decentralization and secession have helped pave the way for more individual freedom. Naturally, political elites want to centralize everything, thus setting off the eternal battle between centralizers and decentralizers.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/forces-centralization-and-struggle-freedom]]>622decentralization and secession,politics,secessionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jurgen-habermas-the-philosopher-as-marxist-propagandist--66946506https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/jurgen-habermas-philosopher-marxist-propagandist]]>142235Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:03:24 +0000Mises InstituteWhen does philosophy degenerate into simple propaganda? In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon examines the writings of Jürgen Habermas, concluding that much of what Habermas said was little more than ginned up Marxism.Original article:...https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/jurgen-habermas-philosopher-marxist-propagandist]]>516philosophy,rgen,socialism,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-libertarian-silence-in-japan--66944133https://mises.org/power-market/libertarian-silence-japan]]>142247Fri, 11 Jul 2025 07:02:20 +0000Mises InstituteOriginal article: https://mises.org/power-market/libertarian-silence-japanhttps://mises.org/power-market/libertarian-silence-japan]]>472japan,libertarianismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-12-day-war-was-a-political-disaster-for-america-and-israel--66930929https://mises.org/power-market/12-day-war-was-political-disaster-america-and-israel]]>142234Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:01:50 +0000Mises InstituteDespite the chaos and nonsense coming from the different factions involved, neocons and enemies of peace and freedom in America have been revealed.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/12-day-war-was-political-disaster-america-and-israelhttps://mises.org/power-market/12-day-war-was-political-disaster-america-and-israel]]>592u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-pro-natalists-the-real-malthusians--66930930https://mises.org/mises-wire/are-pro-natalists-real-malthusians]]>142149Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:02:22 +0000Mises InstituteBoth many Pro-Natalists as well as their critics have a Malthusian view of the world in which humans seem to be impervious to incentives and changing conditions. It is time for praxeologists to speak up.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/are-pro-natalists-real-malthusians]]>476media and culture,praxeology,strategyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/israeli-restrictions-on-reporting-impact-sites-is-government-censorship--66927115https://mises.org/power-market/israeli-restrictions-reporting-impact-sites-government-censorship]]>142233Thu, 10 Jul 2025 07:02:33 +0000Mises InstituteOriginal article: https://mises.org/power-market/israeli-restrictions-reporting-impact-sites-government-censorshiphttps://mises.org/power-market/israeli-restrictions-reporting-impact-sites-government-censorship]]>257the police state,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-is-every-natural-disaster-being-politicized--66925208https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-every-natural-disaster-being-politicized]]>142232Thu, 10 Jul 2025 05:02:43 +0000Mises InstituteIn the wake of the flooding disasters in Texas, a number of leftists made inflammatory remarks on social media, celebrating the death of flood victims. Our society has reached a low point to where people believe that the “right” political candidates...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-every-natural-disaster-being-politicized]]>645big government,bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,paternalismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-trump-should-tell-netanyahu--66920781https://mises.org/power-market/what-trump-should-tell-netanyahu]]>142241Wed, 09 Jul 2025 16:17:13 +0000Mises InstituteIf President Trump really wanted to help Israel he would inform Netanyahu this week that not another US dollar would be sent to prop up his government.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/what-trump-should-tell-netanyahuhttps://mises.org/power-market/what-trump-should-tell-netanyahu]]>270falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bid-ask-spread-in-housing-and-pulte-s-law--66919740https://mises.org/mises-wire/bid-ask-spread-housing-and-pultes-law]]>142211Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:07:52 +0000Mises InstituteAs the latest housing bubble pops, home sellers are asking for unreal prices for their homes, while buyers are waiting for the prices to fall. Bill Pulte, Trump's Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is demanding the Fed force down interest...https://mises.org/mises-wire/bid-ask-spread-housing-and-pultes-law]]>629big government,financial markets,the fed,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/iran-everything-you-need-to-know-but-were-too-afraid-of-the-israel-lobby-to-ask--66918207https://mises.org/power-market/iran-everything-you-need-know-were-too-afraid-israel-lobby-ask]]>142236Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:52:14 +0000Mises InstituteOriginal article: https://mises.org/power-market/iran-everything-you-need-know-were-too-afraid-israel-lobby-askhttps://mises.org/power-market/iran-everything-you-need-know-were-too-afraid-israel-lobby-ask]]>123falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fallacy-of-measuring-inflation--66916066https://mises.org/mises-wire/fallacy-measuring-inflation]]>142072Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:02:32 +0000Mises InstituteWhile we often speak of measurements of inflation (such as "inflation went up by three percent"), in reality, one cannot accurately measure it, given official measurements consist of arbitrary weighted averages. It is better to see inflation as...https://mises.org/mises-wire/fallacy-measuring-inflation]]>448inflation,monetary policy,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-texas-floods-another-disaster-another-false-narrative--66912451https://mises.org/mises-wire/texas-floods-another-disaster-another-false-narrative]]>142210Wed, 09 Jul 2025 05:02:23 +0000Mises InstituteThe floodwaters in Texas were just subsiding when Democrats claimed that the death toll was due to staffing cuts at the National Weather Service. Of course, the truth is much different, but this was just one more incident of how natural disasters have...https://mises.org/mises-wire/texas-floods-another-disaster-another-false-narrative]]>499antipolitics,big government,bureaucracy and regulation,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-homeownership-rate-is-lower-now-than-it-was-45-years-ago--66903160https://mises.org/mises-wire/homeownership-rate-lower-now-it-was-45-years-ago]]>142215Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:02:28 +0000Mises InstituteNow is the time to admit that easy-money policy and corporate bailouts—imposed in the name of increasing homeownership—has only made housing more unaffordable.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/homeownership-rate-lower-now-it-was-45-years-agohttps://mises.org/mises-wire/homeownership-rate-lower-now-it-was-45-years-ago]]>420falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/riots-are-a-symptom-of-the-statist-disease--66903161https://mises.org/mises-wire/riots-are-symptom-statist-disease]]>142173Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:02:50 +0000Mises InstitutePresident Trump cracked down on the latest version of the LA riots by calling in the National Guard. However, much of the violence that accompanied those riots came courtesy of government actors.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/riots-are-symptom-statist-disease]]>694big government,progressivism,the police statefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/political-machine-rolls-on-regardless--66900374https://mises.org/mises-wire/political-machine-rolls-regardless]]>142067Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:02:25 +0000Mises InstituteDon‘t kid ourselves. The federal government is hurtling toward disaster with its destructive activities underwritten by the Federal Reserve System. It‘s best that we know how to protect ourselves from the consequences.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/political-machine-rolls-regardless]]>551big government,law,media and culture,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-if-we-were-on-a-gold-standard--66897293https://mises.org/power-market/what-if-we-were-gold-standard]]>142170Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:02:14 +0000Mises InstituteTwentieth and twenty-first century monetary history shows us how our government, step-by-step, removed the monetary gold standard and introduced their fiat paper currency dollar to fund their increasing political power.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/what-if-we-were-gold-standard]]>427gold standard,inflation,money and banksfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mythology-of-methodological-collectivism--66896080https://mises.org/mises-wire/mythology-methodological-collectivism]]>142066Tue, 08 Jul 2025 05:17:15 +0000Mises InstituteA central belief of collectivists is that people think collectively, too. Whether one is a member of a class, religious group, or ethnic group, collectivism holds that each group has distinct interests that determine how individuals in the group...https://mises.org/mises-wire/mythology-methodological-collectivism]]>889other schools of thought,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tariffs-destroy-consumer-choice--66888870https://mises.org/mises-wire/tariffs-destroy-consumer-choice]]>142169Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:02:16 +0000Mises InstituteAlthough President Trump has claimed that tariffs will ultimately raise our standard of living, they really are taxes on consumers. Furthermore, tariffs also deny consumers the choices they want to make.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/tariffs-destroy-consumer-choice]]>273big government,corporate welfare,protectionism and free trade,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-futility-of-price-stability-policies--66886740https://mises.org/mises-wire/futility-price-stability-policies]]>142065Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:13:06 +0000Mises InstituteMonetarists have long believed that the Fed should pursue policies of low inflation in order to counter the effects of lower prices through enhanced productivity. Thus, they reason, overall prices will remain stable. Such policies actually promote...https://mises.org/mises-wire/futility-price-stability-policies]]>610central banks,inflation,monetary policy,money and banksfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/israel-s-nuclear-arsenal-a-controversial-reality--66883535https://mises.org/power-market/israels-nuclear-arsenal-controversial-reality]]>142146Mon, 07 Jul 2025 07:02:37 +0000Mises InstituteOriginal article: https://mises.org/power-market/israels-nuclear-arsenal-controversial-realityhttps://mises.org/power-market/israels-nuclear-arsenal-controversial-reality]]>560u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rights-fights-and-the-economy-of-self-defense-why-mma-facilitates-the-right-to-self-defense--66882614https://mises.org/mises-wire/rights-fights-and-economy-self-defense-why-mma-facilitates-right-self-defense]]>142064Mon, 07 Jul 2025 05:07:21 +0000Mises InstituteMixed martial arts is a brutal, imperfect, occasionally ugly sport. But it’s also one of the most honest epistemic systems we have when dealing with self-defense, and each individual has the right to defend himself against aggressors.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/rights-fights-and-economy-self-defense-why-mma-facilitates-right-self-defense]]>771hayek,law,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-excellent-casey-for-anarchism--66879509https://mises.org/mises-wire/excellent-casey-anarchism]]>142192Sun, 06 Jul 2025 22:17:13 +0000Mises InstituteHas anyone besides Murray Rothbard made a compelling case for state-free anarchy? In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon extols Libertarian Anarchy by Gerard Casey, which he says provides excellent arguments for doing away with the...https://mises.org/mises-wire/excellent-casey-anarchism]]>484anarchy,big government,book reviews,philosophyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/privacy-and-fungibility-the-forgotten-virtues-of-sound-money--66867931https://mises.org/mises-wire/privacy-and-fungibility-forgotten-virtues-sound-money]]>142144Sat, 05 Jul 2025 05:02:47 +0000Mises InstituteGovernments have so corrupted money that we forget that sound money, by providing both fungibility and privacy, has been a defense against overreaching governments. While sound money is in the interests of citizens, governments have managed to destroy...https://mises.org/mises-wire/privacy-and-fungibility-forgotten-virtues-sound-money]]>794gold standard,monetary theory,money and bankingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/methodological-individualism-in-historical-analysis--66867922https://mises.org/mises-wire/methodological-individualism-historical-analysis-0]]>142143Sat, 05 Jul 2025 05:02:47 +0000Mises InstituteModern historians depend heavily upon sweeping narratives and their take on the US War of Secession is no exception. Yet, the use of methodological individualism allows one to avoid sweeping judgments like claiming the Confederacy was founded upon...https://mises.org/mises-wire/methodological-individualism-historical-analysis-0]]>790decentralization and secession,secession,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leo-xiv-and-rerum-novarum--66863126https://mises.org/mises-wire/leo-xiv-and-rerum-novarum]]>142063Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:17:12 +0000Mises InstituteWhen Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Pope, he took the name of Pope Leo XIV. Leo XIII authored Rerum Novarum, which is the basis for Catholic social teaching and is friendlier to private property and free markets than anything the Vatican has...https://mises.org/mises-wire/leo-xiv-and-rerum-novarum]]>508economic freedom,property rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-revolution-was-a-free-trade-revolution--66862473https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-was-free-trade-revolution]]>142142Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:02:15 +0000Mises InstituteThe British complained of unfair competition from goods supplied by the American colonists. So the state intervened to manage trade and make it “fair.” But the American revolutionaries saw protectionism for the scam it was, and still is.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-was-free-trade-revolution]]>501protectionism and free trade,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/return-to-first-principles-to-end-wars-in-the-middle-east--66861178https://mises.org/power-market/return-first-principles-end-wars-middle-east]]>142141Fri, 04 Jul 2025 07:02:21 +0000Mises InstituteOriginal article: https://mises.org/power-market/return-first-principles-end-wars-middle-easthttps://mises.org/power-market/return-first-principles-end-wars-middle-east]]>310u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-independence-and-the-seeds-of-big-government--66859717https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-independence-and-seeds-big-government]]>142062Fri, 04 Jul 2025 05:32:17 +0000Mises InstituteWhen the American Revolution broke out, the American colonies were perhaps the least-taxed place on earth. How did this country move from that position to the colossus it has become today? Joshua Mawhorter provides some sobering July 4 reading to find...https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-independence-and-seeds-big-government]]>733big government,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1775-two-step-that-led-to-american-independence--66857063https://mises.org/power-market/1775-two-step-led-american-independence]]>142186Thu, 03 Jul 2025 22:47:14 +0000Mises InstituteRegardless of Oval Office revisionism, Americans should never forget that their nation was forged in resistance to political slavery and claims by distant masters to unlimited power.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/1775-two-step-led-american-independence]]>569falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-spirit-of-the-declaration-of-independence-secession-division-disloyalty--66857062https://mises.org/mises-wire/spirit-declaration-independence-secession-division-disloyalty]]>142185Thu, 03 Jul 2025 22:47:14 +0000Mises InstituteThe Declaration of Independence is about radical opposition to state power. The Declaration takes a stand against political vices like unity, loyalty, and centralized power.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/spirit-declaration-independence-secession-division-disloyalty]]>513falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/half-of-june-s-job-growth-was-in-government-manufacturing-jobs-fall--66856197https://mises.org/mises-wire/half-junes-job-growth-was-government-manufacturing-jobs-fall]]>142181Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:17:16 +0000Mises InstituteJune's job growth was hailed in the media as proof of a strong economy. Except there's a problem: fully half of these new jobs were government jobs. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/half-junes-job-growth-was-government-manufacturing-jobs-fall]]>554falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/was-the-american-revolution-radical--66854732142147Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:07:42 +0000Mises InstituteThe American Revolution wasn’t a polite disagreement with Britain. It was a people-powered upheaval that shattered empires, inspired global revolutions, and rewrote the rules of liberty.Original article:...1264falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-the-phrase-the-jewish-state-is-propaganda--66852681https://mises.org/power-market/why-phrase-jewish-state-propaganda]]>142168Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:02:31 +0000Mises InstituteOriginal article: https://mises.org/power-market/why-phrase-jewish-state-propagandahttps://mises.org/power-market/why-phrase-jewish-state-propaganda]]>289falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/emphasizing-the-mirage-downplaying-the-reality--66852680https://mises.org/mises-wire/emphasizing-mirage-downplaying-reality]]>142060Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:02:31 +0000Mises InstituteAs housing prices have skyrocketed in Ireland, the government did what governments do all too often: impose rent controls. Such interventions into the housing market have created downstream effects that continue to encourage even more...https://mises.org/mises-wire/emphasizing-mirage-downplaying-reality]]>708bureaucracy and regulation,europe,interventionism,price controlsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-labour-party-is-undermining-the-british-economy--66852679https://mises.org/mises-wire/labour-party-undermining-british-economy]]>142061Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:02:31 +0000Mises InstituteBritain‘s Labour Party won an overwhelming victory at the last election, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer has already following the script of Labour when it was run by communists. Already, a large number of wealthy taxpayers have left the country for...https://mises.org/mises-wire/labour-party-undermining-british-economy]]>498big government,economic policy,educationfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/iran-s-central-planning-policies-harm-its-economy--66849352https://mises.org/power-market/irans-central-planning-policies-harm-its-economy]]>142145Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:02:39 +0000Mises InstituteCentral planning thwarts Iran’s economy. Many Iranian government officials blame their nation’s economic demise on Western countries sanctions and not their policy choices.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/irans-central-planning-policies-harm-its-economy]]>470interventionism,the police state,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-50-years-of-us-government-sponsored-housing-finance-why-are-houses-so-unaffordable--66849353https://mises.org/mises-wire/after-50-years-us-government-sponsored-housing-finance-why-are-houses-so-unaffordable]]>142140Thu, 03 Jul 2025 06:02:25 +0000Mises InstituteAfter more than fifty years of U.S. government-sponsored housing finance, Why has home ownership not increased and why are houses unaffordable?Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/after-50-years-us-government-sponsored-housing-finance-why-are-houses-so-unaffordable]]>538falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-half-century-after-new-york-city-s-fiscal-collapse-the-city-s-politicians-have-learned-nothing--66849354https://mises.org/mises-wire/half-century-after-new-york-citys-fiscal-collapse-citys-politicians-have-learned-nothing]]>142121Thu, 03 Jul 2025 05:02:21 +0000Mises InstituteVoters in last week‘s Democratic Primary in New York City had to choose between a socialist and a crony capitalist. They chose the socialist. Fifty years ago, Establishment politicians drove the city into de facto bankruptcy. A new generation of...https://mises.org/mises-wire/half-century-after-new-york-citys-fiscal-collapse-citys-politicians-have-learned-nothing]]>840big government,bureaucracy and regulation,socialism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/republicans-and-big-government--66840044https://mises.org/mises-daily/republicans-and-big-government]]>142156Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:35:00 +0000Mises InstituteContrary to popular myth, every Republican president since and including Herbert Hoover has increased the federal government's size, scope, or power. Over the last one hundred years, of the five presidents who presided over the largest domestic...https://mises.org/mises-daily/republicans-and-big-government]]>592big government,legal system,political theory,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-big-beautiful-bill-for-the-military-industrial-complex--66840043https://mises.org/power-market/big-beautiful-bill-military-industrial-complex]]>142153Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:12:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Republican insistence on increasing military spending is the main reason Congress cannot cut taxes without increasing the debt, making cuts in domestic welfare programs, or both.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/big-beautiful-bill-military-industrial-complex]]>273falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-revolution-was-a-culture-war--66840046https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-was-culture-war]]>142139Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:02:17 +0000Mises InstituteThe Boston Tea Party was an opening act in what came to be a violent culture war and war of national liberation. And it helps us understand how America in 2020 could become as bitterly divided as America during the revolution. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-was-culture-war]]>573media and culture,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-s-strike-against-iran-weapons-of-mass-overreach--66840045https://mises.org/power-market/trumps-strike-against-iran-weapons-mass-overreach]]>142138Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:02:29 +0000Mises InstituteAnother president, another “strike for peace.” Trump’s assault on Iran wasn’t about safety. It was another step in the long tradition of unchecked executive power and endless war waged without consent.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/trumps-strike-against-iran-weapons-mass-overreach]]>217u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-free-market-would-preclude-today-s-headlines--66838054https://mises.org/mises-wire/free-market-would-preclude-todays-headlines]]>142059Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:02:30 +0000Mises InstituteOur media, higher education, and, of course, governments tell us that our social and economic problems are due to capitalism. Yet, what we see are governments bringing us inflation, chaos, and the horror of war. It's time we abandon the fiction that...https://mises.org/mises-wire/free-market-would-preclude-todays-headlines]]>569big government,economic freedom,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-economics-of-nuclear-weapons--66824971https://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-nuclear-weapons]]>142071Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:31:06 +0000Mises InstituteThe fact remains that the strategic value of nuclear arms lies almost totally on the side of defense.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-nuclear-weaponshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-nuclear-weapons]]>619falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/methodological-individualism-in-historical-analysis--66825012https://mises.org/mises-wire/methodological-individualism-historical-analysis]]>142056Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:07:32 +0000Mises InstituteTo better understand history, we must understand how people thought and acted in the context of their times and the prevailing worldviews of that era. Unfortunately, modern historians insist on looking at US History from modern collectivists...https://mises.org/mises-wire/methodological-individualism-historical-analysis]]>792media and culture,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/will-new-york-city-become-the-new-socialist-paradise--66825015https://mises.org/mises-wire/will-new-york-city-become-new-socialist-paradise]]>142051Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:02:53 +0000Mises InstituteSocialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has emerged as a serious challenger to Andrew Cuomo in the race for mayor of New York City. If Mamdani wins, he promises to vastly expand government control of housing and businesses there.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/will-new-york-city-become-new-socialist-paradise]]>653big government,bureaucracy and regulation,price controls,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silent-cal-had-a-lot-to-say--66824970https://mises.org/mises-wire/silent-cal-had-lot-say]]>142107Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:58:26 +0000Mises InstituteHis policies took more than a million people off the income tax rolls, and 98 percent of Americans paid no income tax at the end of his term. As a result, America prospered under Coolidge. Real economic growth averaged 7 percent per year while he was...https://mises.org/mises-wire/silent-cal-had-lot-say]]>989falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/critics-of-capitalism-misunderstand-economic-success--66824990https://mises.org/power-market/critics-capitalism-misunderstand-economic-success]]>142068Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:03:05 +0000Mises InstituteIn a free society, legitimate economic success does not fall from the sky or come by force. Behind every fortune lies effort, risk, savings, time, discovery, validation, and social coordination.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/critics-capitalism-misunderstand-economic-success]]>343capitalism,the entrepreneurfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-government-ruins-4th-of-july-travel--66824969https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-government-ruins-4th-july-travel]]>142106Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:53:07 +0000Mises InstituteIf we were to claim independence from the modern-day royalty of the beltway, the markets will ensure better holidays in the future.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-government-ruins-4th-july-travelhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/how-government-ruins-4th-july-travel]]>572big governmentfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unemployment-claims-reach-the-highest-since-2018-ex-covid--66824965https://mises.org/power-market/unemployment-claims-reach-highest-2018-ex-covid]]>142122Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:43:50 +0000Mises InstituteWith the exception of the "covid panic" and the mandated lockdowns, etc., last week was the highest total for ongoing unemployment claims since early 2018:Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/unemployment-claims-reach-highest-2018-ex-covidhttps://mises.org/power-market/unemployment-claims-reach-highest-2018-ex-covid]]>230falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-young-rothbard-an-uncomfortable-neoclassical-economist--66824974https://mises.org/mises-wire/young-rothbard-uncomfortable-neoclassical-economist]]>142057Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:21:53 +0000Mises InstituteSpeaking at the recent Rothbard Graduate Seminar, Dr. Joseph Salerno traces Murray Rothbard‘s intellectual development while in the economics Ph.D. program at Columbia University. Rothbard was dissatisfied with the popular schools of thought until he...https://mises.org/mises-wire/young-rothbard-uncomfortable-neoclassical-economist]]>881austrian economics overview,other schools of thought,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scotus-strikes-a-blow-against-public-school-indoctrination-of-young-children--66821343https://mises.org/mises-wire/scotus-strikes-blow-against-public-school-indoctrination-young-children]]>142104Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:01:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Supreme Court has told Maryland parents their children do not have to sit through militant LGBTQ+ indoctrination classes, violating their religious values. Previous courts had forbidden parents from “opting out” of such sessions. This is a blow...https://mises.org/mises-wire/scotus-strikes-blow-against-public-school-indoctrination-young-children]]>596education,law,media and culturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-new-online-resource-libertarian-literary-and-media-criticism--66824986https://mises.org/power-market/new-online-resource-libertarian-literary-and-media-criticism]]>142085Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:08:45 +0000Mises InstituteThe site can also host blogs and announcements related to Austrian economics and libertarianism in the humanities.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/new-online-resource-libertarian-literary-and-media-criticismhttps://mises.org/power-market/new-online-resource-libertarian-literary-and-media-criticism]]>75falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-recessions-are-not-about-declining-gdp--66824977https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-recessions-are-not-about-declining-gdp]]>142055Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:34:43 +0000Mises InstituteA recession is defined by negative economic activity over several months with an accompanying decline in GDP. However, given the actual makeup of GDP, it is inaccurate to directly tie recessions to GDP at all.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-recessions-are-not-about-declining-gdp]]>528booms and busts,business cycles,interventionismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-entrepreneur-and-the-summer-blockbuster--66825017https://mises.org/mises-wire/entrepreneur-and-summer-blockbuster]]>142047Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:03:55 +0000Mises InstituteThis summer, Hollywood is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its summer blockbuster “Jaws.” The making of such films provides a good analysis of how entrepreneurs operate in a world of uncertainty. Austrian economists are best able to understand how...https://mises.org/mises-wire/entrepreneur-and-summer-blockbuster]]>730calculation and knowledge,entrepreneurship,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mexico-s-energy-sector-goes-backward--66824980https://mises.org/power-market/mexicos-energy-sector-goes-backward]]>142054Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:26:13 +0000Mises InstituteThe government argues that restoring state control protects Mexico’s resources from foreign exploitation and ensures that profits benefit Mexican citizens. However, removing competition and transparency lead to inefficiencies, increased costs, and an...https://mises.org/power-market/mexicos-energy-sector-goes-backward]]>320bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-sixties-rock-songs-that-celebrate-capitalism-s-greatest-creation--66824966https://mises.org/mises-wire/two-sixties-rock-songs-celebrate-capitalisms-greatest-creation]]>142087Mon, 30 Jun 2025 01:42:24 +0000Mises InstituteFor millennia prior to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of men, women, and children toiled from dusk to dawn and beyond just to keep body and soul together.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/two-sixties-rock-songs-celebrate-capitalisms-greatest-creation]]>1070falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/review-of-greatness-and-ruin-by-ricardo-duchesne--66825014https://mises.org/mises-wire/review-greatness-and-ruin-ricardo-duchesne]]>142053Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:47:55 +0000Mises InstituteWestern Civilization has brought great advances in culture and economics, yet no one is more relentless in trying to destroy this civilization than western intellectuals. Ricardo Duchesne lays it out in his book, Greatness and Ruin.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/review-greatness-and-ruin-ricardo-duchesne]]>782book reviews,u.s. history,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/president-trump-end-the-war-now--66824982https://mises.org/power-market/president-trump-end-war-now]]>142049Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:26:51 +0000Mises InstituteUnfortunately, President Trump has severely damaged his credibility by embroiling us in a war that is not our war.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/president-trump-end-war-nowhttps://mises.org/power-market/president-trump-end-war-now]]>261falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/political-moralizing-about-the-history-of-slavery--66824972https://mises.org/mises-wire/political-moralizing-about-history-slavery]]>142041Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:07:09 +0000Mises InstituteHistorically, slavery has always been held together by violence, including slavery in the US. However, the actual history of slavery here is much more complex than what modern academics want to admit. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/political-moralizing-about-history-slavery]]>889labor and wages,legal system,u.s. history,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fumes-of-a-failed-system-bolivia-s-gasoline-crisis--66824984https://mises.org/mises-wire/fumes-failed-system-bolivias-gasoline-crisis]]>142040Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:15:59 +0000Mises InstituteBolivians are finding out the hard way that socialist energy means price controls, and price controls mean fuel shortages and long gas station lines. Socialism excels in unkept promises and Bolivia is no exception to that rule.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/fumes-failed-system-bolivias-gasoline-crisis]]>589bureaucracy and regulation,price controls,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/president-trump-s-interventionism--66772543https://mises.org/mises-wire/president-trumps-interventionism]]>142080Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:12:00 +0000Mises InstituteRegardless of your view of the current conflicts, one fact is indisputable.  President Trump’s actions violate our traditional non-interventionist foreign policy. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/president-trumps-interventionismhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/president-trumps-interventionism]]>607falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-modern-luddites-miss-technology-makes-us-wealthier--66824973https://mises.org/power-market/what-modern-luddites-miss-technology-makes-us-wealthier]]>142039Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:04:52 +0000Mises InstituteContrary to the expectation of the Luddites, we have only become wealthier than before and workers today enjoy much higher standards of living than workers in the past.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/what-modern-luddites-miss-technology-makes-us-wealthier]]>394capitalism,the entrepreneurfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-is-no-disinflation--66749346https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-no-disinflation]]>142050Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:04:01 +0000Mises InstituteThere has been much talk of disinflation, but all the evidence points toward the conclusion that the Federal Reserve continues to administer injections of monetary inflation.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-no-disinflationhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/there-no-disinflation]]>765falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silver-price-shows-what-government-has-done-to-our-money--66824975https://mises.org/power-market/silver-price-shows-what-government-has-done-our-money]]>142035Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:25:11 +0000Mises InstituteNo one seems concerned about the constant devaluation of the dollar. They blame high prices on whoever is president or corporate greed.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/silver-price-shows-what-government-has-done-our-moneyhttps://mises.org/power-market/silver-price-shows-what-government-has-done-our-money]]>157falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-miracle-was-the-european-miracle-on-steroids--66824978https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-miracle-was-european-miracle-steroids]]>142034Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:08:07 +0000Mises InstituteAmerica inherited the core institutional framework of Europe (especially Britain) but refined and amplified it through greater decentralization, lower taxation, and more expansive freedoms.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-miracle-was-european-miracle-steroids]]>912economic freedom,europe,u.s. history,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/as-japan-s-price-inflation-rises-its-central-bank-has-fewer-options--66732911https://mises.org/mises-wire/japans-price-inflation-rises-its-central-bank-has-fewer-options]]>142037Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:38:02 +0000Mises InstituteUnfortunately, the only real long-term solution to this is genuine fiscal austerity and debt repudiation.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/japans-price-inflation-rises-its-central-bank-has-fewer-optionshttps://mises.org/mises-wire/japans-price-inflation-rises-its-central-bank-has-fewer-options]]>432falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-purpose-of-production-and-the-economy-a-criticism-of-pronatalist-economics--66824983https://mises.org/mises-wire/purpose-production-and-economy-criticism-pronatalist-economics]]>142031Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:24:15 +0000Mises InstituteMainstream economics is deterministic, holding that economic actors continue to move in one directions, not responding to changes in economic circumstances or incentives. The Austrians understand economics is about people engaged in purposeful...https://mises.org/mises-wire/purpose-production-and-economy-criticism-pronatalist-economics]]>746austrian economics overview,entrepreneurship,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-suffers-from-libertarian-derangement-syndrome--66824987https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-suffers-libertarian-derangement-syndrome]]>142033Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:11:11 +0000Mises InstituteEven though a significant number of libertarians supported Trump for president, he clearly has shown no respect for libertarian thinking, especially with his anti-growth trade policies and support for bloated federal spending.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-suffers-libertarian-derangement-syndrome]]>720libertarianism,politics,taxes and spending,u.s. economyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-doge-failed--66825019https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-doge-failed]]>142030Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:01:59 +0000Mises InstituteElon Musk has thrown in the towel on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in all but name. Mises correctly anticipated failures like these.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-doge-failedhttps://mises.org/mises-wire/why-doge-failed]]>521big government,bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,economic policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/economic-sanctions-adrenaline--66824988https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-sanctions-adrenaline]]>142029Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:21:00 +0000Mises InstituteEconomic sanctions, as a general principle, have a history of failure in the 20th and 21st centuries, which penalize everyday citizens in the sanctioned country.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-sanctions-adrenalinehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-sanctions-adrenaline]]>265protectionism and free trade,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/opposing-america-s-imperialistic-wars-is-a-fight-worth-joining--66824985https://mises.org/mises-wire/opposing-americas-imperialistic-wars-fight-worth-joining]]>142032Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:43:00 +0000Mises InstituteWith the Iran bombing, the US Government is once again embarking on yet another act of war in support of the US empire. The eternal quest to expand the empire will not end well for Americans. Opposing the government‘s wars is a worthy...https://mises.org/mises-wire/opposing-americas-imperialistic-wars-fight-worth-joining]]>679u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/members-of-congress-introduce-comprehensive-us-gold-audit-legislation--66825022https://mises.org/power-market/members-congress-introduce-comprehensive-us-gold-audit-legislation]]>142020Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:35:59 +0000Mises InstituteAs US debt soars and foreign central banks stockpile gold, members of Congress introduce a bill to require a comprehensive audit of America’s gold reserves.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/members-congress-introduce-comprehensive-us-gold-audit-legislation]]>276gold standard,money and bankingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-disasters-of-government-enterprise--66824989https://mises.org/mises-wire/disasters-government-enterprise]]>142019Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:07:59 +0000Mises InstituteOur socialist transit systems are an ongoing failure made worse by even more government intervention. We should not be surprised, then, when political leaders insist that the real problem is the lack of a political will to spend even more money on...https://mises.org/mises-wire/disasters-government-enterprise]]>665capitalism,corporate welfare,interventionism,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ted-cruz-dispensationalism-and-the-state-of-israel--66825021https://mises.org/power-market/ted-cruz-dispensationalism-and-state-israel]]>142018Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:05:02 +0000Mises InstituteTed Cruz’s politics aren’t just conservative, they’re theological. Jonathan Newman explores how dispensationalism shapes US loyalty to the state of Israel.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/ted-cruz-dispensationalism-and-state-israelhttps://mises.org/power-market/ted-cruz-dispensationalism-and-state-israel]]>826falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/get-the-us-out-of-the-middle-east--66825023https://mises.org/mises-wire/get-us-out-middle-east]]>142017Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:03:01 +0000Mises InstituteHamas‘s invasion of Israel happened despite decades of US intervention and spending in favor of Tel Aviv. Yet, this ongoing conflict has nothing at all to do with the safety and security of the United States itself. It's time for the US to get...https://mises.org/mises-wire/get-us-out-middle-east]]>549war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/total-war-against-civilians-is-never-justified--66672719https://mises.org/mises-wire/total-war-against-civilians-never-justified]]>142009Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:21:09 +0000Mises InstituteTotal war against civilians didn't begin with World War II. It was official policy of the Union during the Civil War to lay waste to southern cities, towns, and farms. Tactics northern generals used against civilians became the blueprint for armed...https://mises.org/mises-wire/total-war-against-civilians-never-justified]]>654u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/entrepreneurship-can-t-be-taught-in-a-college-classroom--66672720https://mises.org/mises-wire/entrepreneurship-cant-be-taught-college-classroom]]>142008Sat, 21 Jun 2025 11:06:00 +0000Mises InstituteCollege professors have suddenly discovered entrepreneurship and are teaching about it in their classes. However, while it is an interesting subject, one cannot teach someone how to be a successful entrepreneur. Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/entrepreneurship-cant-be-taught-college-classroom]]>1120entrepreneurship,philosophy and methodology,subjectivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-government-helps-to-create-congested-traffic--66675185https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-government-helps-create-congested-traffic]]>142010Sat, 21 Jun 2025 08:12:14 +0000Mises InstituteThe standard argument for government services is that only government can build enough roads to meet transportation needs. However, the disconnect between production and consumer choice ensures misallocation of resources under government roads,...https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-government-helps-create-congested-traffic]]>904big government,calculation and knowledge,interventionismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/exploiting-the-moral-unseen--66659964https://mises.org/mises-wire/exploiting-moral-unseen]]>141998Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:50:02 +0000Mises InstituteWhen politicians intervene in the economy, they often do it in the name of mitigating “greed” or “profiteering.” While they can pass laws regulating prices and the like, they cannot repeal economic laws. Instead, they can only make things...https://mises.org/mises-wire/exploiting-moral-unseen]]>538coordination,media and culture,politics,price controlsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-iranian-history-ted-cruz-doesn-t-know--66637335https://mises.org/mises-wire/iranian-history-ted-cruz-doesnt-know]]>141991Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:25:01 +0000Mises InstituteSen. Ted Cruz was recently interviewed by Tucker Carlson, with Cruz advocating “regime change” in Iran. However, Cruz doesn‘t know enough Iranian history to make any qualified judgment on Iran or its people.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/iranian-history-ted-cruz-doesnt-know]]>508democracy,politics,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-s-tariff-policies-are-schizophrenic--66637340https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-tariff-policies-are-schizophrenic]]>141990Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhy is the Trump administration levying tariffs? Are they for tax purposes? Protecting domestic industries? Bargaining chips for international deal making? The administration and its supporters have floated mutually-exclusive reasons for these...https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-tariff-policies-are-schizophrenic]]>621cronyism and corporatism,economic freedom,protectionism and free trade,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-bernie-sanders-and-aoc-the-new-keepers-of-the-secret--66637336https://mises.org/mises-wire/are-bernie-sanders-and-aoc-new-keepers-secret]]>141992Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:47:15 +0000Mises InstituteBernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have toured the country calling for massive government takeover of the economy and other socialist initiatives. For socialists, Sanders and AOC have become the new “Keepers of the Secret” of making socialism...https://mises.org/mises-wire/are-bernie-sanders-and-aoc-new-keepers-secret]]>536democracy,politics,progressivism,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/interest-paid-on-the-us-debt-soars-and-trump-pushes-for-a-new-costly-war--66606302https://mises.org/mises-wire/interest-paid-us-debt-soars-and-trump-pushes-new-costly-war]]>141975Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:24:00 +0000Mises InstituteDuring 2024 taxpayers were on the hook for $1.13 trillion in interest on the debt. That’s nearly $7,400 for each of the 153 million people who file tax returns.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/interest-paid-us-debt-soars-and-trump-pushes-new-costly-war]]>492falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ending-subsidies-to-amtrak-will-benefit-rail-travelers--66603691https://mises.org/mises-wire/ending-subsidies-amtrak-will-benefit-rail-travelers]]>141974Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:08:05 +0000Mises InstituteAmtrak subsidies keep many of Amtrak‘s routes alive despite the fact that ridership is down on many of them. These subsidies guarantee that Amtrak will be a second-rate, undercapitalized passenger railroad system.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/ending-subsidies-amtrak-will-benefit-rail-travelers]]>597big government,economic policy,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-doge-and-the-machiavellians--66593983https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-doge-and-machiavellians]]>141967Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:42:00 +0000Mises InstituteDespite Trump‘s campaign promises and despite DOGE‘s so-called reputation of cutting government waste, the new administration is spending money faster than the supposed spendthrift Biden administration. This is Machiavellianism at its best.Original...https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-doge-and-machiavellians]]>449big government,cronyism and corporatism,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-israeli-nineteenth-century-ways-of-war--66332650https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-israeli-nineteenth-century-ways-war  ]]>141844Thu, 29 May 2025 21:01:00 +0000Mises InstituteThis brief historical sketch brings us to how the American and Israeli militaries of today have adopted a nineteenth-century-style war of extermination against what they consider to be another “lesser race.”Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-israeli-nineteenth-century-ways-war  ]]>352free markets,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ludwig-von-mises-on-peace-and-social-cooperation--66332651https://mises.org/mises-wire/ludwig-von-mises-peace-and-social-cooperation  ]]>141842Thu, 29 May 2025 19:14:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe free market replaces the struggle for survival found in the animal world with social cooperation in which everybody benefits. Capitalism is a system of peace, not war.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/ludwig-von-mises-peace-and-social-cooperation  ]]>462free markets,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/did-the-fed-achieve-independence-during-the-korean-war--66332654https://mises.org/mises-wire/did-fed-achieve-independence-during-korean-war  ]]>141837Thu, 29 May 2025 17:24:00 +0000Mises InstituteRumor has it that the Federal Reserve was able to resist the president‘s demands to enable funding of the Korean War. However, a look at the record demonstrates conclusively that the Fed bowed to Harry Truman‘s wishes to do what it has done for a...https://mises.org/mises-wire/did-fed-achieve-independence-during-korean-war  ]]>573the fed,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-one-bloated-brobdingnagian-bill--66332652https://mises.org/mises-wire/one-bloated-brobdingnagian-bill  ]]>141836Thu, 29 May 2025 17:08:00 +0000Mises InstitutePresident Trump's so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is more of the same: big and bloated. It adds billions to the federal deficit and does nothing to deal with the government‘s ruinous debt. Naturally, the Republicans support it.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/one-bloated-brobdingnagian-bill  ]]>608big government,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-magic-coin-and-renewing-interest-in-monetary-policy--66332653The Magic Coin by Dr. Jonathan Newman, a children‘s book that explains money in a way that even modern adults can understand.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/magic-coin-and-renewing-interest-monetary-policy  ]]>141798Thu, 29 May 2025 14:02:19 +0000Mises InstituteDavid Brady, Jr. reviews https://mises.org/library/book/magic-coin by Dr. Jonathan Newman, a children‘s book that explains money in a way that even modern adults can understand.Original article:...The Magic Coin by Dr. Jonathan Newman, a children‘s book that explains money in a way that even modern adults can understand.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/magic-coin-and-renewing-interest-monetary-policy  ]]>192inflation,monetary policy,monetary theory,pricesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/david-hume-s-insights-explain-america-s-economic-decline--66305762https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmt-and-us-history-redefining-chartalism  ]]>141818Tue, 27 May 2025 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Trump White House has enacted tariffs in the belief that other countries are “cheating” by enacting tariffs against US goods and “manipulating” their currencies. However, with the US dollar being the world's reserve currency, the US has engaged in...https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmt-and-us-history-redefining-chartalism  ]]>484economic policy,monetary policy,protectionism and free trade,the fedfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-political-business-cycle-50-years-later--66305761The Political Business Cycle 50 Years Later    ]]>141823Tue, 27 May 2025 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWilliam Nordhaus coined the term “Political Business Cycle” a half-century ago. The idea was that government authorities, particularly the central bank, would manipulate the economy to correspond with election cycles, a practice that continues to this...The Political Business Cycle 50 Years Later    ]]>832booms and busts,corporate welfare,monetary policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inflation-looking-beyond-aggregates--66305760Inflation: Looking Beyond Aggregates  ]]>141819Tue, 27 May 2025 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteMainstream economists define inflation as the increase in an imaginary “price level” that is relatively neutral in its effects. Austrian economists, however, know better, as they realize that the effects of inflating the money supply are anything but...Inflation: Looking Beyond Aggregates  ]]>568inflation,monetary policy,monetary theory,praxeologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-elon-musk-is-right-the-case-against-subsidizing-amtrak--66305759Why Elon Musk Is Right: The Case Against Subsidizing Amtrak    ]]>141822Tue, 27 May 2025 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAmtrak is always on the verge of reviving intercity rail traffic in the US, or at least that is what politicians want us to believe. The truth is that the case for defunding Amtrak has never been stronger.Original article:...Why Elon Musk Is Right: The Case Against Subsidizing Amtrak    ]]>552big government,bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/enslavement-of-native-americans-in-the-caribbean--66305757 Enslavement of Native Americans in the Caribbean  ]]>141820Tue, 27 May 2025 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but much lesser known is the enslavement of Native Americans. Many of them were shipped to plantations in the Caribbean where they... Enslavement of Native Americans in the Caribbean  ]]>495u.s. history,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/truth-or-consequences--66305756141821Tue, 27 May 2025 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but much lesser known is the enslavement of Native Americans. Many of them were shipped to plantations in the Caribbean where they...398book reviews,media and culture,philosophy and methodologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wealth-generation-and-the-market-economy--66305755Wealth Generation and the Market Economy  ]]>141825Tue, 27 May 2025 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteA free market economy does not generate jobs or money. Instead, it creates wealth through exchange and production. Government intervention, contrary to what mainstream economists believe, does not enhance wealth, but instead destroys it.Original...Wealth Generation and the Market Economy  ]]>503central banks,free markets,interventionismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-be-a-panican-but-question-government-shenanigans--66305754Don’t Be A Panican, But Question Government Shenanigans  ]]>141824Tue, 27 May 2025 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteOurs in an age when people panic, sometimes for good reasons but often for bad. Governments benefit from panicked citizenry, which is why we always should question those political decisions that can turn our lives upside down.Original article:...Don’t Be A Panican, But Question Government Shenanigans  ]]>636big government,democracy,media and culture,progressivismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jfk-and-the-burden-of-proof--66297895https://mises.org/mises-wire/jfk-and-burden-proof  ]]>141797Tue, 27 May 2025 11:02:36 +0000Mises InstituteWe know what happened on November 22, 1963, at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, but there is a lot about that terrible day we don't know. But we also know that President Kennedy challenged the National Security State. Did it cost him his life?Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/jfk-and-burden-proof  ]]>499media and culture,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-politics-of-guilt--66292641https://mises.org/mises-wire/politics-guilt  ]]>141796Tue, 27 May 2025 05:02:30 +0000Mises InstituteFrom Reconstruction to George Floyd, the left‘s guilt industry has run at full speed. As Murray Rothbard wrote, it is time to stand up to those that use guilt as a social weapon.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/politics-guilt  https://mises.org/mises-wire/politics-guilt  ]]>677democracy,law,progressivism,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-never-got-to-torture-congress--66286920https://mises.org/mises-wire/we-never-got-torture-congress  ]]>141795Mon, 26 May 2025 14:02:15 +0000Mises InstituteThanks to the endless “War Against Terror,” the US Government promoted methods of torture, including some borrowed from the sadistic torturers of the former Soviet Union. Congress stood by and let it happen.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/we-never-got-torture-congress  ]]>604media and culture,the police state,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-is-the-rationale-behind-current-us-tariff-policy--66285785https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-rationale-behind-current-us-tariff-policy  ]]>141794Mon, 26 May 2025 11:02:17 +0000Mises InstituteThe Trump administration has pursued a high tariff policy, reversing the movement to lower trade barriers around the world. The justification for this policy is the presence of trade deficits with other nations. However, what if US trade deficits...https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-rationale-behind-current-us-tariff-policy  ]]>451bureaucracy and regulation,free marketsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-high-egg-prices-may-resemble-high-opec-cartel-oil-prices--66281577https://mises.org/power-market/how-high-egg-prices-may-resemble-high-opec-cartel-oil-prices  ]]>141793Mon, 26 May 2025 07:02:22 +0000Mises InstituteWhile no one is accusing egg producers of colluding or price-fixing, from an economic standpoint, it certainly could be happening either by design or incidentally.Original article:...https://mises.org/power-market/how-high-egg-prices-may-resemble-high-opec-cartel-oil-prices  ]]>159bureaucracy and regulation,free marketsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-haters-of-free-markets-love-the-fruits-of-free-markets--66280322https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-haters-free-markets-love-fruits-free-markets  ]]>141792Mon, 26 May 2025 05:02:36 +0000Mises InstituteThere are numerous critics of free markets. However, all of those critics also are consumers and they gladly depend upon free markets to satisfy their needs.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-haters-free-markets-love-fruits-free-markets  https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-haters-free-markets-love-fruits-free-markets  ]]>475big government,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-culture-degeneration-biological-or-ideological--66250458https://mises.org/mises-wire/culture-degeneration-biological-or-ideological  ]]>141787Sat, 24 May 2025 05:07:10 +0000Mises InstituteWhy do cultures degenerate? At the recent Natal Conference, Robin Hanson cites biological and evolutionary factors. However, if one looks to Mises and the Austrians, we look squarely at human action that begins with the human mind and purposeful...https://mises.org/mises-wire/culture-degeneration-biological-or-ideological  ]]>454bureaucracy and regulation,interventionism,pricesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/price-controls-and-drug-shortages-in-france-a-textbook-case-of-the-evils-of-interventionism--66250460https://mises.org/mises-wire/price-controls-and-drug-shortages-france-textbook-case-evils-interventionism  ]]>141786Sat, 24 May 2025 05:02:33 +0000Mises InstituteFrance is facing critical shortages of a number of drugs, and one need look no further for a cause than a price control regime. Naturally, the French media and government blame capitalism and look to double down on the intervention that has causes...https://mises.org/mises-wire/price-controls-and-drug-shortages-france-textbook-case-evils-interventionism  ]]>561bureaucracy and regulation,interventionism,pricesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lord-of-the-manor--66236701https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/lord-manor  ]]>141784Fri, 23 May 2025 16:57:00 +0000Mises InstituteDr. David Gordon reviews Mary Grabar‘s Debunking FDR, which examines Roosevelt‘s paternalistic worldview and how it shaped his political life and his presidency. Original article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/lord-manor  https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/lord-manor  ]]>439book reviews,paternalism,politics,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/relearning-the-lessons-we-never-learned-from-world-war-i--66236700https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/lord-manor  ]]>141785Fri, 23 May 2025 14:02:19 +0000Mises InstituteThe 20th century gave us two world wars that have altered the world's political landscape to this day. We would do well to remember the main lesson from World War I: there is no “honor” in warfare. It is pure murder.Original article:...https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/lord-manor  ]]>596big government,europe,war and foreign policy,world historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/student-loans-a-new-sheriff-in-town--66236698https://mises.org/mises-wire/student-loans-new-sheriff-town  ]]>141790Fri, 23 May 2025 13:02:00 +0000Mises InstituteForbes called this explosive loan situation, a “perfect storm…of heavier debt loads, higher payments, and an unforgiving economy.”Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/student-loans-new-sheriff-town  https://mises.org/mises-wire/student-loans-new-sheriff-town  ]]>464big government,taxes and spendingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mmt-and-us-history-redefining-chartalism--66236699https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmt-and-us-history-redefining-chartalism  ]]>141799Fri, 23 May 2025 10:00:07 +0000Mises InstituteMMT uses chartalism and a few dubious examples to appeal to history to establish the theory‘s authority and validity, only to discard this element as irrelevant and unnecessary.Original article:...https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmt-and-us-history-redefining-chartalism  ]]>768monetary policy,money and banks,u.s. historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wealth-generation-and-the-market-economy--66074307Wealth Generation and the Market Economy  ]]>141720Tue, 13 May 2025 13:02:00 +0000Mises InstituteA free market economy does not generate jobs or money. Instead, it creates wealth through exchange and production. Government intervention, contrary to what mainstream economists believe, does not enhance wealth, but instead destroys it.Original...Wealth Generation and the Market Economy  ]]>514free marketsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/free-markets-promote-peaceful-cooperation-and-racial-harmony--65341550Free Markets Promote Peaceful Cooperation and Racial Harmony  ]]>141422Thu, 03 Apr 2025 20:45:00 +0000Mises InstituteBy their nature, free markets promote harmony between people and increase overall standards of living. This view is radically different from the ones promoted by Marxists who believe that only “class interests” matter.Original article:...Free Markets Promote Peaceful Cooperation and Racial Harmony  ]]>488economic policy,free marketsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/empire-as-the-price-of-bureaucracy--65340704Empire as the Price of Bureaucracy  ]]>141420Thu, 03 Apr 2025 20:01:00 +0000Mises InstituteTotalitarian bureaucracy necessitates a constant state of crisis and there is no better creator of crises than imperial machinations.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/empire-price-bureaucracy  Empire as the Price of Bureaucracy  ]]>488big government,bureaucracy and regulation,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tariffs-won-t-save-the-us-dollar--64279403Tariffs Won’t Save the US Dollar  ]]>141070Sat, 08 Feb 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstitutePresident-Elect Trump has been threatening tariffs against BRICS countries unless they abandon their plans to abandon the US dollar. While Trump may come off as being "tough" in his negotiations, he cannot bluster his way to a stronger dollar, thanks...Tariffs Won’t Save the US Dollar  ]]>573financial markets,monetary policy,protectionism and free trade,u.s. economyfalse2657fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inheritance-tax-hikes-threaten-farmers-property-rights-in-the-uk--64279400Inheritance Tax Hikes Threaten Farmers’ Property Rights in the UK  ]]>141071Sat, 08 Feb 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteBritain‘s new Labour Government is doing what leftist governments always do: raising taxes on everyone, but pretending that only the wealthiest citizens will pay more. Middle-class British farmers are quickly finding out that the taxman is coming for...Inheritance Tax Hikes Threaten Farmers’ Property Rights in the UK  ]]>583bureaucracy and regulation,europe,socialism,taxes and spendingfalse2658fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-the-transfer-portal-and-nil-ruining-college-sports-explaining-the-changes-using-austrian-economics--64279399Are the Transfer Portal and NIL Ruining College Sports? Explaining the Changes Using Austrian Economics  ]]>141072Sat, 08 Feb 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteA common refrain among college fans is, "The Transfer Portal and NIL are ruining college sports." But are they? Before we can answer that question, we have to be able to explain what is happening, and Austrian economics provides the best analytical...Are the Transfer Portal and NIL Ruining College Sports? Explaining the Changes Using Austrian Economics  ]]>534bureaucracy and regulation,calculation and knowledge,free marketsfalse2659fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-state-isn-t-santa-claus-it-s-the-grinch--64279394The State Isn’t Santa Claus, It’s the Grinch!  ]]>141073Sat, 08 Feb 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteLike Santa, who gives free gifts to our children, people think of the state as providing services “for free.” However, the state cannot provide anything without first confiscating wealth from others—like the Grinch, who first stole all the presents in...The State Isn’t Santa Claus, It’s the Grinch!  ]]>511big government,socialism,taxes and spendingfalse2660fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-praxeological-critique-of-the-equation-of-exchange-and-neutrality-of-money--64278514A Praxeological Critique of the Equation of Exchange and Neutrality of Money  ]]>141068Sat, 08 Feb 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteNo macroeconomics or monetary theory course is complete without introduction of the Equation of Exchange, or MV = PQ. However, this equation explains nothing, praxeologically speaking. Instead, it clouds our understanding of how money fits into our...A Praxeological Critique of the Equation of Exchange and Neutrality of Money  ]]>489economic policy,monetary policy,monetary theory,money and banksfalse2655fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/under-trump-expect-no-change-to-the-monetary-status-quo--64278501Under Trump, Expect No Change to the Monetary Status Quo  ]]>141067Sat, 08 Feb 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Trump team plans to tinker with government spending, but this does nothing to address the real problem which is the current inflationist monetary experiment. Original article:...Under Trump, Expect No Change to the Monetary Status Quo  ]]>666false2654fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jimmy-carter-s-legacy-is-much-more-than-good-deeds-done-in-his-later-years--64278500Jimmy Carter’s Legacy Is Much More than Good Deeds Done in His Later Years  ]]>141066Sat, 08 Feb 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteMost editorialists and pundits have labeled Jimmy Carter's presidency a failure, but his activities after he left office as a rousing success. The truth is that his successful deregulation efforts have left a positive and lasting legacy.Original...Jimmy Carter’s Legacy Is Much More than Good Deeds Done in His Later Years  ]]>417biographies,bureaucracy and regulation,u.s. economy,u.s. historyfalse2653fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-inflationist-view-of-history--64278499The Inflationist View of History  ]]>141069Sat, 08 Feb 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstitutePerhaps John Maynard Keynes' best con job was convincing people that a growing economy needs inflation, lots of inflation. As David Gordon points out, however, Ludwig von Mises eloquently explained why inflation undermines the free market...The Inflationist View of History  ]]>452booms and busts,business cycles,inflationfalse2656fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-the-nanny-campus-will-fight-to-keep-taxpayers-hostage--64099840How the Nanny Campus Will Fight to Keep Taxpayers Hostage  ]]>141006Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteHigher education has managed to con huge numbers of young people to take out six-figure loans in order to have the “college experience.” However, the so-called benefits to college are turning out to be a chimera, all funded by increasing...How the Nanny Campus Will Fight to Keep Taxpayers Hostage  ]]>536big government,education,media and culturefalse2652fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pretense-of-knowledge--64092477The Pretense of Knowledge  ]]>141001Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteFifty years ago today, December 11, 1974, F.A. Hayek gave his Nobel Lecture in Sweden. The conflict between what the public expects science to achieve in satisfaction of popular hopes, and what is really in its power, is a serious matter.Original...The Pretense of Knowledge  ]]>1849biographies,calculation and knowledge,history of the austrian schoolfalse2647fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-desperately-need-sound-money-not-tariffs--64092476We Desperately Need Sound Money, Not Tariffs  ]]>141000Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstitutePresident-elect Donald Trump has declared that he will raise tariffs his first day in office. Our economy, however, does not need government-created roadblocks to trade. Instead, we need free exchange and sound money.Original article:...We Desperately Need Sound Money, Not Tariffs  ]]>501economic policy,inflation,monetary policy,protectionism and free tradefalse2646fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-poor-man-of-nippur-and-austrian-economic-principles--64092475The Poor Man of Nippur and Austrian Economic Principles  ]]>141003Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Austrian school recognizes that economic analysis is timeless and the ancient story of “The Poor Man of Nippur” provides an excellent example. From time preference to the structure of production, many of the lessons are contained in this...The Poor Man of Nippur and Austrian Economic Principles  ]]>654austrian economics overview,philosophy and methodology,subjectivism,value and exchangefalse2649fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marxism-and-the-cultural-revolution--64092474Marxism and the Cultural Revolution  ]]>141005Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Cultural Revolution continues apace in this country and it is aimed at all of the old Confederate symbols from statues to the Confederate Battle Flag. With leftist progressives there can be no discussion. Any symbol from the South equates to...Marxism and the Cultural Revolution  ]]>476media and culture,progressivism,u.s. historyfalse2651fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/america-s-problem-with-consumerism-is-the-government-s-fault--64092473 America’s Problem with Consumerism Is the Government’s Fault ]]>140999Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe child-like obsession with buying stuff that American society is often criticized for around Christmas is a sought-after result of our government’s monetary policy.Original... America’s Problem with Consumerism Is the Government’s Fault ]]>413inflation,interventionism,monetary policy,the fedfalse2645fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/should-central-banks-accommodate-increases-in-demand-for-money--64092472Should Central Banks Accommodate Increases in Demand for Money?  ]]>141002Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteOne of the fallacies pushed by monetary economists is that a growing economy needs a growing supply of money in order to prevent deflation, which they claim is as harmful as inflation. However, as Austrians point out, there is no “optimum” amount of...Should Central Banks Accommodate Increases in Demand for Money?  ]]>523booms and busts,central banks,inflation,monetary policyfalse2648fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-the-fed-loosening-or-tightening-it-s-complicated--64092471Is the Fed Loosening or Tightening? It’s Complicated.  ]]>141004Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThanks to the Fed's balance sheet and the Fed's policy on reverse repurchase agreements, it's hard to tell whether the Fed is being hawkish or dovish. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fed-loosening-or-tightening-its-complicated  Is the Fed Loosening or Tightening? It’s Complicated.  ]]>491economic policy,financial markets,the fed,u.s. economyfalse2650fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-economic-and-social-consequences-of-rent-control--63481031The Economic and Social Consequences of Rent Control  ]]>140750Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteRent control always results in housing shortages and deteriorating housing stock. Governments and activists, unfortunately, never learn any lessons.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-and-social-consequences-rent-control  The Economic and Social Consequences of Rent Control  ]]>449bureaucracy and regulation,economic freedom,price controlsfalse2598fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/disparate-impact-is-a-legal-trick--63481030Disparate Impact Is a Legal Trick  ]]>140751Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteBy misusing statistics, the government claims that racial disparities are always caused by racial discrimination and that these disparities can only be rectified by state-directed outcomes. However, government programs have made things much...Disparate Impact Is a Legal Trick  ]]>561law,media and culture,politics,progressivismfalse2599fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/distress-in-commercial-real-estate-bonds-hits-all-time-high--63481028Distress in Commercial Real Estate Bonds Hits All-Time High  ]]>140754Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteCommercial real estate in the US faces major problems despite efforts by the Federal Reserve System to prop it up. Bonds used to finance commercial real estate markets are being hit especially hard, and there is no relief in sight.Original article:...Distress in Commercial Real Estate Bonds Hits All-Time High  ]]>559cronyism and corporatism,financial markets,money and banksfalse2602fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/climate-anxiety-a-regime-created-illness--63481027Climate Anxiety: A Regime-Created “Illness”  ]]>140752Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteThanks to unrelenting propaganda from the establishment media, a large number of Americans are suffering from what is diagnosed as “climate anxiety.” Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/climate-anxiety-regime-created-illness  Climate Anxiety: A Regime-Created “Illness”  ]]>483bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,progressivism,the environmentfalse2600fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finding-shelter-from-monetary-racketeers--63481026Finding Shelter from Monetary Racketeers  ]]>140755Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteWe have reached this point: the government keepers of money do not even understand what money is or why inflation is harmful. To them, the real threat to the economy is “deflation.”Original article:...Finding Shelter from Monetary Racketeers  ]]>549inflation,monetary policy,money and banks,u.s. economyfalse2603fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/could-an-increase-in-the-supply-of-gold-cause-a-boom-bust-cycle--63481025Could an Increase in the Supply of Gold Cause a Boom-Bust Cycle?  ]]>140753Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteCan an increase in the supply of gold cause a boom-bust cycle? Mises believed it was theoretically possible but highly unlikely. Rothbard, on the other hand, said as long as gold is money and there is no fiduciary media, such a scenario was not...Could an Increase in the Supply of Gold Cause a Boom-Bust Cycle?  ]]>569booms and busts,monetary policy,money and banksfalse2601fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-critique-of-black-box-economics--63481022A Critique of Black Box Economics  ]]>140756Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteMainstream economists today examine economic phenomena from a “black box” perspective in which they look at inputs and outputs without trying to understand causal mechanisms that make the outcomes possible.Original article:...A Critique of Black Box Economics  ]]>660other schools of thought,philosophy,philosophy and methodologyfalse2604fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jamaica-and-the-failure-of-the-entrepreneurial-state--63481021Jamaica and the Failure of the Entrepreneurial State  ]]>140749Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs we see from Jamaica‘s experience, attempts by the government to be entrepreneurial misallocate resources, waste money, and achieve poor results.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/jamaica-and-failure-entrepreneurial-state  Jamaica and the Failure of the Entrepreneurial State  ]]>434bureaucracy and regulation,corporate welfare,economic policyfalse2597fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-christmas-truce-of-world-war-i--63462445The Christmas Truce of World War I  ]]>140738Tue, 24 Dec 2024 06:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteNever forget the Christmas truce of World War I, when troops refused to be pawns of empire for one blessed day.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/christmas-truce-world-war-i  The Christmas Truce of World War I  ]]>1091war and foreign policyfalse2596fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wealth-and-income-inequality-are-essential-for-social-cooperation--63383914Wealth and Income Inequality Are Essential for Social Cooperation  ]]>140715Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteMurray Rothbard wrote that egalitarianism is a “revolt against nature.” Progressives claim that inequality harms society and is morally unacceptable, but in reality, it is necessary for division of labor, which enables social cooperation.Original...Wealth and Income Inequality Are Essential for Social Cooperation  ]]>560bureaucracy and regulation,capitalism,economic freedom,free marketsfalse2589fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thanksgiving-day--63383913Thanksgiving Day  ]]>140721Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe great free-market classical liberal William Leggett believed that Americans do not need politicians telling us on which days Americans ought to be thankful.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgiving-day  Thanksgiving Day  ]]>383bureaucracy and regulation,law,politics,u.s. historyfalse2595fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nafta-fever-and-the-myth-of-government-created-free-markets--63383911“NAFTA Fever” and the Myth of Government-Created Free Markets  ]]>140720Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteCritics of free markets claim that the 1980s and 90s were near-pure laissez-faire when, in reality, the regulatory state only got stronger. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/nafta-fever-and-myth-government-created-free-markets  “NAFTA Fever” and the Myth of Government-Created Free Markets  ]]>464big government,bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,protectionism and free tradefalse2594fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/destroying-creative-destruction-the-dma-against-innovation--63383910Destroying Creative Destruction: The DMA against Innovation  ]]>140717Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs Joseph Schumpeter noted, markets need “creative destruction” to survive and advance. However, Europe‘s Digital Market Act (DMA)—while written to ostensibly protect competition—gives the digital economy uncreative destruction.Original article:...Destroying Creative Destruction: The DMA against Innovation  ]]>697bureaucracy and regulation,capitalism,corporate welfare,lawfalse2591fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/caplan-s-errors-on-the-uae-and-open-borders--63383909Caplan’s Errors on the UAE and Open Borders  ]]>140719Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteEconomist Bryan Caplan has held up the United Arab Emirates as an example of how open borders can be successful. Caplan clearly does not understand how immigration works in the UAE.Original article:...Caplan’s Errors on the UAE and Open Borders  ]]>479immigration,libertarianism,media and culturefalse2593fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-addiction-to-transfer-payments--63383908The American Addiction to Transfer Payments  ]]>140722Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises Institute Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-addiction-transfer-payments  The American Addiction to Transfer Payments  ]]>580big government,economic policy,progressivism,taxes and spendingfalse2596fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/post-election-prospects-for-ending-dei--63383907Post-Election Prospects for Ending DEI  ]]>140716Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteWith the demise of the Biden administration, it is time to take a hard look at the DEI programs it imposed. While divisive, simple removal will not solve underlying problems.Original article:...Post-Election Prospects for Ending DEI  ]]>502media and culture,politics,progressivismfalse2590fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-relevance-of-the-natural-sciences-methods-in-economics--63383902The Relevance of the Natural Sciences Methods in Economics  ]]>140718Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteModern academic economics is based upon the methodologies used to study the natural sciences. However, such methodologies are inappropriate to study economics, which must be based upon causal-realism.Original article:...The Relevance of the Natural Sciences Methods in Economics  ]]>610austrian economics overview,other schools of thought,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalse2592fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/totalitarianism-begins-with-a-denial-of-economics--63333179Totalitarianism Begins with a Denial of Economics  ]]>140704Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteTotalitarianism is not compatible with a functioning economic system based upon free exchange and private property. Such regimes depend upon historicism and logical relativism.Original article:...Totalitarianism Begins with a Denial of Economics  ]]>648capitalism,free markets,interventionismfalse2588fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-context-behind-donald-trump-s-takeover-of-the-american-right--63333174The Context Behind Donald Trump’s “Takeover” of the American Right  ]]>140702Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile it is often framed in the media as a battle between principled conservatives and an angry, non-ideological movement focused solely on personal loyalty to Trump, the current civil war on the American right is only the latest chapter in a much...The Context Behind Donald Trump’s “Takeover” of the American Right  ]]>688media and culture,old right,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalse2586fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/assumptions-in-economics-and-in-the-real-world--63333171Assumptions in Economics and in the Real World  ]]>140698Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteMainstream economists often base their analysis upon assumptions that do not square with reality. Austrian economics, on the other hand, is built upon realistic assumptions and the acknowledgement that good economics must reflect human action.Original...Assumptions in Economics and in the Real World  ]]>601austrian economics overview,other schools of thought,philosophy and methodologyfalse2582fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-complex-legacy-of-george-orwell--63333168The Complex Legacy of George Orwell ]]>140697Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile most of us know George Orwell as an authoritative critic of totalitarianism, few people know he was a committed socialist and a lifelong defender of communist Leon Trotsky. While he understood totalitarianism, he never understood...The Complex Legacy of George Orwell ]]>675media and culture,socialism,world historyfalse2581fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wanted-critics-of-austrian-economics--63333167Wanted: Critics of Austrian Economics  ]]>140703Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteAustrian economics today needs critics. It doesn‘t need the critics (like Paul Krugman) who cannot give valid and accurate criticisms, but rather people who actually understand the concepts upon which Austrian thinking is built provide a real...Wanted: Critics of Austrian Economics  ]]>391austrian economics overview,monetary theory,other schools of thought,philosophy and methodologyfalse2587fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-kids-are-already-communist-and-college-will-make-it-worse--63333166Your Kids Are Already Communist, and College Will Make It Worse  ]]>140699Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteModern American culture is statist to the core. The typical school curriculum tells students that capitalism is evil and socialism is good.  This only gets worse in college. Original article:...Your Kids Are Already Communist, and College Will Make It Worse  ]]>559education,media and culture,progressivism,socialismfalse2583fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-corrupt-nature-of-dei--63333165The Corrupt Nature of DEI  ]]>140700Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteEven though DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) has taken a beating in some state legislatures, it still has a corrupting influence, especially in higher education. As Murray Rothbard pointed out, egalitarians are “at war with nature.”Original...The Corrupt Nature of DEI  ]]>682big government,media and culture,progressivism,socialismfalse2584fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-battle-on-lake-geneva-mises-vs-the-statists-at-mont-pelerin--63333163The Battle on Lake Geneva—Mises vs. the Statists at Mont Pelerin  ]]>140701Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe original Mont Pelerin Society meeting in 1947 featured Ludwig von Mises, whose warnings about the dangers of socialism and totalitarianism had gone unheeded. In the wreckage of World War II, the truth of his message should have been obvious. It...The Battle on Lake Geneva—Mises vs. the Statists at Mont Pelerin  ]]>634interventionism,philosophy and methodology,socialism,world historyfalse2585fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-is-consent--63249669What Is Consent? ]]>140634Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteBuchanan and Tullock‘s The Calculus of Consent influentially applies economic ideas to politics, focusing on methodological individual. However, there are a few pitfalls about which readers should be aware.Original article:...What Is Consent? ]]>379book reviews,free markets,philosophyfalse2574fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/discrimination-and-opportunities-for-women--63249666Discrimination and Opportunities for Women ]]>140635Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteWage differences between men and women often are automatically attributed to sex discrimination against women. However, as research has shown time and again, other factors are at work. Original article:...Discrimination and Opportunities for Women ]]>255bureaucracy and regulation,labor and wages,media and culturefalse2575fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-limits-to-public-opinion-and-the-failure-of-democracy--63249665The Limits to Public Opinion and the Failure of Democracy   ]]>140637Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe watchword among progressives this election season is: “Nothing less than our democracy is at stake.” In truth, democracy itself is not in danger, but one can accurately say that “democracy,” as practiced in the US, endangers our lives.Original...The Limits to Public Opinion and the Failure of Democracy   ]]>480big government,cronyism and corporatism,democracy,politicsfalse2577fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/contrived-scarcity-and-antitrust-lawsuits-it-s-not-a-bag-it-s-a-birkin--63249663Contrived Scarcity and Antitrust Lawsuits—“It’s Not a Bag, It’s a Birkin”   ]]>140636Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteBirkin bags are pricey and the producer restricts its potential buyers. Unfortunately, disgruntled customers who don’t want to follow the company’s rules are now appealing to US antitrust law.Original article:...Contrived Scarcity and Antitrust Lawsuits—“It’s Not a Bag, It’s a Birkin”   ]]>476bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,economic freedom,economic policyfalse2576fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sound-money-movement-chalks-up-seven-state-legislative-victories-in-2024--63249662Sound Money Movement Chalks Up Seven State Legislative Victories in 2024 ]]>140640Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteNot all news from the gold and monetary fronts is bad. In fact, gold made a number of advancements in seven states, including exemptions from taxes and attempts by states to restrict Federal Reserve behavior. Gold is alive and well.Original article:...Sound Money Movement Chalks Up Seven State Legislative Victories in 2024 ]]>577economic policy,monetary policy,money and banks,politicsfalse2580fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/entrepreneurial-profit-follows-good-decisions-not-exploitation--63249661Entrepreneurial Profit Follows Good Decisions, Not Exploitation ]]>140639Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteEmploying the Labor Theory of Value, Marx claimed that entrepreneurial profits arise from exploitation of workers. In reality, entrepreneurs earn profits when they correctly gauge markets. Exploitation has nothing to do with it.Original article:...Entrepreneurial Profit Follows Good Decisions, Not Exploitation ]]>460entrepreneurship,other schools of thought,philosophy and methodologyfalse2579fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/historical-revisionism-what-it-is-and-what-it-is-not--63249655Historical Revisionism: What It Is and What It Is Not ]]>140633Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteHistorical revisionism is nothing new, and recent attempts to label an “antiracist” approach to history have wrongly been called “revisionist.” To better understand revisionism, one must first be grounded in reality, then apply reality-based thought...Historical Revisionism: What It Is and What It Is Not ]]>561europe,politics,secession,u.s. historyfalse2573fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-the-government-created-exorbitant-insulin-prices--63249644How the Government Created Exorbitant Insulin Prices   ]]>140638Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteProgressives blame the free market for insulin prices and want to impose price controls. But, government regulation is to blame. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-government-created-exorbitant-insulin-prices   How the Government Created Exorbitant Insulin Prices   ]]>397bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,health,price controlsfalse2578fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-indian-rope-trick--63137003The Indian Rope Trick ]]>140595Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe political theorist Anthony de Jasay takes on the left‘s ideas of equality, and David Gordon is there to agree—and disagree. Jasay likens the left‘s view of equality to the Indian Rope Trick.Original article:...The Indian Rope Trick ]]>403book reviews,philosophy,progressivism,socialismfalse2570fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-economics-of-prepping--63137002The Economics of Prepping ]]>140594Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile people who “prep” for disaster (called preppers) are ridiculed by political elites and their media, their actions are perfectly rational. In this article, economist Mark Thornton explains why prepping for natural disasters makes economic...The Economics of Prepping ]]>300free markets,media and culture,planningfalse2569fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/victory-plan-or-deadly-delusion-zelensky-s-perilous-five-point-plan--63136987“Victory Plan” or Deadly Delusion? Zelensky’s Perilous Five-Point Plan ]]>140597Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe darling of America‘s political elites, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, now touts a “Five-Point Plan” that surely will extend the war and ultimately make his country even worse off. It is time to end this farce.Original article:...“Victory Plan” or Deadly Delusion? Zelensky’s Perilous Five-Point Plan ]]>372europe,politics,war and foreign policyfalse2571fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/slavery-and-collective-guilt--63136985Slavery and Collective Guilt ]]>140598Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteModern progressives are obsessed with collective guilt, demanding that Americans pay reparations for slavery even though it ended in the US 160 years ago. However, by employing collective guilt and collective punishment, those seeking reparations...Slavery and Collective Guilt ]]>437law,libertarianism,u.s. historyfalse2572fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lessons-from-reconstruction--63134802Lessons from Reconstruction ]]>140593Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteUsing state power to enforce social orthodoxy is always a recipe for disaster. Radical Republican governments in the post-war South attempted to do just that, sowing seeds of hatred and discord in the process.Original article:...Lessons from Reconstruction ]]>310big government,cronyism and corporatism,politics,u.s. historyfalse2568fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/markets-made-of-glass-how-the-fed-destroyed-economic-resilience--63134800Markets Made of Glass—How the Fed Destroyed Economic Resilience]]>140590Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteFor nearly 30 years, the Fed has pursued an easy-money policy that has made the economy increasingly dependent upon the next round of “stimulus.” Reversing that policy will mean, at least in the short run, a stiff recession before the economy...Markets Made of Glass—How the Fed Destroyed Economic Resilience]]>561booms and busts,financial markets,the fed,u.s. historyfalse2565fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-brief-history-of-tariffs-and-stock-market-crises--63134793A Brief History of Tariffs and Stock Market Crises]]>140591Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteTariffs don‘t just raise consumer prices. They also affect capital flows and, on numerous occasions, have triggered stock market crises. What tariffs don‘t bring is prosperity.Original article:...A Brief History of Tariffs and Stock Market Crises]]>478bureaucracy and regulation,protectionism and free trade,u.s. history,world historyfalse2566fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/does-the-fed-s-lowering-the-interest-rates-strengthen-economic-growth--63134791Does the Fed’s Lowering the Interest Rates Strengthen Economic Growth?]]>140592Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Fed lowers interest rates ostensibly to “stimulate” the economy. But while the Fed claims it is strengthening the economy, it actually weakens it through its easy-money policies.Original article:...Does the Fed’s Lowering the Interest Rates Strengthen Economic Growth?]]>480inflation,monetary policy,money and banks,the fedfalse2567fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-intellectual-property-laws-stifle-innovation--63102203How Intellectual Property Laws Stifle Innovation]]>140568Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteSupporters of intellectual property laws claim that people will not innovate unless they are protected by such legislation. In reality, people are more likely to be innovative when they encounter real free markets, not markets characterized by...How Intellectual Property Laws Stifle Innovation]]>609bureaucracy and regulation,free markets,law,property rightsfalse2557fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-capitalism-really-means--63102202What “Capitalism” Really Means]]>140570Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteCapitalism is characterized by the private ownership of capital, coming from Lockean homesteading principles, and not from state coercion and force.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-capitalism-really-meansWhat “Capitalism” Really Means]]>633capitalism,media and culture,politics,socialismfalse2559fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-austrian-business-cycle-theory-is-better-than-keynesianism--63102200Why Austrian Business Cycle Theory Is Better than Keynesianism]]>140572Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs the Federal Reserve engineers one financial bubble after another, we are reminded that the Austrian Business Cycle Theory explains what is happening and how there is a better way. Original article:...Why Austrian Business Cycle Theory Is Better than Keynesianism]]>721booms and busts,business cycles,capital and interest theory,financial marketsfalse2561fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-sets-the-prices-for-goods--63102199Why Austrian Business Cycle Theory Is Better than Keynesianism]]>140573Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteContrary to anti-freedom myths, "greedy" business owners don't decide what prices will be for goods and services. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/who-sets-prices-goodsWhy Austrian Business Cycle Theory Is Better than Keynesianism]]>461austrian economics overview,prices,value and exchangefalse2562fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nine-months-of-javier-milei-as-president-of-argentina-a-critical-assessment--63102196Nine Months of Javier Milei as President of Argentina: A Critical Assessment]]>140571Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteCapitalism is characterized by the private ownership of capital, coming from Lockean homesteading principles, and not from state coercion and force.Original article:...Nine Months of Javier Milei as President of Argentina: A Critical Assessment]]>575big government,bureaucracy and regulation,global economy,inflationfalse2560fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-establishment-media-is-unaware-of-its-growing-irrelevance--63102195The Establishment Media Is Unaware of Its Growing Irrelevance]]>140569Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe outcry from establishment media figures following the decision by the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times to not endorse a presidential candidate shows how out of touch they have become about how much we rely on them. Original article:...The Establishment Media Is Unaware of Its Growing Irrelevance]]>443media and culture,politics,progressivismfalse2558fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-knock-nock--63102191Don’t Knock Nock]]>140574Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteContrary to anti-freedom myths, "greedy" business owners don't decide what prices will be for goods and services. Original article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/dont-knock-nockDon’t Knock Nock]]>396big government,philosophy,politicsfalse2563fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-political-theology-that-maintains-state-power--63102190The Political Theology That Maintains State Power]]>140575Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile it is tempting to think of state power as being maintained by sheer force, it still needs a “theological” justification, be it secular or religious. The US state is no exception.Original article:...The Political Theology That Maintains State Power]]>584big government,law,legal systemfalse2564fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/copernicus-was-also-right-in-economics--63019057Copernicus Was Also Right in Economics]]>140546Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteNicolaus Copernicus is best known for his observation that the sun was at the center of our solar system, but he also made a number of astute observations about economics. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/copernicus-was-also-right-economicsCopernicus Was Also Right in Economics]]>440inflation,monetary policy,world historyfalse2554fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/free-markets-don-t-need-government-regulation--63019055Free Markets Don’t Need Government Regulation]]>140541Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteSo-called economic moderates claim to support free-market capitalism, but then say that markets still need “some” government oversight. Free markets, however, don't need government-based rules because markets effectively regulate themselves.Original...Free Markets Don’t Need Government Regulation]]>239bureaucracy and regulation,free markets,interventionismfalse2550fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-good-to-be-skeptical-of-elections--63019051It’s Good to be Skeptical of Elections]]>140543Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs with any other government-controlled institution, a high level of public skepticism about elections is healthy.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/its-good-be-skeptical-electionsIt’s Good to be Skeptical of Elections]]>396big government,democracy,politics,u.s. historyfalse2552fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/today-s-pols-are-all-bryanites--63019049Today’s Pols Are All Bryanites]]>140542Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn his failed 1896 presidential campaign, inflationist William Jennings Bryan declared that he would “not crucify mankind on a cross of gold.” But at least even Bryan favored silver money. Today‘s political candidates will crucify us on a cross of...Today’s Pols Are All Bryanites]]>311inflation,monetary policy,u.s. economy,u.s. historyfalse2551fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-economic-theory-behind-the-100-000-birkin-bag--63019048The Secret Economic Theory Behind the $100,000 Birkin Bag]]>140545Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe iconic Hermès Birkin bag helps illustrate Carl Menger’s “Theory of the Good,” and Ludwig von Mises’s explanation of human action.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/secret-economic-theory-behind-100000-birkin-bagThe Secret Economic Theory Behind the $100,000 Birkin Bag]]>557austrian economics overview,entrepreneurship,value and exchangefalse2554fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-vote-for-liberty--63019047How to Vote for Liberty]]>140544Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteVoting is controversial among Austro-Libertarians for many reasons. However, if one does choose to vote, one should understand that the state is never constrained by the voters and cannot be “reformed.”Original article:...How to Vote for Liberty]]>577bureaucracy and regulation,decentralization and secession,media and culture,politicsfalse2553fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/peace-as-a-prerequisite-for-civilization--63019040Peace as a Prerequisite for Civilization]]>140548Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile men like Murray Rothbard and Ludwig von Mises believed in “just” war, nonetheless, they did not believe that wars lead to “just” outcomes, as war leads to destruction of civilization. The outcome of the American war of secession proved that...Peace as a Prerequisite for Civilization]]>513decentralization and secession,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalse2556fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/test--63017120Answering the Confused Critics of Austrian Economics]]>140540Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteThere are numerous critics of the Austrian School of economics, but when their disparagements are closely examined, the so-called experts themselves are wrong. Austrians can do a better job of setting the record straight.Original article: https://linkAnswering the Confused Critics of Austrian Economics]]>2152false2548fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-birth-of-irrational-exuberance--62845573The Birth of “Irrational Exuberance”  ]]>140493Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteLong before there was Alan Greenspan to turn the Federal Reserve into Casino Central, there was John Law, France's minister of finance.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/birth-irrational-exuberance  The Birth of “Irrational Exuberance”  ]]>507europe,inflation,monetary policy,world historyfalse2542fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nagel-on-libertarianism-and-other-things--62845570Nagel on Libertarianism and Other Things  ]]>140497Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteDavid Gordon takes another look at Thomas Nagel's Equality and Partiality. While he finds some of Nagel's arguments appealing, they still are inferior to Murray Rothbard's systematic interpretation of natural rights.Original article:...Nagel on Libertarianism and Other Things  ]]>374libertarianism,philosophy,property rightsfalse2545fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-republicans-are-against-lawfare-they-shouldn-t-have-unleashed-it--62845569If Republicans Are Against Lawfare, They Shouldn’t Have Unleashed It  ]]>140494Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteHad Republicans not vastly expanded federal criminal law during the infamous Wall Street prosecutions 40 years ago, lawfare would not have become such a potent political weapon.Original article:...If Republicans Are Against Lawfare, They Shouldn’t Have Unleashed It  ]]>672bureaucracy and regulation,law,legal system,politicsfalse2543fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-people-pay-higher-prices-for-some-goods-relative-to-others--62845567Why People Pay Higher Prices for Some Goods Relative to Others  ]]>140491Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteOne of the important points made by Carl Menger in his 1871 Principles is that people ordinally rank their preferences, valuing some things more than others. While this seems to be a common-sense principle, it actually has important implications for...Why People Pay Higher Prices for Some Goods Relative to Others  ]]>509philosophy and methodology,praxeology,value and exchangefalse2541fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/answering-the-confused-critics-of-austrian-economics--62845566Answering the Confused Critics of Austrian Economics  ]]>140499Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThere are numerous critics of the Austrian School of economics, but when their disparagements are closely examined, the so-called experts themselves are wrong. Austrians can do a better job of setting the record straight.Original article:...Answering the Confused Critics of Austrian Economics  ]]>531austrian economics overview,other schools of thought,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalse2547fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ten-lessons-on-us-foreign-policy-from-enough-already--62845565Ten Lessons on US Foreign Policy from Enough Already  ]]>140495Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn this review of Scott Horton's book, Enough Already, we see that the wars the US has waged for the past quarter century in the Middle East have been a disaster. Millions of deaths and a massive refugee crisis later, the unmistakable verdict is...Ten Lessons on US Foreign Policy from Enough Already  ]]>601book reviews,media and culture,war and foreign policyfalse2544fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kamala-harris-s-price-fixing-scheme-would-lead-to-food-shortages--62845563Kamala Harris’s Price-Fixing Scheme Would Lead to Food Shortages  ]]>140498Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteKamala Harris claims that she simply wants food prices to be lower. However, her de facto price fixing scheme would create food shortages and raise the real price of food. Of course, when that happens, Harris simply will blame capitalism.Original...Kamala Harris’s Price-Fixing Scheme Would Lead to Food Shortages  ]]>310big government,bureaucracy and regulation,property rights,socialismfalse2546fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/does-the-central-bank-determine-interest-rates--62700888Does the Central Bank Determine Interest Rates?  ]]>140439Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteA common belief among economists is that the central bank determines what interest rates should be. But is that accurate? Indeed, there is more to the story.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/does-central-bank-determine-interest-rates  Does the Central Bank Determine Interest Rates?  ]]>509central banks,inflation,monetary policy,money and banksfalse2540fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-constitution-s-negative-effects-on-free-trade--62700885The Constitution’s Negative Effects on Free Trade  ]]>140433Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile the US Constitution made the US a large free trade zone, prohibiting states from erecting trade barriers against each other, it also empowered the central government to erect tariffs on goods imported from outside the country. Original article:...The Constitution’s Negative Effects on Free Trade  ]]>491bureaucracy and regulation,protectionism and free trade,u.s. economyfalse2534fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/keynes-was-not-much-better-at-investing-than-he-was-at-understanding-economics--62700884Keynes Was Not Much Better at Investing than He Was at Understanding Economics  ]]>140432Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteJohn Maynard Keynes is the best-known economist from the 20th Century, that not being a good thing. At least he was more famous for his success in promoting his views than for his lack of success as an investor. His failures were an extension of his...Keynes Was Not Much Better at Investing than He Was at Understanding Economics  ]]>487financial markets,interventionism,keynesfalse2533fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-killed-liberalism-remembering-the-walter-lippmann-mises-colloquium--62700883Who Killed Liberalism? Remembering the Walter Lippmann-Mises Colloquium  ]]>140435Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWith Europe moving toward conflict in 1938, a number of economists and other intellectuals met in Paris to try to revitalize liberalism. Ludwig von Mises also was there as a lonely voice defending laissez-faire and the free market economy.Original...Who Killed Liberalism? Remembering the Walter Lippmann-Mises Colloquium  ]]>611free markets,hayek,liberalism,world historyfalse2536fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-perils-of-lawfare--62700879The Perils of Lawfare  ]]>140434Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteOne sign of a fraying society is that its laws increasingly become political tools. The latest round involves Democrats trying to use criminal law in a very questionable way to try to put Donald Trump in prison, while Trump promises to retaliate if he...The Perils of Lawfare  ]]>393law,legal system,politics,progressivismfalse2535fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-the-bankers-outfoxed-the-politicians--62700877How the Bankers Outfoxed the Politicians  ]]>140436Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhen the bankers called for a central bank in the US, they claimed to only want a way to stop bank runs. It turns out that they wanted—and got—much more. The permanent regime of inflation and asset bubbles is the result.Original article:...How the Bankers Outfoxed the Politicians  ]]>575money and banks,politics,progressivism,the fedfalse2537fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-matter-the-form-easy-money-is-still-a-fraud--62700876No Matter the Form, Easy Money Is Still a Fraud  ]]>140438Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteA recent fraudulent check-kiting scheme featured on TikTok bears resemblance to some of the "free money" schemes that have been coming from the Federal Reserve.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-matter-form-easy-money-still-fraud  No Matter the Form, Easy Money Is Still a Fraud  ]]>498financial markets,monetary policy,money and banksfalse2539fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-manifestation-of-economic-laws-across-societies-and-epochs--62700868The Manifestation of Economic Laws Across Societies and Epochs  ]]>140437Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteContra Marx, the laws of economics are immutable and are the same no matter what historical epoch exists. Economies cannot flourish unless market prices, private property rights, and profits and losses are unhampered.Original article:...The Manifestation of Economic Laws Across Societies and Epochs  ]]>690free markets,property rights,u.s. history,world historyfalse2538fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-state-s-war-against-hate--62647620The State’s War Against Hate  ]]>140390Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn its so-called war against “hate,” the state determines who are the villains and then instructs everyone else to hate the “haters.” As one might expect, the state then engages in a campaign of vilification and intimidation against the...The State’s War Against Hate  ]]>349big government,book reviews,libertarianism,media and culturefalse2527fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ignore-the-new-power-demographic-at-your-own-risk-young-male-voters--62647619Ignore The New Power Demographic at Your Own Risk: Young Male Voters  ]]>140388Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs American culture becomes dominated by militant feminism, a new voting group of dissenters is arising: young male voters. These are young men that believe that the system is stacked against them, which is why Trump's populism appeals to...Ignore The New Power Demographic at Your Own Risk: Young Male Voters  ]]>530democracy,politics,progressivismfalse2525fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-myth-of-the-entrepreneurial-state--62647617The Myth of the Entrepreneurial State  ]]>140391Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn its so-called war against “hate,” the state determines who are the villains and then instructs everyone else to hate the “haters.” As one might expect, the state then engages in a campaign of vilification and intimidation against the...The Myth of the Entrepreneurial State  ]]>280big government,cronyism and corporatism,the entrepreneurfalse2528fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/whose-property-is-it--62647616Whose Property Is It?  ]]>140389Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteLegal philosopher Jeremy Waldron in his book The Rule of Law and the Measure of Property challenges the Lockean view of legitimate property ownership. David Gordon sheds light on Waldron's confusing positions.Original article:...Whose Property Is It?  ]]>463law,philosophy,property rightsfalse2526fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/survey-says-disconnects-abound-in-school-opinions-and-knowledge--62647615Survey Says: Disconnects Abound in School Opinions and Knowledge  ]]>140394Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises Institute Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/survey-says-disconnects-abound-school-opinions-and-knowledge  Survey Says: Disconnects Abound in School Opinions and Knowledge  ]]>380economic policy,law,politicsfalse2531fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mute-buttons-two-ways-the-school-complex-muzzles-parents-and-students--62647613Mute Buttons: Two Ways the School Complex Muzzles Parents and Students  ]]>140393Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteGovernment education is a self-perpetuating monster and has been for a long time. While parents and organizations seek accountability, the dynamics driving government education point to a powerful and unaccountable bureaucracy that serves its own...Mute Buttons: Two Ways the School Complex Muzzles Parents and Students  ]]>638bureaucracy and regulation,education,media and culturefalse2530fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-democracy-has-such-staying-power--62647611Why Democracy Has Such Staying Power  ]]>140392Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteDemocracy, or at least the “democracy” that ensures the “right people” are elected, is the religion of American progressives. Despite its obvious failures, however, progressives claim that democracy is the Holy Grail of governance. Why people believe...Why Democracy Has Such Staying Power  ]]>513democracy,media and culture,politics,progressivism,the entrepreneurfalse2529fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/freedom-of-association-and-cancel-culture--62647610Freedom of Association and Cancel Culture  ]]>140395Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs Murray Rothbard often noted, freedom of association is a fundamental right, what he called a “subset of private property rights.” Unfortunately, our modern cancel culture has taken aim at this right, taking away the voluntary nature of human...Freedom of Association and Cancel Culture  ]]>477media and culture,progressivismfalse2532fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-empire--62630026140379Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:19:00 +0000Mises InstituteWe have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire. If you ask when, the answer is that you cannot make a single stroke between day and night; the precise moment does not matter. There was no painted sign to say: “You now are entering...2152politicsfalse2525fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-menace-of-the-state--62625770The Menace of the State  ]]>140377Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:18:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe election is upon us. We wonder whether we have to have war, tariffs, and deficit spending, regardless of whom we support. What are we to do?Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/menace-state  The Menace of the State  ]]>445politics,strategyfalse2525fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-matter-who-wins-half-the-country-won-t-believe-in-the-election--62624534No Matter Who Wins, Half the Country Won’t Believe in the Election  ]]>140373Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:48:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe 2024 election will provide few solutions to the underlying pressures eroding American political norms. Regardless of the outcome, half the country will feel like they live under an occupational government.Original article:...No Matter Who Wins, Half the Country Won’t Believe in the Election  ]]>529politicsfalse2525fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-reality-of-red-state-fascism--62583174The Reality of Red-State Fascism  ]]>140355Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:05:00 +0000Mises InstituteIt is always a mistake to advocate government action, for there is no way you can fully anticipate how government will be used. Nor can you ever count on a slice of the population to be moral in its advocacy of the uses of the police power.Original...The Reality of Red-State Fascism  ]]>1086libertarianism,politics,strategyfalse2525fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-america-survive-global-de-dollarization--62552382Can America Survive Global De-Dollarization?  ]]>140325Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile the US dollar is the world's “reserve” currency—at least for now—the reckless spending and money creation policies of the US government place the dollar in peril. Original article:...Can America Survive Global De-Dollarization?  ]]>598big government,monetary policy,taxes and spending,u.s. economyfalse2518fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-presumption-of-liberty--62552379The Presumption of Liberty  ]]>140326Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteProgressives claim that the state grants us our rights, and that liberty can flourish only in the presence of a powerful state. The truth runs in the opposite direction. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/presumption-liberty  The Presumption of Liberty  ]]>519cronyism and corporatism,democracy,media and culturefalse2519fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/einstein-was-the-greatest-physicist-but-was-economically-illiterate--62552378Einstein Was the Greatest Physicist but Was Economically Illiterate  ]]>140327Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteEinstein's name is synonymous with brilliance, yet his great intelligence did not translate to logical economic thinking. Instead, Einstein embraced socialism, thinking that one could guide an economy like one guides a mathematical equation.Original...Einstein Was the Greatest Physicist but Was Economically Illiterate  ]]>647philosophy,socialism,world historyfalse2520fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ludwig-von-mises-hero--62552377Ludwig von Mises, Hero  ]]>140329Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises Institute“In 1988, Murray Rothbard wrote a great monograph called Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero. I'd like to concentrate today on the third of the qualities, Mises as a hero.”Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ludwig-von-mises-hero  Ludwig von Mises, Hero  ]]>912false2522fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-lose-they-lose-a-reagan-trump-fusion--62552373We Lose, They Lose: A Reagan-Trump Fusion  ]]>140328Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn the spirit of a new Cold War, Matthew Kroenig and Dan Negrea have written a new book, We Win, They Lose: Republican Foreign Policy and the New Cold War, which tries to fuse the foreign policies of Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. The result is a...We Lose, They Lose: A Reagan-Trump Fusion  ]]>604big government,bureaucracy and regulation,u.s. historyfalse2521fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-regime-wants-appalachia-to-suffer--62552372The Regime Wants Appalachia To Suffer  ]]>140330Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWould America’s federal government deliberately undermine recovery efforts to try to achieve its own desired political ends? Of course.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/regime-wants-appalachia-suffer  The Regime Wants Appalachia To Suffer  ]]>344decentralization and secession,politics,progressivism,taxes and spendingfalse2523fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-keynesian-multiplier-fairy-tale--62552367The Keynesian Multiplier Fairy Tale  ]]>140324Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteOne of the myths of Keynesian theory is that through monetary injections and government purchases, an economy can spend itself into prosperity. While such a scenario is economically impossible, most mainstream economists still believe it.Original...The Keynesian Multiplier Fairy Tale  ]]>461capital and interest theory,keynesfalse2517fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-is-a-slow-motion-nationalization-of-the-economy--62552366This Is a Slow-Motion Nationalization of the Economy  ]]>140331Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs real wages decline and middle-class savings are depleted, the government expands its influence, garnering support from a substantial portion of the populace.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/slow-motion-nationalization-economy  This Is a Slow-Motion Nationalization of the Economy  ]]>318false2524fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-old-right-opposed-tariffs--62483321The Old Right Opposed Tariffs  ]]>140274Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Old Right was a principled band of intellectuals and activists, who fought the “industrial regimentation” of the New Deal. They loathed tariffs and saw protectionism as a species of socialist planning.Original article:...The Old Right Opposed Tariffs  ]]>471old right,protectionism and free trade,u.s. historyfalse2510fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hate-symbols-and-the-meaning-of-liberty--62483320“Hate Symbols” and the Meaning of Liberty  ]]>140279Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWestern governments are keen on pursuing “hate crimes” and criminalizing what it calls “hate symbols.” However, these governments reserve to themselves just how one defines “hate,” which is nothing more than an attack upon free speech.Original...“Hate Symbols” and the Meaning of Liberty  ]]>486politics,progressivism,the police statefalse2515fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/understanding-the-action-axiom-how-it-shapes-the-structure-of-society--62483315Understanding the Action Axiom: How It Shapes the Structure of Society  ]]>140278Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteCentral to the paradigm of Austrian Economics is the action axiom. People act, and they act purposefully. That knowledge alone permits us to construct an entire set of theories that explains economic life.Original article:...Understanding the Action Axiom: How It Shapes the Structure of Society  ]]>655austrian economics overview,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalse2514fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/repeating-the-interventionist-excesses-of-the-tudor-period--62483314Repeating the Interventionist Excesses of the Tudor Period  ]]>140276Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteModern historians romanticize the reign of the Tudors in England, but in reality, they were brutal to their subjects and they centralized power to the detriment of the people. Governments today continue this march against freedom.Original article:...Repeating the Interventionist Excesses of the Tudor Period  ]]>511big government,decentralization and secession,europe,world historyfalse2512fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-major-contribution-to-libertarian-social-thinking--62483313A Major Contribution to Libertarian Social Thinking  ]]>140275Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteJohn Hasnas has written a new book outlining how societies operate with mutual cooperation and common law. According to David Gordon, it is a major contribution to libertarian social thought.Original article:...A Major Contribution to Libertarian Social Thinking  ]]>439law,legal system,libertarianism,property rightsfalse2511fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/simple-counters-to-simplistic-critiques-of-austrian-economics--62483312Simple Counters to Simplistic Critiques of Austrian Economics  ]]>140277Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteCritics of Austrian economics often claim that real economic events are too complex to be dealt with via free markets. However, because Austrian economics is based upon understanding human action, it better explains why economic intervention routinely...Simple Counters to Simplistic Critiques of Austrian Economics  ]]>335austrian economics overview,interventionism,philosophy and methodologyfalse2513fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/underdog-moicano-wins-ufc-fight-bashes-macron-in-france-promotes-hoppe--62483311Underdog Moicano Wins UFC Fight, Bashes Macron in France, Promotes Hoppe  ]]>140280Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteVegas expected Renato “Sound Money” Moicano to lose his UFC fight against Benoit Saint Denis. Instead, he won and used the opportunity to promote the work of another Austrian economist. This time, it was Hans-Hermann Hoppe.Original article:...Underdog Moicano Wins UFC Fight, Bashes Macron in France, Promotes Hoppe  ]]>142media and culture,politicsfalse2516fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/economic-calculation-and-the-entrepreneur--62482300Economic Calculation and the Entrepreneur  ]]>140273Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe concept of economic calculation is vitally important to understanding our modern economy, yet few people— and especially economists—comprehend that it even exists. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-calculation-and-entrepreneur  Economic Calculation and the Entrepreneur  ]]>458business cycles,calculation and knowledge,entrepreneurshipfalse2509fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ctrl-alt-regulate-the-dma-s-misguided-reboot-of-competition--62431585Ctrl+Alt+Regulate: The DMA’s Misguided Reboot of Competition  ]]>140214Sun, 20 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteRegulators with the European Union want people to believe that the “dead hand” of government regulation actually enhances competition. The only thing their actions enhance is more government power.Original article:...Ctrl+Alt+Regulate: The DMA’s Misguided Reboot of Competition  ]]>554big government,bureaucracy and regulation,europe,progressivismfalse2505fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hayek-on-the-welfare-state--62431583Hayek on the Welfare State  ]]>140216Sun, 20 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile F.A. Hayek contributed much to the Austrian School of Economics, he also supported the establishment of the welfare state, believing that it was compatible with the rule of law. Ludwig von Mises, however, knew that the welfare state is the...Hayek on the Welfare State  ]]>381book reviews,hayekfalse2507fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yes-car-seat-laws-reduce-the-birth-rate--62431577Yes, Car Seat Laws Reduce the Birth Rate  ]]>140215Sun, 20 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThanks to increasingly broad car-seat laws, a third child often requires the purchase of a larger, more expensive vehicle. At the margins, this has an effect on fertility.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/yes-car-seat-laws-reduce-birth-rate  Yes, Car Seat Laws Reduce the Birth Rate  ]]>611false2506fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-is-old-school-economics--62431574What is Old School Economics?  ]]>140217Sun, 20 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhen people speak of “old school economics,” they generally mean the application of economic thinking that involves what we might call “common sense.” That would include permitting a price system to work, protecting private property, and so on. But...What is Old School Economics?  ]]>532austrian economics overview,keynes,philosophy and methodologyfalse2508fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/centralizing-federal-power-through-southern-reconstruction--62416647Centralizing Federal Power through Southern Reconstruction  ]]>140208Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteOne of the outcomes of the American Civil War was the movement toward centralization of political power in Washington. The Reconstruction regime imposed upon the former Confederate states following the war was an overt attempt to further impose...Centralizing Federal Power through Southern Reconstruction  ]]>453decentralization and secession,secession,u.s. historyfalse2504fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-have-bills-to-pay-or-why-the-fed-really-cut-interest-rates--62416646“I Have Bills to Pay,” Or Why the Fed Really Cut Interest Rates  ]]>140205Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhat if we could have eavesdropped on a conversation between Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen? It might have gone as follows.... Original article:...“I Have Bills to Pay,” Or Why the Fed Really Cut Interest Rates  ]]>344financial markets,inflation,monetary policy,the fedfalse2501fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-present-monetary-system-is-heading-for-a-breakdown--62416645The Present Monetary System Is Heading for a Breakdown  ]]>140207Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs monetary authorities continue to inflate the money supply, they inflict more and more damage upon the currency. Unfortunately, as the economy falters under the inflationary regime, the “solution” always is to ramp up inflation. Original article:...The Present Monetary System Is Heading for a Breakdown  ]]>587booms and busts,inflation,monetary policy,the fedfalse2503fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/home-ownership-is-not-the-american-dream--62416642Home Ownership Is Not the American Dream  ]]>140206Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteHome prices continue to rise as the government tries to further intervene into the housing markets, all in the name of the “American Dream.” However, remember that these massive increases in housing prices began when the government decided to make...Home Ownership Is Not the American Dream  ]]>387bureaucracy and regulation,inflation,the fedfalse2502fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/does-technical-knowledge-by-itself-drive-economic-growth--62336273Does Technical Knowledge by Itself Drive Economic Growth?  ]]>140143Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAsk most people why our economy is advanced, and they will likely will answer, “Technology.” Yet, technical knowledge is meaningless without capital development, and capital development is impossible without real savings.Original article:...Does Technical Knowledge by Itself Drive Economic Growth?  ]]>397capital and interest theory,capitalism,free marketsfalse2496fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/covid-tyrants-partied-while-demanding-lockdowns-for-everyone-else--62336272Covid Tyrants Partied While Demanding Lockdowns for Everyone Else  ]]>140146Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteRemember when progressive governments outlawed church gatherings but sanctioned sex orgies? Yes, it really happened. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/covid-tyrants-partied-while-demanding-lockdowns-everyone-else  Covid Tyrants Partied While Demanding Lockdowns for Everyone Else  ]]>379big government,bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,progressivismfalse2499fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/henri-bergson-the-philosopher-of-life-and-creative-evolution--62336271Henri Bergson: The Philosopher of Life and Creative Evolution  ]]>140147Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile Henri Bergson did not point his intellectual abilities toward politics, lesser men who were unscrupulous commandeered his ideas to promote their own collectivist ideologies. Original article:...Henri Bergson: The Philosopher of Life and Creative Evolution  ]]>671media and culture,philosophy,politics,socialismfalse2500fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-battle-of-the-confederate-monuments--62336266The Battle of the Confederate Monuments  ]]>140144Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn the past four years, a number of monuments honoring the Confederacy have been torn down or removed. As we have seen before, however, the activism behind this movement will not stop with just taking down Confederate symbols.Original article:...The Battle of the Confederate Monuments  ]]>658politics,secession,u.s. historyfalse2497fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-does-chatgpt-know-about-money--62336264What Does ChatGPT Know about Money?  ]]>140142Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhat does ChatGPT know about money? More than one might think. George Ford Smith asks the AI program some questions about money and gets some surprising answers.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-does-chatgpt-know-about-money  What Does ChatGPT Know about Money?  ]]>656economic policy,monetary policy,monetary theory,u.s. economyfalse2495fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/past-tense-the-homeless-problem-in-star-trek-ds9--62336262Past Tense—The Homeless Problem in Star Trek DS9  ]]>140145Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhen discussing the homeless situation in the US, Star Trek does not usually come to mind. However, one episode from about three decades ago was both insightful and prophetic in presenting what would be homelessness in San Francisco.Original article:...Past Tense—The Homeless Problem in Star Trek DS9  ]]>589big government,media and culture,progressivism,socialismfalse2498fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/enough-already-stop-provoking-russia--62335482Enough Already: Stop Provoking Russia  ]]>140141Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Ukraine war rages on and while the media and political classes repeat the “Putin started it” mantra, the evidence points elsewhere. The US government and its European allies have provoked Russia for years, hoping it would lead to an outbreak of...Enough Already: Stop Provoking Russia  ]]>365europe,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2494fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fed-hits-the-panic-button-and-slashes-the-fed-funds-rate--62264776The Fed Hits the Panic Button and Slashes the Fed Funds Rate ]]>140116Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:28:36 +0000Mises InstituteThe Fed is desperate for you to think that “this time is different.” Unfortunately, Powell can’t seem to come up with explanation of why that is the case.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fed-hits-panic-button-and-slashes-fed-funds-rate The Fed Hits the Panic Button and Slashes the Fed Funds Rate ]]>546economic policy,monetary policy,the fed,u.s. economyfalse2490fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-second-trump-shooter-believed-exactly-what-the-establishment-media-wanted-him-to-believe--62264775The Second Trump Shooter Believed Exactly What the Establishment Media Wanted Him to Believe  ]]>140119Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:28:36 +0000Mises InstituteAfter Trump narrowly escaped another assassination attempt, the establishment seems uninterested in the motives of the would-be shooter. Perhaps that’s because he’s echoing the same simplistic narratives about the Ukraine war and Trump that they...The Second Trump Shooter Believed Exactly What the Establishment Media Wanted Him to Believe  ]]>314media and culture,politics,progressivism,war and foreign policyfalse2493fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-economy-so-strong-it-requires-crisis-level-fed-action--62264773An Economy So Strong It Requires Crisis-Level Fed Action  ]]>140118Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:28:36 +0000Mises InstituteThe Fed’s specialty is propaganda through data, with a long record of failure. This is by design. Their communication tools must work in overtime, particularly in the face of a decision like this, to avoid “spooking markets”, though this veneer is...An Economy So Strong It Requires Crisis-Level Fed Action  ]]>292the fed,u.s. economyfalse2492fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/understanding-the-basics-of-modern-banking--62264772Understanding the Basics of Modern Banking  ]]>140117Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:28:36 +0000Mises InstituteBanking systems around the world have huge effects on our lives, yet few people understand how banks work. Worse yet, even fewer understand the malign powers of central banks and how this system undermines economies. Thus, it is important to demystify...Understanding the Basics of Modern Banking  ]]>608booms and busts,central banks,economic policy,monetary policy,the fed,u.s. economyfalse2491fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gradual-leftward-shift-in-us-politics-and-economy--62264453The Gradual Leftward Shift in US Politics and Economy ]]>140113Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:28:07 +0000Mises InstituteThis year's presidential election is presented in stark terms of right and left, Trump on the right and Harris on the left. However, it is more realistic to say that both candidates are to the left of where electoral politics was located just a couple...The Gradual Leftward Shift in US Politics and Economy ]]>667economic freedom,economic policy,politicsfalse2487fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tariffs-protectionism-and-why-borders-matter--62264449Tariffs, Protectionism, and Why Borders Matter ]]>140112Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:28:07 +0000Mises InstituteThe political zeitgeist is to embrace protectionism, leading some who support free trade to embrace open borders. However, as Murray Rothbard explained, people and societies are complex entities and what may work for trade does not work for open...Tariffs, Protectionism, and Why Borders Matter ]]>586immigration,media and culture,philosophy,protectionism and free tradefalse2486fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yes-we-should-defend-the-term-capitalism--62264446Yes, We Should Defend the Term “Capitalism” ]]>140114Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:28:07 +0000Mises InstituteMany proponents of free markets have tried to cast aside the name “capitalism” as a descriptor of the market system. They should take caution before doing so.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/yes-we-should-defend-term-capitalism Yes, We Should Defend the Term “Capitalism” ]]>457capitalism,free markets,property rights,socialismfalse2488fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-denarius-and-the-dollar-price-controls-then-and-now--62264445The Denarius and the Dollar: Price Controls Then and Now ]]>140115Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:28:07 +0000Mises InstituteThe more things change, the more they remain the same. In our present age of inflation, we are reminded of how Diocletian and other Roman authorities ordered price controls and other measures to hold down prices. None of these edicts were successful...The Denarius and the Dollar: Price Controls Then and Now ]]>329inflation,monetary policy,world historyfalse2489fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/understanding-the-real-costs-of-slavery-it-s-not-cheap-labor--62122501Understanding the Real Costs of Slavery: It’s Not Cheap labor ]]>140045Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe standard belief is that slavery was about obtaining “cheap labor,“ yet nothing could be further from the truth. Slavery comes with high opportunity costs, which is why American slave owners depended upon several government regulations to subsidize...Understanding the Real Costs of Slavery: It’s Not Cheap labor ]]>646cronyism and corporatism,philosophy,progressivism,u.s. historyfalse2484fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-the-family-is-not-the-model-for-the-state--62122498Why the Family Is Not the Model for the State ]]>140044Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstitutePoliticians have long claimed that states are like big families, and that political regimes rule in ways similar to how parents raise their families. This is nonsense. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-family-not-model-state Why the Family Is Not the Model for the State ]]>711politicsfalse2483fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/do-financial-markets-immediately-provide-all-relevant-information--62122494Do Financial Markets Immediately Provide All Relevant Information? ]]>140046Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Perfect Market Hypothesis claims that all movements in the market can be considered as random, as market players and prices adjust immediately to new information. However, market players do seek new information and seek to use it.Original article:...Do Financial Markets Immediately Provide All Relevant Information? ]]>588coordination,financial markets,free markets,the entrepreneurfalse2485fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-engels-on-marx--62122491New “Engels” on Marx ]]>140043Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIt is understood that Marx's theories stand entirely upon his Labor Theory of Value. If that theory is discredited, so is the scenario that leads to the inevitable triumph of communism. That fact, however, doesn't stop Marx's disciples from employing...New “Engels” on Marx ]]>423other schools of thought,philosophy,socialism,world historyfalse2482fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paper-or-plastic-how-one-market-intervention-requires-another-to-correct-the-original-one--62096981“Paper or Plastic?” How One Market Intervention Requires Another to “Correct” the Original One ]]>140030Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteCalifornia's 2014 ban on “single-use” plastic bags was supposed to lead to less waste of plastic, which hasn't happened. Now environmentalists are demanding the state ban the same plastic bags mandated by the original legislation. One intervention...“Paper or Plastic?” How One Market Intervention Requires Another to “Correct” the Original One ]]>423bureaucracy and regulation,economic policy,interventionismfalse2479fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-the-state-be-justified--62096979Can the State be Justified? ]]>140031Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe common belief regarding state power is that it is always justified and there can be no questioning the state's existence. But is that true? Does state power conform to natural law or is it imposed upon subjected people? Original article:...Can the State be Justified? ]]>517anarchy,economic freedom,libertarianismfalse2480fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-always-been-hamiltonian-statecraft--62096975It’s Always Been Hamiltonian Statecraft ]]>140029Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe ruling elites of the US are calling for a "return" to "Hamiltonian Statecraft" and to move away from so-called isolationism. However, there has been no time since the end of World War II that the US has been anything but aggressive in its foreign...It’s Always Been Hamiltonian Statecraft ]]>525progressivism,protectionism and free trade,war and foreign policyfalse2478fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-stewards-of-history-desperately-need-mises--62096973The Stewards of History Desperately Need Mises ]]>140032Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAcademic historians and archivists have been captured by the hard left and the DEI industry. Not only will the current trends make them bad historians, but it also makes them intolerant people. Mises knew better.Original article:...The Stewards of History Desperately Need Mises ]]>482anarchy,paternalism,progressivism,u.s. historyfalse2481fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/smashing-the-western-illusion-of-democracy--62096970Smashing the Western Illusion of Democracy ]]>140028Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhen our ruling classes speak of “believing in democracy,” they are speaking of a romantic version of a form of governance that, in real life, is quite different than the sanitized version presented in our media. Original article:...Smashing the Western Illusion of Democracy ]]>543cronyism and corporatism,democracy,economic policyfalse2477fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bolognese-jurists-behind-the-proto-austrians-of-the-salamanca-school--62096606The Bolognese Jurists behind the Proto-Austrians of the Salamanca School ]]>140027Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Salamanca School is known for important contributions to free-market economics and the Austrian School. The Bolognese jurists also made key contributions. Original article:...The Bolognese Jurists behind the Proto-Austrians of the Salamanca School ]]>292history of the austrian school,politicsfalse2476fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rebellious-old-right--62096605The Rebellious Old Right    ]]>140026Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhat Murray Rothbard used to call the "Old Right" stood for liberty, freedom of speech, and a free economy. Most importantly, they stood for peace, all in contrast to the "liberals" of their day and ours.Original article:...The Rebellious Old Right    ]]>564interventionism,liberalism,media and culturefalse2475fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diego-garcia-and-cocos-islands-another-example-of-us-imperialism--62036816Diego Garcia and Cocos Islands: Another Example of US Imperialism    ]]>139992Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe US Armed Forces expand their footprints in the Indian Ocean, not to defend this country, but to expand military power. The Diego Garcia base has left a trail of ruined lives for those forced off their land to make room for yet another military...Diego Garcia and Cocos Islands: Another Example of US Imperialism    ]]>319big government,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalse2472fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/debunking-alarmism-over-artificial-intelligence--62036813Debunking Alarmism over Artificial Intelligence    ]]>139993Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs AI continues to develop, so does the hysteria that AI will soon take over and relegate us to a dystopian future. We need to realize that, like so many other tools, AI can have good and bad uses, but it cannot control itself.Original article:...Debunking Alarmism over Artificial Intelligence    ]]>572bureaucracy and regulation,law,politics,the entrepreneurfalse2473fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-artificial-intelligence-the-next-easy-money-bust--62036000Is Artificial Intelligence the Next Easy-Money Bust?    ]]>139990Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile the world is abuzz over artificial intelligence (AI), present technologies are limited more than most people want to believe. The situation is ripe for malinvestments.Original article:...Is Artificial Intelligence the Next Easy-Money Bust?    ]]>635capital and interest theory,capitalism,media and culturefalse2470fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-gdp-an-accurate-measure-of-reality--62035994Is GDP an Accurate Measure of Reality?  ]]>139987Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteMainstream economists speak of GDP as though it is the economy itself, however, GDP is not a good measure of economic reality. Instead, it presents a distorted picture of genuine economic activity and leads to mistaken conclusions about the...Is GDP an Accurate Measure of Reality?  ]]>552keynes,unemployment,u.s. economyfalse2467fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-contradict-yourself-about-rights--62035993How to Contradict Yourself about Rights    ]]>139991Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhat is the source of our rights, natural Law or the state? Unfortunately, too many people who should know better choose the latter. David Gordon makes short work of their internal contradictions.Original article:...How to Contradict Yourself about Rights    ]]>379law,legal system,libertarianism,philosophyfalse2471fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-folly-of-criminalizing-hate--62035992The Folly of Criminalizing “Hate”  ]]>139986Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteYet another discouraging trend in law in the UK, Europe, and the US has been the criminalization of what authorities call “hate speech.” However, much of what passes for such “speech” is innocuous at worst and historically has been protected.Original...The Folly of Criminalizing “Hate”  ]]>483law,politics,progressivism,the police statefalse2466fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/governments-had-a-major-role-in-sustaining-slavery--62035988Governments Had a Major Role in Sustaining Slavery  ]]>139988Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteDespite claims from progressive historians that US slavery was a natural outgrowth of a free market economy, the reality is that slavery would have been much costlier without governments—federal and state—subsidizing it. It is time to set the record...Governments Had a Major Role in Sustaining Slavery  ]]>686cronyism and corporatism,legal system,u.s. historyfalse2468fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/conceptual-clarity-in-dismantling-economic-jargon--62035987 Conceptual Clarity in Dismantling Economic Jargon  ]]>139989Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteKeynesians are known for using obscure and jumbled jargon to explain their fallacious ideas. The hope being that, the more confusing the language, the greater the perceived scholarship. Good economics can and should be clearly logically... Conceptual Clarity in Dismantling Economic Jargon  ]]>460austrian economics overview,keynes,philosophy and methodologyfalse2469fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/does-any-daylight-remain-between-monetary-and-fiscal-policy--61413773Does Any Daylight Remain between Monetary and Fiscal Policy?  ]]>139953Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteContrary to myths of “Fed independence,” the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department work closely together to keep monetary inflation going nonstop. Original article:...Does Any Daylight Remain between Monetary and Fiscal Policy?  ]]>610big government,monetary policy,taxes and spendingfalse2465fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mises-hoiles-correspondence-what-might-have-been--61413772The Mises-Hoiles Correspondence: What Might Have Been  ]]>139950Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteFrom 1949 to 1962, American libertarian R.C. Hoiles and Ludwig von Mises corresponded many times, discussing issues relating to state power. While the correspondence at times was acrimonious, nonetheless, it offered valuable insight into the issues we...The Mises-Hoiles Correspondence: What Might Have Been  ]]>1321economic policy,educationfalse2464fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/education-labeling-vs-tailoring--61413771Education: Labeling vs. Tailoring  ]]>139951Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteDespite opposition from government at every turn, homeschooling has developed into an industry with astounding resources and high-quality results. Contrast the individual educational tailoring of homeschooling versus the government's version of...Education: Labeling vs. Tailoring  ]]>407big government,bureaucracy and regulation,education,media and culturefalse2464fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tsa-tyranny-goes-cutesy--61412608TSA Tyranny Goes Cutesy  ]]>139946Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe TSA's record for incompetence is astounding, even for a government agency. Any complaints, as this article shows, will be seen as subversion.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/tsa-tyranny-goes-cutesy  TSA Tyranny Goes Cutesy  ]]>517big government,bureaucracy and regulation,the police statefalse2459fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-regime-s-war-on-cash-could-destroy-the-economy--61412607The Regime’s War on Cash Could Destroy the Economy  ]]>139948Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteProgressive and even many mainstream economists believe that cash is a relic from the past and should be replaced with digital money. There are many good reasons why not to follow this course, and no good reasons to replace cash.Original article:...The Regime’s War on Cash Could Destroy the Economy  ]]>596big government,bureaucracy and regulation,money and banksfalse2461fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/free-speech-and-legislative-bans-on-dei--61412606Free Speech and Legislative Bans on DEI  ]]>139947Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe TSA's record for incompetence is astounding, even for a government agency. Any complaints, as this article shows, will be seen as subversion.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/free-speech-and-legislative-bans-dei  Free Speech and Legislative Bans on DEI  ]]>674big government,bureaucracy and regulation,media and culturefalse2460fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/praxeology-and-robert-malone-s-surveillance-capitalism--61412604Praxeology and Robert Malone’s “Surveillance Capitalism”  ]]>139945Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteHow do we guard against misinformation when business firms join with government to promote things that simply are false? As Murray Rothbard noted, people still have reason and the free will to make decisions for themselves.Original article:...Praxeology and Robert Malone’s “Surveillance Capitalism”  ]]>656big government,cronyism and corporatism,economic freedom,media and culturefalse2457fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/harris-walz-the-ticket-of-covid-tyranny--61412601Harris-Walz: The Ticket of Covid Tyranny  ]]>139949Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile the Harris-Walz campaign doesn't publicize the candidates’ records on the Covid-19 lockdowns and mask mandates, voters should know what they did. Not only did the lockdowns create massive economic damage, but they led to many more deaths than...Harris-Walz: The Ticket of Covid Tyranny  ]]>378bureaucracy and regulation,politics,the police statefalse2462fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wisdom-of-herbert-butterfield--61317672The Wisdom of Herbert Butterfield]]>139917Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteHerbert Butterfield, who taught history at Cambridge, had many insights on the sea changes brought about by World War I and the collapse of the Old World Order. The new order that followed, he realized, was not an improvement over what previously...The Wisdom of Herbert Butterfield]]>456book reviews,europe,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2453fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/esg-undermines-social-welfare--61317671ESG Undermines Social Welfare  ]]>139920Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstitutePoliticians and hedge funds that push “Environmental, Social, and Governance” (ESG) scores and investing do so with the notion of improving social welfare. What they fail to realize is that these concerns are accounted for in human action...ESG Undermines Social Welfare  ]]>371bureaucracy and regulation,philosophy,the environmentfalse2456fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dark-spectacle-of-maduro-elon-musk-lula-and-electoral-fraud--61317665The Dark Spectacle of Maduro: Elon Musk, Lula, and Electoral Fraud]]>139918Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteSocialist regimes tend to follow the same playbook: promise much, deliver little, and, in the end, blame capitalism. Venezuela is the latest socialist entity to enter the Failed State Hall of Fame.Original article:...The Dark Spectacle of Maduro: Elon Musk, Lula, and Electoral Fraud]]>650bureaucracy and regulation,capitalism,socialism,the police statefalse2454fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ireland-authenticity-and-the-european-union--61317661Ireland, Authenticity, and the European Union]]>139916Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile recent European Parliament elections have raised questions about Ireland’s role in the EU, the truth is that Ireland’s historical role in civilizing Europe reminds us that Ireland is more European than the EU itself.Original article:...Ireland, Authenticity, and the European Union]]>533antipolitics,europe,world historyfalse2452fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-incursion-into-russia-will-not-solve-ukraine-s-biggest-problem--61317658The Incursion into Russia Will Not Solve Ukraine’s Biggest Problem  ]]>139921Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile the Ukrainian incursion in Russia’s Kursk region is dramatic, the operation does not change the fact that the Ukrainian position in future talks with Russia continues to grow weaker and weaker.Original article:...The Incursion into Russia Will Not Solve Ukraine’s Biggest Problem  ]]>302europe,media and culture,politics,war and foreign policyfalse2457fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-euro-is-a-frankenstein-currency--61317657The Euro Is a Frankenstein-Currency]]>139919Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIt may not have been created in the lab of a mad scientist, but the euro is still a manufactured, cobbled-together currency made from a number of national monetary units. Indeed, it is the perfect Frankenstein currency.Original article:...The Euro Is a Frankenstein-Currency]]>560central banks,monetary policyfalse2455fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rothbard-on-liberty-and-free-will--61317656Rothbard on Liberty and Free Will]]>139914Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteModern egalitarians play down the idea of free will, claiming that free will is relevant only if individuals have no interference with their choices. Murray Rothbard, on the other hand, recognized that self-ownership and one's ability to engage in...Rothbard on Liberty and Free Will]]>375philosophy,philosophy and methodology,praxeology,rationalismfalse2451fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/review-bitcoin-the-inverse-of-clown-world--61317662Review: Bitcoin: The Inverse of Clown World]]>139913Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies can boggle the mind with their complex relationships, nonetheless, we are witnessing the development of a parallel economy that has sprung up in the wake of harmful government intervention.Original article:...Review: Bitcoin: The Inverse of Clown World]]>371bitcoin,book reviews,interventionism,u.s. economyfalse2450fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-peronism-kamala-s-plan-to-ruin-america-s-economy--61269797American Peronism: Kamala’s Plan to Ruin America’s Economy]]>139892Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteHarris promises to reduce prices by printing more money, reducing competition, and attacking businesses. Welcome to the US version of Argentina's “Peronism.”Original article:...American Peronism: Kamala’s Plan to Ruin America’s Economy]]>454economic policy,politics,u.s. economyfalse2449fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/presidential-election-or-economic-illiteracy-contest--61269796Presidential Election or Economic Illiteracy Contest? ]]>139891Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile we experience the predictable economic consequences of bad economic policies, the two main presidential candidates seem to be competing in an unspoken contest to demonstrate profound economic illiteracy. Unfortunately, whoever wins in this...Presidential Election or Economic Illiteracy Contest? ]]>282big government,cronyism and corporatism,interventionism,u.s. economyfalse2448fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diplomacy-distrust-and-nuclear-war--61269795Diplomacy, Distrust, and Nuclear War ]]>139889Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIt has been nearly 80 years since US aircraft dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities, but today, nations stockpiled with nuclear weapons engage in reckless foreign policies. It is time to recognize the danger irresponsible western governments...Diplomacy, Distrust, and Nuclear War ]]>317big government,media and culture,war and foreign policyfalse2446fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-media-says-about-homeschooling--61269791What the Media Says about Homeschooling ]]>139888Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteEven though homeschooling is growing in this country and the educational results are overwhelmingly positive, US progressive journalists naturally believe homeschooling is dangerous and in need of “oversight.”Original article:...What the Media Says about Homeschooling ]]>373big government,bureaucracy and regulation,education,progressivismfalse2445fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fable-of-the-economic-soft-landing--61269790The Fable of the Economic “Soft Landing” ]]>139890Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteKeynesians believe that if there is a bout of inflation, central banks can slowly guide the economy to a “soft landing” which minimizes unemployment and income losses. Such policies, however, only lead to further boom-and-bust scenarios.Original...The Fable of the Economic “Soft Landing” ]]>551booms and busts,central banks,monetary policyfalse2447fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fisa-how-a-watergate-era-reform-turned-into-a-mechanism-of-massive-state-surveillance--61269419FISA: How a Watergate-Era “Reform” Turned into a Mechanism of Massive State Surveillance ]]>139886Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe flurry of post-Watergate “reforms” supposedly were passed to counteract government abuse of citizens. Not surprisingly, the FISA program, which was aimed at reducing internal government spying became the means of massive growth of the surveillance...FISA: How a Watergate-Era “Reform” Turned into a Mechanism of Massive State Surveillance ]]>353big government,bureaucracy and regulation,the police state,u.s. historyfalse2443fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-the-crony-class-loves-artificially-low-interest-rates-and-why-you-shouldn-t--61269417Why the Crony Class Loves Artificially-Low Interest Rates—And Why You Shouldn’t ]]>139885Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteA few years ago, the leftist publication The Intercept claimed that inflation only hurts the “one percent,” but is “good” for everyone else. The truth is much different, as the Fed’s inflationary policies have benefited the politically-connected crony...Why the Crony Class Loves Artificially-Low Interest Rates—And Why You Shouldn’t ]]>485inflation,monetary policy,the fed,u.s. economyfalse2442fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/natural-law-and-rothbardian-liberty--61269413Natural Law and Rothbardian Liberty ]]>139887Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteModern mainstream economics bases its theories on utilitarianism. Murray Rothbard, on the other hand, saw economic law as based in natural law. Furthermore, he rejected the legal positivism of our age, again deferring to the law of nature.Original...Natural Law and Rothbardian Liberty ]]>606philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalse2444fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-new-minimum-wage-increase-in-nigeria-is-a-pyrrhic-victory-for-organized-labor--61203118The New Minimum Wage Increase in Nigeria is a Pyrrhic Victory for Organized Labor  ]]>139851Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Nigerian government has passed a new minimum wage law, and the usual suspects are happy because the country "is getting a raise." Economic reality, however, will set in soon enough as people find that government edicts do not create...The New Minimum Wage Increase in Nigeria is a Pyrrhic Victory for Organized Labor  ]]>430big government,booms and busts,bureaucracy and regulation,capitalismfalse2439fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/republicans-declare-war-on-the-american-economy--61203116Republicans Declare War on the American Economy ]]>139853Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteBy appealing to tariffs and other forms of economic regulation, Republicans have tossed aside any commitment to free market economics. Unfortunately, their program will lead to more economic stagnation, inflation, and runaway government...Republicans Declare War on the American Economy ]]>565politics,progressivism,u.s. economyfalse2441fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tax-the-rich-not-a-good-idea--61203114Tax the Rich? Not a Good Idea  ]]>139852Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteTaxing "the rich" won't make life more affordable for ordinary people. The true cause of the affordability crisis is inflation caused by central banks. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/tax-rich-not-good-idea  Tax the Rich? Not a Good Idea  ]]>629big government,central banks,financial markets,taxes and spendingfalse2440fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-problem-with-trump-s-agenda-47-for-homeschoolers--61203110The Problem with Trump’s Agenda 47 for Homeschoolers  ]]>139850Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile Donald Trump is trying to appeal to homeschooling families with his Agenda 47 plan, the reality is that by offering tax breaks and subsidies, the federal government ultimately will be able to regulate homeschooling, and federal control will ruin...The Problem with Trump’s Agenda 47 for Homeschoolers  ]]>272big government,bureaucracy and regulation,education,politicsfalse2438fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/be-prepared-to-hear-more-about-taxes-taxes-taxes--61202711Be Prepared to Hear More about Taxes, Taxes, Taxes  ]]>139849Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWith the US government engaged in out-of-control spending, we are looking at tax increases in the coming years. And even if Congress does not pass official tax hikes, we will see the government seizing wealth via inflation.Original article:...Be Prepared to Hear More about Taxes, Taxes, Taxes  ]]>536big government,economic policy,taxes and spending,u.s. economyfalse2437fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fed-s-fiat-money-is-the-real-cause-of-price-inflation--61202709The Fed’s Fiat Money Is the Real Cause of Price Inflation  ]]>139847Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstitutePoliticians say "greedflation," and profits are what fuels rising prices, but the real culprit is fiat money creation fueled by the central bank. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/feds-fiat-money-real-cause-price-inflation  The Fed’s Fiat Money Is the Real Cause of Price Inflation  ]]>602booms and busts,inflation,monetary policy,u.s. economyfalse2435fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-there-a-praxeological-ethics--61202701Is There a Praxeological Ethics?  ]]>139848Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteDavid Gordon reviews J.W. Rich's new book, Praxeological Ethics: An Inquiry into the Nature and Foundation of Ethics and finds much to like about this volume.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-praxeological-ethics  Is There a Praxeological Ethics?  ]]>413media and culture,philosophy,praxeologyfalse2436fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-state-enforcement-of-fairness-is-wrong--61202697Why State Enforcement of “Fairness” is Wrong  ]]>139846Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteA recurring myth among progressives is that the state can enforce "fairness." However, given that government cannot even effectively define fairness, one doubts that the state can "enforce" what it doesn't know.Original article:...Why State Enforcement of “Fairness” is Wrong  ]]>420big government,bureaucracy and regulation,u.s. economyfalse2434fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-u-s-military-machine-is-unsustainable--61097519The U.S. military machine is unsustainable  ]]>139779Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:03:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe U.S. government is spending trillions of dollars to prop up military ventures around the world. This kind of spending and exhausting of military resources cannot be sustained much longer.Original article:...The U.S. military machine is unsustainable  ]]>530big government,law,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalse2430fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rule-of-law-and-property-rights--61097518The rule of law and property rights  ]]>139778Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:03:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile many people currently are likely to view the rule of law as simply a collection of arbitrary rules, it involves private property rights and limits on state power.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rule-law-and-property-rights  The rule of law and property rights  ]]>432big government,bureaucracy and regulation,law,property rightsfalse2429fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hayekian-liberty-and-the-predatory-state--61097517Hayekian liberty and the predatory state  ]]>139780Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:03:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile F.A. Hayek was a promoter of liberty, his work nonetheless often failed to acknowledge just how predatory the state really is. Murray Rothbard understood that the real enemy is the predatory state.Original article:...Hayekian liberty and the predatory state  ]]>647democracy,hayek,liberalismfalse2431fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/protecting-infant-industries-doesn-t-help-the-economy--61097516Protecting infant industries doesn’t help the economy  ]]>139781Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:03:00 +0000Mises InstituteOne of the excuses for levying protective tariffs is to protect emerging domestic industries. However, this kind of protectionism, contrary to popular opinion, leaves an economy worse off every time.Original article:...Protecting infant industries doesn’t help the economy  ]]>251big government,corporate welfare,progressivism,strategyfalse2432fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-chevron-decision-may-also-apply-to-federal-land-policies-in-the-west--61097514The Chevron decision may also apply to federal land policies in the West  ]]>139782Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:03:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile many are celebrating the Chevron decision that limits the power of federal bureaucracies to interpret federal law, it also may provide an opportunity to change federal policies regarding land ownership in the West.Original article:...The Chevron decision may also apply to federal land policies in the West  ]]>518bureaucracy and regulation,law,property rights,u.s. historyfalse2433fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fed-is-warping-the-shape-of-the-yield-curve--61097040The Fed Is Warping the Shape of the Yield Curve  ]]>139775Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:03:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs the Federal Reserve manipulates the money supply and interest rates, the yield curve becomes a less reliable indicator of economic activity. The more the Fed plays havoc with the system, the more we see the boom-and-bust syndrome.Original article:...The Fed Is Warping the Shape of the Yield Curve  ]]>563financial markets,interventionism,the fedfalse2426fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kamala-s-press-chief-tried-to-censor-me--61097037Kamala’s press chief tried to censor me  ]]>139777Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:03:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile Kamala Harris accuses Republicans of censoring books and library materials, her press secretary, Brian Fallon, tried to censor opinion articles critical of Eric Holder and the Department of Justice during the Obama years.Original article:...Kamala’s press chief tried to censor me  ]]>434big government,bureaucracy and regulation,law,property rightsfalse2428fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/china-s-competitiveness-is-driven-by-low-taxation-not-by-industrial-policy--61097031China’s competitiveness is driven by low taxation, not by industrial policy  ]]>139776Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:03:00 +0000Mises InstituteContrary to popular belief, China's economy depends much less on central planning than in the past. China is strong in EV development, and the success is due not to government subsidies and direction but to plain good economics.Original article:...China’s competitiveness is driven by low taxation, not by industrial policy  ]]>690big government,bureaucracy and regulation,economic freedomfalse2427fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/money-supply-growth-accelerates-as-wall-street-demands-even-more-easy-money--61038605Money-Supply Growth Accelerates as Wall Street Demands Even More Easy Money]]>139740Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:33:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe current trend in money-supply growth is a big turnaround from the many months of depression-level contractions we saw in 2022 and 2023.Original article:...Money-Supply Growth Accelerates as Wall Street Demands Even More Easy Money]]>546financial markets,u.s. economyfalse2426fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-smart-city-is-a-city-plagued-by-high-taxes-and-central-planning--61016493A ‘smart city’ is a city plagued by high taxes and central planning ]]>139728Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhen municipalities embrace new technologies, people often refer to them as “smart cities.” However, all too often these technological “revenue enhancers” are nothing more than shakedowns of local citizens.Original Article:...A ‘smart city’ is a city plagued by high taxes and central planning ]]>498big government,bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatismfalse2423fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/project-2025-the-good-the-bad-and-the-frustrating--61016491Project 2025: The good, the bad, and the frustrating ]]>139726Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWith its focus on dismantling the administrative state, Project 2025 represents a refreshingly serious turn for the American right. However, its policy prescriptions remain frustratingly moderate.Original Article:...Project 2025: The good, the bad, and the frustrating ]]>423big government,bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,economic policyfalse2421fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-tradition-of-abolishing-central-banks--61016489The American tradition of abolishing central banks ]]>139730Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe United States abolished its first three central banks, and this was followed by a period of immense economic growth. End the Fed? We did it before and can do it again. Original Article:...The American tradition of abolishing central banks ]]>521central banks,u.s. historyfalse2425fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bidenomics-new-employment-numbers-say-recession-is-here--61016486Bidenomics: New employment numbers say recession is here ]]>139723Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteFollowing the release of today’s jobs report, it seems serious cracks are now appearing in the media's narrative on our "strong" economy. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/bidenomics-new-employment-numbers-say-recession-here Bidenomics: New employment numbers say recession is here ]]>590u.s. economy,u.s. historyfalse2418fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rachel-maddow-s-hunt-for-imaginary-fascists--61016484Rachel Maddow’s hunt for imaginary fascists ]]>139725Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteRachel Maddow, the leftwing broadcaster, tries her hand at rewriting history. Unfortunately, her tendency to see a fascist hiding behind every bush and tree clouds her writing judgment.Original Article:...Rachel Maddow’s hunt for imaginary fascists ]]>376book reviews,u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2420fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-should-government-police-the-public-domain--61016482How should government police the public domain? ]]>139727Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteLibertarians have no problem dealing with how private property should be policed, but what about those areas we call public spaces? Murray Rothbard, not surprisingly, examined the issue thoroughly and had some insightful ideas.Original Article:...How should government police the public domain? ]]>427law,libertarianism,property rightsfalse2422fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-the-european-union-headed-for-another-debt-crisis--61016481Is the European Union headed for another debt crisis? ]]>139724Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWith the European economy remaining relatively stagnant and government debt levels climbing to disturbing levels, it's possible that some of these countries will see another debt crisis like we saw in Greece more than a decade ago.Original Article:...Is the European Union headed for another debt crisis? ]]>339big government,corporate welfare,europe,global economyfalse2419fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-capitalism-defeats-racism--61016479How capitalism defeats racism ]]>139729Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteBy appealing to the self-interest of buyers and sellers, capitalism foils attempts by lawmakers to create racially constructed limits on voluntary exchange. Capitalism undermines racism.Original Article:...How capitalism defeats racism ]]>460capitalism,economic freedom,economic policyfalse2424fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/biden-s-parting-deluge-of-deceit-deserves-damning--60950753Biden’s parting deluge of deceit deserves damning ]]>139682Wed, 07 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe president's latest episode of "transparency" was the same deceitful behavior that has characterized his administration for the past four years. This time, it is employing deceit to "save democracy."Original Article:...Biden’s parting deluge of deceit deserves damning ]]>337big government,politics,progressivism,u.s. historyfalse2414fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-project-2025-says-about-the-fed--60950752What Project 2025 says about the Fed ]]>139684Wed, 07 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteSurprisingly, Project 2025 blames the Fed for exacerbating the cycle of booms and busts, inflating away the value of the dollar, enabling exorbitant deficit spending.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-project-2025-says-about-fed What Project 2025 says about the Fed ]]>506politics,u.s. historyfalse2416fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-exceptions-please--60950749No exceptions, please! ]]>139685Wed, 07 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile defenders of democracy claim to hold fealty to the U.S. Constitution, they are quick to jettison it when they claim that democracy itself is in peril. David Gordon disagrees.Original Article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/no-exceptions-please No exceptions, please! ]]>376democracy,law,majority rule,the police statefalse2417fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unelected-technocrats-are-now-the-nation-s-chief-executives--60950746Unelected technocrats are now the nation’s chief executives ]]>139683Wed, 07 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteFor all the regime's talk about "democracy," it is clear at this point that the White House is run by unelected personnel who are accountable only to technocratic elites.Original Article:...Unelected technocrats are now the nation’s chief executives ]]>391politics,u.s. historyfalse2415fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kamala-harris-is-awful--60950354Kamala Harris is awful ]]>139678Wed, 07 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteKamala Harris is more than a continuation of the Obama-Biden progressive interventionism at home and abroad. She's an acceleration. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/kamala-harris-awful Kamala Harris is awful ]]>281bureaucracy and regulation,democracy,politics,u.s. historyfalse2410fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/united-in-economic-stagnation-and-false-fears--60950350United in economic stagnation and false fears ]]>139679Wed, 07 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn the wake of the Labor Party's huge win in Great Britain, one is reminded that Labor and Conservatives are far more united in their economic and policy viewpoints than they pretend to be.Original Article:...United in economic stagnation and false fears ]]>501cronyism and corporatism,politics,progressivism,socialismfalse2411fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/have-we-been-living-in-an-mmt-world-since-2008--60950344Have we been living in an MMT world since 2008? ]]>139681Wed, 07 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhat we may call the “spending illusion” is perhaps the gravest error in the history of economic thought and has been deeply embedded in economics since the early twentieth century.Original Article:...Have we been living in an MMT world since 2008? ]]>450monetary theory,money and banks,other schools of thoughtfalse2413fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/time-to-reject-social-justice-and-replace-it-with-real-justice--60950343Time to reject ‘social justice’ and replace it with real justice ]]>139680Wed, 07 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteSocial justice is a nonsensical term that interferes with the attempts to find authentic justice. It is not about equality so much as it is about imposing outcomes incompatible with a free society.Original Article:...Time to reject ‘social justice’ and replace it with real justice ]]>291law,media and culture,politics,progressivism,socialismfalse2412fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-historical-lesson-in-higher-education-self-governance--60931945A historical lesson in higher-education self-governance ]]>139663Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteOne of the reasons for the hard-left turn in higher education has been the increasing radicalization of accreditation agencies. It is important for colleges and universities to break away from these agencies and rethink the accreditation...A historical lesson in higher-education self-governance ]]>363education,media and culture,progressivismfalse2409fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-problem-with-work-or-starve--60931602The problem with ‘work or starve’ ]]>139656Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteCritics of capitalism claim that private enterprise gives workers the unhappy choice of either working difficult, low-paying jobs or outright starving. The claim is false and the history of capitalism tells a different story.Original Article:...The problem with ‘work or starve’ ]]>201capitalism,media and culture,paternalism,socialismfalse2402fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1866-civil-rights-revolution--60931600The 1866 civil rights revolution ]]>139661Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe 1866 civil rights law was historical not because it promised racial equality but because it changed the legal relationship between the states and the federal government.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/1866-civil-rights-revolution The 1866 civil rights revolution ]]>557decentralization and secession,law,media and culture,u.s. historyfalse2407fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-capitalism-defeats-racism--60931599How capitalism defeats racism ]]>139659Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteBy appealing to the self-interest of buyers and sellers, capitalism foils attempts by lawmakers to create racially constructed limits on voluntary exchange. Capitalism undermines racism.Original Article:...How capitalism defeats racism ]]>461capitalism,economic freedom,economic policy,media and culturefalse2405fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-apartment-syndicators-incompetent-or-crooked-the-answer-is-yes--60931596Are apartment syndicators incompetent or crooked? The answer is yes ]]>139657Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteMore than two decades ago, the Federal Reserve joined with the federal government to make housing more affordable. The first housing bubble popped in 2008, and a second bubble is on its way to bursting.Original Article:...Are apartment syndicators incompetent or crooked? The answer is yes ]]>430booms and busts,financial markets,the fed,u.s. economyfalse2403fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/legal-discrimination-in-apartheid-and-equity--60931595Legal discrimination in apartheid and equity ]]>139660Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteUnder the regime of apartheid, South Africa's government engaged in legal discrimination. In the new South Africa, the government also engages in legal racial discrimination in the name of "equity."Original Article:...Legal discrimination in apartheid and equity ]]>482bureaucracy and regulation,free markets,legal systemfalse2406fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-degrowth-movement-is-antihuman-and-its-advocates-are-fine-with-that--60931593The degrowth movement is antihuman, and its advocates are fine with that ]]>139658Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe degrowth movement seeks to mitigate climate change by ending economic growth, which is really a move to engage in large-scale depopulation.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/degrowth-movement-antihuman-and-its-advocates-are-fine The degrowth movement is antihuman, and its advocates are fine with that ]]>351economic policy,media and culture,progressivism,the environmentfalse2404fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alexander-hamilton-s-poisoned-legacy--60931592Alexander Hamilton’s poisoned legacy ]]>139662Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAlexander Hamilton hated decentralization, and wanted a strong central government, high taxes, and a central bank. Hamilton's legacy today dominates in Washington, DC.Original Article:...Alexander Hamilton’s poisoned legacy ]]>392book reviews,central banks,u.s. economy,u.s. historyfalse2408fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-limitations-of-economic-laws--60840181The Limitations of Economic Laws ]]>139565Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteEconomic laws represent the real world. They are not ideologies or objects of worship. These laws are not the product of an ideological wish list but rather explain production and exchange.Original Article:...The Limitations of Economic Laws ]]>824other schools of thought,philosophy,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalse2399fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/natural-rights-and-the-american-border--60840171Natural rights and the American border ]]>139561Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIssues of immigration are complex. The current system of open borders, detention and expanding access to welfare is destructive to our body politic.  We need to come up with a better system that protects the rights of all.Original Article:...Natural rights and the American border ]]>350bureaucracy and regulation,immigration,politics,property rightsfalse2395fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-absurdity-of-intellectual-property-laws--60840169The Absurdity of Intellectual Property Laws ]]>139567Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile protecting “intellectual property” has a good sound to it — even among libertarians — such policies are harmful to authentic property rights. We need to pursue another path.Original Article:...The Absurdity of Intellectual Property Laws ]]>563bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,lawfalse2401fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-commencement-speech-someone-needs-to-give--60840165The commencement speech someone needs to give ]]>139564Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteInstead of the usual claptrap that characterizes most graduation speeches, someone needs to give a speech that defends liberty and tells the truth about government and capitalism.Original Article:...The commencement speech someone needs to give ]]>553big government,free markets,libertarianismfalse2398fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fear-is-the-mind-killer-america-s-dangerous-obsession-with-safety--60840164Fear is the mind killer: America’s dangerous obsession with ‘safety’ ]]>139563Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteCommonsense safety measures are being replaced in our working culture by an impossible “no risk” standard. A culture of “can do” is replaced by the culture of fear.Original Article:...Fear is the mind killer: America’s dangerous obsession with ‘safety’ ]]>527bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,politics,progressivismfalse2397fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/government-regulation-of-competitive-firms-creates-monopolies--60840163Government regulation of competitive firms creates monopolies ]]>139559Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteEconomic mythology said governments must regulate markets to prevent monopolies. In reality, it is the government regulation itself that creates monopolies, which do not emerge in free markets.Original Article:...Government regulation of competitive firms creates monopolies ]]>534bureaucracy and regulation,interventionism,law,the entrepreneurfalse2394fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-corporate-bailouts-inflate-the-money-supply--60840162How Corporate Bailouts Inflate the Money Supply ]]>139566Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteContinued bailouts undermine the entire economy by rewarding financial failure and discouraging productive economic activity.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-corporate-bailouts-inflate-money-supply How Corporate Bailouts Inflate the Money Supply ]]>543monetary policy,money and banks,taxes and spending,the fedfalse2400fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-trump-assassination-attempt-exposes-the-establishment-s-deceitfulness--60840159The Trump assassination attempt exposes the establishment’s deceitfulness ]]>139562Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Washington political establishment's uniform condemnation of the assassination attempt against Donald Trump does not square with the apocalyptic rhetoric they have used to describe him over the past eight years.Original Article:...The Trump assassination attempt exposes the establishment’s deceitfulness ]]>344media and culture,politics,progressivism,the police statefalse2396fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/biden-is-not-running-the-government-so-who-is--60796136Biden Is Not Running the Government. So, Who Is? ]]>139531Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIt’s finally clear to everyone that President Biden is not running the federal government. Yet the government is carrying on as it always has. It’s important to understand why.Original Article:...Biden Is Not Running the Government. So, Who Is? ]]>300big government,bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,politicsfalse2387fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/praxeology-and-animals--60796134Praxeology and Animals ]]>139534Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteUtopians are not satisfied with imposing DEI on humans. They also want the state to treat animals as “oppressed” minorities with positive rights. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/praxeology-and-animals Praxeology and Animals ]]>483media and culture,philosophy and methodology,praxeology,progressivismfalse2390fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/though-popular-nationalizations-ruin-economies--60796132Though popular, nationalizations ruin economies ]]>139532Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhen governments seize private firms in the name of nationalization, the moves are usually politically popular. However, it doesn't take long for the nationalized firms to turn into a financial black hole.Original Article:...Though popular, nationalizations ruin economies ]]>280big government,economic policy,socialismfalse2388fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/woodrow-wilson-and-freedom--60796130Woodrow Wilson and Freedom ]]>139536Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteFor all of his freedom-loving rhetoric, it is clear that Woodrow Wilson was one of the most antifreedom presidents in U.S. history.Original Article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/woodrow-wilson-and-freedom Woodrow Wilson and Freedom ]]>395book reviews,politics,progressivism,u.s. historyfalse2392fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anarchy-in-the-uk--60796125Anarchy in the UK ]]>139533Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWith political turmoil creating anxiety in Great Britain, The Economist chose to describe the political situation as “anarchy.” In reality, this is political chaos, not anarchy, since anarchy is based upon social cooperation and peaceful resolution of...Anarchy in the UK ]]>467anarchy,antipolitics,media and culture,minarchyfalse2389fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/biden-s-student-loan-gift-save-is-simply-a-wealth-transfer--60796124Biden’s Student Loan Gift SAVE Is Simply a Wealth Transfer ]]>139535Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Biden administration is determined to do an end run around the courts and ram through yet another student loan forgiveness plan. It is not real “loan forgiveness” but just a massive wealth transfer from lower-income to higher-income...Biden’s Student Loan Gift SAVE Is Simply a Wealth Transfer ]]>416big government,cronyism and corporatism,education,politicsfalse2391fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/group-interests-and-the-good-of-the-whole--60796123Group interests and the ‘good of the whole’ ]]>139537Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteProgressives promote civil rights viewpoints as being “good for the whole” of society. Yet most of the modern civil rights movements and accompanying legislation simply promote the "good" of one group at the expense of others.Original Article:...Group interests and the ‘good of the whole’ ]]>375law,legal system,progressivismfalse2393fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-reality-of-human-action--60796122The Reality of Human Action ]]>139530Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteHuman action is not a figment of our imaginations, nor is it a social construct. Praxeology describes real and purposeful actions by people who act on what they know or what they believe to be true.Original Article:...The Reality of Human Action ]]>488economic policy,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalse2386fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/varying-interpretations-of-truth-or-truth-as-a-social-construct--60731428Varying Interpretations of Truth, or Truth as a Social Construct]]>139464Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs the progressive Left expands its occupation of our institutions, the concept of truth itself becomes little more than a weapon to utilize to achieve political goals.Original Article:...Varying Interpretations of Truth, or Truth as a Social Construct]]>452media and culture,philosophy,politics,progressivismfalse2381fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bureaucracy-the-death-knell-of-higher-education--60731423Bureaucracy: The Death Knell of Higher Education]]>139466Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteMany small colleges are shutting their doors, and it is largely the fault of overexpansion, government protectionism, and bureaucratic infiltration.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/bureaucracy-death-knell-higher-educationBureaucracy: The Death Knell of Higher Education]]>399big government,bureaucracy and regulation,education,progressivismfalse2383fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-milk-runs-to-mad-to-madness--60731422From Milk Runs to MAD to Madness]]>139463Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIt has been nearly eighty years since the US used atomic warfare on Japan as a way to end World War II. The legacy of that event is not one of peace but of outright madness.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/milk-runs-mad-madnessFrom Milk Runs to MAD to Madness]]>612japan,politics,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalse2380fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reality-is-not-a-social-construct--60731421Reality Is NOT a Social Construct ]]>139467Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAcademic elites claim that there is no objective truth, only social constructs. Thus, people can create their own reality in many areas, and everyone else is expected to accept whatever “reality” is presented—or face serious consequences.Original...Reality Is NOT a Social Construct ]]>646antipolitics,media and culture,progressivismfalse2384fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-state-does-not-create-value-enhancing-jobs--60731418The State Does Not Create Value-Enhancing Jobs]]>139462Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteFor all of the claims that governments “create jobs,” in reality, government jobs come at a greater cost than any value those jobs may create. Government jobs are a burden to the economy.Original Article:...The State Does Not Create Value-Enhancing Jobs]]>275big government,bureaucracy and regulation,economic policy,taxes and spendingfalse2379fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/human-ignorance-is-an-unstable-basis-for-liberty-and-praxeology--60731416Human Ignorance Is an Unstable Basis for Liberty and Praxeology]]>139465Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile F.A. Hayek saw human ignorance as the basis for what he called spontaneous order, Ludwig von Mises saw human reason as the basis for praxeology.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/human-ignorance-unstable-basis-liberty-and-praxeologyHuman Ignorance Is an Unstable Basis for Liberty and Praxeology]]>611hayek,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalse2382fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/julian-assange-the-chevron-doctrine-and-the-case-against-pessimism--60731414Julian Assange, the Chevron Doctrine, and the Case against Pessimism]]>139461Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteLast week, Julian Assange was freed and the Chevron doctrine was overturned. These are huge wins for liberty. Not long ago, they felt completely out of reach.Original Article:...Julian Assange, the Chevron Doctrine, and the Case against Pessimism]]>470bureaucracy and regulation,law,legal system,the police statefalse2378fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/milei-snubs-the-spanish-political-establishment--60731413Milei Snubs the Spanish Political Establishment ]]>139468Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteJavier Milei’s recent “snub” of Spain's political establishment during a recent visit there may have been a “violation” of diplomatic protocol, but it also was a statement that Spain’s socialism itself is uncivilized.Original Article:...Milei Snubs the Spanish Political Establishment ]]>550europe,libertarianism,socialism,war and foreign policyfalse2385fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/draghi-s-globalist-eu-speech-urges-concentration-of-power--60676081Draghi’s Globalist EU Speech Urges Concentration of Power]]>139428Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhat began as supposedly a free trade union has been turning into an authoritarian, interventionist nightmare. A recent speech by a top European Union commissioner shows the sad direction the EU is heading.Original Article:...Draghi’s Globalist EU Speech Urges Concentration of Power]]>553big government,cronyism and corporatism,europe,progressivism,protectionism and free tradefalse2374fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-equality-of-opportunity-fallacy--60676080The “Equality of Opportunity” Fallacy ]]>139425Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteA common complaint is that the 1964 Civil Rights Act started in the “right direction,” valuing so-called equality of opportunity, but then went off the rails with “equality of result.” In truth, the act cannot be reconciled with a libertarian...The “Equality of Opportunity” Fallacy ]]>399law,libertarianism,media and culture,progressivismfalse2371fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/banning-fossil-fuels-will-make-heat-waves-more-dangerous-not-less--60676079Banning Fossil Fuels Will Make Heat Waves More Dangerous, Not Less]]>139427Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteEnvironmentalists insist on banning fossil fuels and refrigerant gasses in order to end heat waves. That means people will face future heat waves (which will always be with us) without air conditioning, bringing even more heat-related deaths.Original...Banning Fossil Fuels Will Make Heat Waves More Dangerous, Not Less]]>546bureaucracy and regulation,politics,socialismfalse2373fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-impact-of-interest-rates-on-economic-growth-an-austrian-perspective--60676078The Impact of Interest Rates on Economic Growth: An Austrian Perspective]]>139430Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteEven as the Federal Reserve continues to manipulate interest rates to “fight” the results of the business cycle, Austrian economics teaches that business cycles occur because of the manipulation. They never learn.Original Article:...The Impact of Interest Rates on Economic Growth: An Austrian Perspective]]>277booms and busts,business cycles,the fedfalse2376fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-collapse-of-real-savings-caused-the-great-depression--60676077The Collapse of Real Savings Caused the Great Depression]]>139429Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteContrary to Milton Friedman’s thesis that the decline in the money supply caused the Great Depression, the real reason was the collapse of real savings, which was due to loose monetary policies by the Federal Reserve.Original Article:...The Collapse of Real Savings Caused the Great Depression]]>557booms and busts,monetary policy,money and banks,u.s. historyfalse2375fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-all-began-when-the-government-tried-to-make-housing-more-affordable--60676076It All Began When the Government Tried to Make Housing More Affordable ]]>139426Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe current explosion in rental and home prices is the direct result of government intervention aimed at making it easier to buy a house. Mises wrote that government intervention into the market tends to make things worse. He was right.Original...It All Began When the Government Tried to Make Housing More Affordable ]]>339big government,economic policy,interventionism,the fedfalse2372fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chop-the-federal-chips-act--60676075Chop the Federal CHIPS Act ]]>139424Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteFor all of the media ballyhoo about the CHIPS Act, it really is a page out of the old five-year plans from the Soviet Union. The CHIPS Act will have the same success as befell the Soviets.Original Article:...Chop the Federal CHIPS Act ]]>329big government,economic policy,politics,socialismfalse2370fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/biden-s-blarney-on-bank-fees--60676074Biden’s Blarney on Bank Fees]]>139431Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile President Biden’s inflationary economy continues to falter, the president proposes to outlaw bank overdraft fees, ostensibly to help lower-income Americans. Bank fees, however, are not the biggest threat consumers face; inflation and...Biden’s Blarney on Bank Fees]]>568big government,interventionism,politics,u.s. economyfalse2377fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-uk-blood-scandal-exposes-british-elites--60583179The UK Blood Scandal Exposes British Elites ]]>139354Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe tainted blood scandal in the UK should be a warning to people about the dangers of the National Health Service. Instead, we hear endless promises of reform that never will happen.Original Article:...The UK Blood Scandal Exposes British Elites ]]>442big government,bureaucracy and regulation,socialismfalse2367fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-45-year-old-cold-war-with-iran-is-a-failure-it-s-time-for-a-new-approach--60583176The 45-Year-Old Cold War with Iran Is a Failure. It’s Time for a New Approach ]]>139352Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe US and Iran have been mortal enemies since 1979. It is clear that the belligerent approach to dealing with Iran has failed. We need to engage policies that promote peace, not warfare.Original Article:...The 45-Year-Old Cold War with Iran Is a Failure. It’s Time for a New Approach ]]>713politics,u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2365fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/harry-frankfurt-humbug-and-the-battle-against-wokery--60583175Harry Frankfurt, Humbug, and the Battle against Wokery ]]>139355Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstitutePhilosopher Harry Frankfurt definitely was not a product of modern academe, where wokeness and outright humbug rule. He understood that the equal-outcomes portion of DEI was neither possible nor desirable.Original Article:...Harry Frankfurt, Humbug, and the Battle against Wokery ]]>609media and culture,philosophy,progressivismfalse2368fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-price-charity--60583174What Price Charity? ]]>139356Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIs charity a right held by everyone or should charity be confined to private, voluntary action within a free market? David Gordon argues for the latter.Original Article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/what-price-charity What Price Charity? ]]>456big government,book reviews,poverty,property rightsfalse2369fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lysander-spooner-s-flawed-war-on-poverty--60583173Lysander Spooner’s Flawed War on Poverty ]]>139353Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteLysander Spooner was one of this country’s most important libertarians. His views on economics, while flawed, are free market in principle and have some insights Austrians can appreciate.Original Article:...Lysander Spooner’s Flawed War on Poverty ]]>329anarchy,free markets,libertarianism,u.s. historyfalse2366fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/phony-civil-rights--60582773Phony Civil Rights  ]]>139351Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe expansion of "civil rights" places emphasis upon "positive rights" that apply to specific groups with political privilege. This is a far cry from the concept of rights that helped build a free society in the United States.Original Article:...Phony Civil Rights  ]]>583bureaucracy and regulation,language,media and culture,progressivism,u.s. historyfalse2364fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-stephanie-kelton-failing-her-academic-responsibility--60582771 Is Stephanie Kelton Failing Her Academic Responsibility? ]]>139349Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteStephanie Kelton, the most visible promoter of MMT, is being derelict in her academic duties by not replying to Per Bylund’s critique of her theories in the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics.Original... Is Stephanie Kelton Failing Her Academic Responsibility? ]]>261economic policy,inflation,monetary policy,monetary theoryfalse2362fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/caitlin-clark-bullying-and-the-business-of-basketball--60582768Caitlin Clark, Bullying and the Business of Basketball   ]]>139350Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteCaitlin Clark, with her array of basketball skills, has filled arenas in her inaugural WNBA season. However, the idea of merit clashes with the leftist, egalitarian mindset that dominates in the league, and the early reaction to her success has been...Caitlin Clark, Bullying and the Business of Basketball   ]]>620free markets,media and culture,progressivismfalse2363fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/resisting-the-brave-new-culture--60543055Resisting the Brave New Culture ]]>139317Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteMurray Rothbard noted that the culture wars are not the result of conservative intransigence but rather of progressive elites’ insistence on forcing new cultural rules on people who don’t want to be coerced.Original Article:...Resisting the Brave New Culture ]]>414antipolitics,democracy,media and culturefalse2358fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-state-wants-to-nationalize-second-mortgages-what-possibly-can-go-wrong--60543054The State Wants to Nationalize Second Mortgages. What Possibly Can Go Wrong? ]]>139318Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs if the government has not done enough destruction in the housing market, there now is a scheme to have the government nationalize second mortgages. Given the previous disaster with primary mortgages, we do not anxiously await the outcome of this...The State Wants to Nationalize Second Mortgages. What Possibly Can Go Wrong? ]]>265cronyism and corporatism,financial markets,money and banks,u.s. economyfalse2359fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fallacies-of-conservative-protectionists--60543051The Fallacies of Conservative Protectionists ]]>139319Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn its attempt to claim that the concept of free trade is full of fallacies, The American Compass builds its anti-free trade case upon...fallacies.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fallacies-conservative-protectionists The Fallacies of Conservative Protectionists ]]>528cronyism and corporatism,economic policy,protectionism and free tradefalse2360fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/private-property-comes-from-scarcity-not-law--60543050Private Property Comes from Scarcity, Not Law ]]>139321Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe socialist elites that dominate our institutions insist that private property is nothing more than a social construct held together by violence. As usual, they misunderstand that scarcity itself, which is the basis for economics, is also the basis...Private Property Comes from Scarcity, Not Law ]]>466praxeology,private property,property rights,socialismfalse2361fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-state-s-best-kept-secret--60542689The State’s Best-Kept Secret ]]>139313Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhat does the state do when in a financial fix? Unlike the rest of us, it legally counterfeits. By so doing, it transfers wealth to those who are politically connected—and then lies about it.Original Article:...The State’s Best-Kept Secret ]]>562big government,inflation,monetary policy,money and banksfalse2355fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-problem-with-juneteenth--60542687The Problem with Juneteenth ]]>139316Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe abolition of chattel slavery was a great advancement for human liberty. But many of those celebrating Juneteenth today still accept the core assumptions that underlie slavery.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/problem-juneteenth The Problem with Juneteenth ]]>275bureaucracy and regulation,economic policy,media and culture,progressivismfalse2357fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-washington-and-the-fed-caused-the-commercial-real-estate-crisis--60542684How Washington and the Fed Caused the Commercial Real Estate Crisis ]]>139314Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteCommercial real estate in the USA is facing a major crisis which could not have been possible without the enabling of the Fed and the draconian restrictions imposed during covid. As commercial real estate prices collapse, the usual suspects call for...How Washington and the Fed Caused the Commercial Real Estate Crisis ]]>648big government,inflation,monetary policy,money and banksfalse2356fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/joe-biden-s-reverse-robin-hood-student-debt-cancellation--60542683Joe Biden’s Reverse Robin Hood Student Debt Cancellation ]]>139312Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstitutePresident Biden’s student loan forgiveness scheme is really Robin Hood in reverse, transferring wealth from people from lower-income groups to those who are relatively affluent.Original Article:...Joe Biden’s Reverse Robin Hood Student Debt Cancellation ]]>446big government,cronyism and corporatism,politicsfalse2354fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/governments-hate-privacy-software--60508528Governments Hate Privacy Software ]]>139290Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAlex Pertsev, a developer of Tornado Cash, has been sentenced to prison by a Dutch court for helping build a platform that guarantees financial privacy. If there is one thing the state cannot tolerate, it is someone making financial transactions...Governments Hate Privacy Software ]]>535big government,financial markets,the police statefalse2351fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/has-interventionism-jeopardized-america-s-future--60508524Has Interventionism Jeopardized America’s Future? ]]>139288Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThanks to the war uniparty that controls Washington, Americans are mired in endless wars and military and political intervention. As Washington creates legions of new enemies, the future for average Americans grows uncertain.Original Article:...Has Interventionism Jeopardized America’s Future? ]]>289big government,democracy,progressivism,strategy,war and foreign policyfalse2349fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-quest-for-lebensraum--60508523The Quest for Lebensraum ]]>139289Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn his 2006 book The Wages of Destruction, Columbia University historian Adam Tooze explains Hitler’s policy of seeking lebensraum (living room). However, Ludwig von Mises (whom Tooze ignores) already explained that policy in his 1944 Omnipotent...The Quest for Lebensraum ]]>449economic policy,europe,world historyfalse2350fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-bad-economic-policies-drive-out-good-entrepreneurs--60508522How Bad Economic Policies Drive Out Good Entrepreneurs ]]>139291Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteLike bad money driving out good money, government intervention can also create Gresham’s law conditions for entrepreneurs. Using the political process, bad entrepreneurs can get government to regulate entrepreneurial competition out of...How Bad Economic Policies Drive Out Good Entrepreneurs ]]>400bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,the entrepreneurfalse2352fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-are-only-downsides-to-prolonging-the-war-in-ukraine--60508521 There Are Only Downsides to Prolonging the War in Ukraine ]]>139292Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs the war in Ukraine drags on in its third year, Ukraine is bleeding and the future is even more gloomy. Unfortunately, even though it is time to end this conflict, the Biden administration continues to demand this war be fought to the last living... There Are Only Downsides to Prolonging the War in Ukraine ]]>375europe,progressivism,the police state,war and foreign policyfalse2353fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-best-thing-governments-can-do-for-business-is-get-out-of-the-way--60508172The Best Thing Governments Can Do for Business Is Get Out of the Way ]]>139287Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteVarious indexes are used to determine the ease of doing business in countries around the world. Not surprisingly, the nations that allow for protection of private property and have economic freedom also are the most prosperous.Original Article:...The Best Thing Governments Can Do for Business Is Get Out of the Way ]]>266economic policy,politics,strategy,world historyfalse2348fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-existential-crisis-or-excuse-for-cronyism--60508166AI: “Existential Crisis” or Excuse for Cronyism? ]]>139286Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs AI continues to develop, the prophets of doom claim that it will “take over” and create a dystopian society. Far from being an “existential threat,” AI is a tool that can be used for good or ill.Original Article:...AI: “Existential Crisis” or Excuse for Cronyism? ]]>416bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,economic freedomfalse2347fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/decolonizers-assault-on-science--60508165Decolonizers’ Assault on Science ]]>139285Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe decolonization movement seeks to destroy both economics and science, all in the name of social justice. In the end, however, what they get is not justice and certainly not order, but rather chaos, and deadly chaos at that.Original Article:...Decolonizers’ Assault on Science ]]>520media and culture,other schools of thought,philosophy and methodology,socialismfalse2346fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-profits-to-pandering-how-government-turned-universities-and-businesses-into-dei-bureaucracies--60467953From Profits to Pandering: How Government Turned Universities and Businesses into DEI Bureaucracies ]]>139263Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteLong before government mandates and pressure infected businesses and universities with the DEI virus, Ludwig von Mises explained how bureaucracies infect the decision-making process. Original Article:...From Profits to Pandering: How Government Turned Universities and Businesses into DEI Bureaucracies ]]>498big government,bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,progressivismfalse2342fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/do-you-know-who-s-hitting-you--60467950Do You Know Who’s Hitting You? ]]>139264Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile our political “leaders” insist that the government is “protecting” us, it offers the same kind of “protection” that mobsters offer: pay us to “protect” you, or we burn down your place with you in it.Original Article:...Do You Know Who’s Hitting You? ]]>382antipolitics,big government,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalse2343fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-people-can-better-fight-inflation--60467949How People Can Better Fight Inflation ]]>139265Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteOrdinary people cannot stop the Fed and the government from inflating the currency, but they can take measures to shield themselves from some of its harmful effects. Mark Thornton presents a few ideas on how it can be done.Original Article:...How People Can Better Fight Inflation ]]>510big government,inflation,monetary policy,money and banksfalse2344fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lesson-of-the-trump-conviction--60467945The Lesson of the Trump Conviction ]]>139266Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe case against Donald Trump was utterly ridiculous. Yet he was convicted anyway. Opponents of the political establishment need to understand why. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/lesson-trump-conviction The Lesson of the Trump Conviction ]]>340law,media and culture,politics,progressivismfalse2345fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-biden-administration-uses-fudged-numbers-to-justify-imposing-punitive-regulations--60467944The Biden Administration Uses Fudged Numbers to Justify Imposing Punitive Regulations ]]>139261Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn order to vastly expand the regulatory state, the Biden administration is using fake cost-benefit ratios to make its regulations seem less costly and more beneficial. This is clearly fraudulent, but no bureaucrat will be charged with any...The Biden Administration Uses Fudged Numbers to Justify Imposing Punitive Regulations ]]>627bureaucracy and regulation,economic policy,u.s. economyfalse2340fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-unsustainable-ai-driven-lending-boom--60467941The Unsustainable AI-Driven Lending Boom ]]>139260Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe endless bubble economy has a new lending craze: loans backed by AI chips. The problem is that while the chips serve as collateral, companies right now cannot make enough revenue to cover their costs.Original Article:...The Unsustainable AI-Driven Lending Boom ]]>286booms and busts,money and banks,u.s. economyfalse2339fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-menace-of-political-show-trials--60467940The Menace of Political Show Trials ]]>139262Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn the aftermath of Donald Trump's conviction in Manhattan—a political show trial, to be sure—David Gordon reviews Danilo Zolo’s, Victor’s Justice, which examined the Nuremberg Trials following World War II.Original Article:...The Menace of Political Show Trials ]]>527u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2341fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-socialist-road-to-destruction-amid-so-called-good-intentions--60467939The Socialist Road to Destruction amid So-Called Good Intentions ]]>139259Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteSocialists pride themselves on their supposed good intentions even as they fashion policies that create havoc and harm the people socialists claim to be helping. Ludwig von Mises called it destructionism.Original Article:...The Socialist Road to Destruction amid So-Called Good Intentions ]]>590philosophy,politics,progressivism,socialismfalse2338fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-honor-among-government-thieves-the-evil-of-asset-forfeiture--60431941No Honor Among Government Thieves: The Evil of Asset Forfeiture ]]>139241Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAsset forfeiture is another term for state-sponsored theft. Reform of this pernicious policy is almost impossible because of the incentives set up by governments at all levels.Original Article:...No Honor Among Government Thieves: The Evil of Asset Forfeiture ]]>422big government,politics,property rightsfalse2335fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/debunking-robert-reich-s-debunking--60431936Debunking Robert Reich’s Debunking ]]>139237Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteRobert Reich is an economic fallacy machine, and he has begun a ten-week series in which he claims to debunk economic myths. Of course, to do so, he has to create economic myths and present them as factual.Original Article:...Debunking Robert Reich’s Debunking ]]>328education,other schools of thought,property rights,value and exchangefalse2331fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coyning-us-into-war--60431935Coyning US into War ]]>139243Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteDavid Gordon reviews How to Run Wars, by Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall. Their tone is satirical, aimed at showing the folly and corruption that marks the policies of the foreign policy elites.Original Article:...Coyning US into War ]]>433book reviews,media and culture,progressivism,war and foreign policyfalse2337fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unsuccessful-dei-efforts-meet-legislative-opposition-in-tennessee--60431933Unsuccessful DEI Efforts Meet Legislative Opposition in Tennessee ]]>139236Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe Tennessee Board of Regents for higher education is finding that their DEI efforts are not successful, and the Tennessee legislature has become skeptical. It might be better to scrap the DEI collectivist “solutions” altogether.Original Article:...Unsuccessful DEI Efforts Meet Legislative Opposition in Tennessee ]]>350bureaucracy and regulation,education,politicsfalse2330fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/does-increasing-the-money-supply-also-increase-economic-growth--60431932Does Increasing the Money Supply also Increase Economic Growth? ]]>139240Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteKeynesian economists believe that the key to increasing economic growth is increasing the supply of money in circulation. Money, however, is a means of exchange, not a means of payments. The difference is vital to understanding economics.Original...Does Increasing the Money Supply also Increase Economic Growth? ]]>498central banks,inflation,monetary policy,money and banksfalse2334fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/civilization-depends-upon-economic-freedom--60431931Civilization Depends upon Economic Freedom ]]>139242Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstitutePolitical and academic elites claim that economic freedom is the antithesis of civilization. They claim that functioning civilization can come only from a welfare state, a nonsensical propositionOriginal Article:...Civilization Depends upon Economic Freedom ]]>433antipolitics,economic freedom,interventionismfalse2336fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scott-galloway-s-ted-talk-reveals-a-basic-ignorance-of-economics--60431927Scott Galloway’s TED Talk Reveals a Basic Ignorance of Economics ]]>139239Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteOne of the problems in presenting economic concepts to a public audience is that too many people in the academic world do not comprehend the simple presence of opportunity cost. Original Article:...Scott Galloway’s TED Talk Reveals a Basic Ignorance of Economics ]]>525economic policy,media and culture,progressivismfalse2333fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/distinguishing-libertarian-philosophy-from-political-strategy--60431926Distinguishing Libertarian Philosophy from Political Strategy ]]>139238Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhat makes a libertarian society libertarian? Certainly, one must begin—as did Murray Rothbard—not only with the nonaggression principle, but also with the unequivocal protection of private property rights.Original Article:...Distinguishing Libertarian Philosophy from Political Strategy ]]>709libertarianism,property rights,strategyfalse2332fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/central-banks-are-destroying-our-economies--60379181Central Banks Are Destroying Our Economies   ]]>139209Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteCentral banks intervene in order to “create demand,” and then they intervene in order to try to mitigate the damage they caused earlier. This is a never-ending scenario of economic destruction.Original Article:...Central Banks Are Destroying Our Economies   ]]>468central banks,interventionism,monetary policy,money and banksfalse2326fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/judy-shelton-s-lasting-legacies--60379178Judy Shelton’s Lasting Legacies ]]>139211Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile her record is hardly perfect, Judy Shelton has been a rarity among monetary economists: an advocate for gold and sound money.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/judy-sheltons-lasting-legacies Judy Shelton’s Lasting Legacies ]]>576inflation,monetary policy,money and banks,politicsfalse2328fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-call-it-free-trade--60379176Don’t Call It Free Trade ]]>139208Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAccording to an article in The Atlantic, Washington is turning away from its previous commitment to “free trade.” However, there never was a “free trade consensus” because Washington always has sought state-managed trade.Original Article:...Don’t Call It Free Trade ]]>328big government,bureaucracy and regulation,politics,protectionism and free tradefalse2325fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-data-by-itself-inform-us-about-the-real-world--60379173Can Data by Itself Inform Us about the Real World? ]]>139210Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteMainstream economists insist that data alone can explain economic events, permitting them to test economic theories. In truth, without sound theory, data is meaningless.Original Article:...Can Data by Itself Inform Us about the Real World? ]]>528other schools of thought,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalse2327fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/us-arms-sales-are-a-clear-and-present-danger--60379171US Arms Sales Are a Clear and Present Danger ]]>139207Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe US government’s recent arms sale to Israel is a reminder that arms sales have become a significant part of US foreign policy, as well as a major source of instability around the world.Original Article:...US Arms Sales Are a Clear and Present Danger ]]>366media and culture,politics,war and foreign policyfalse2324fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/switzerland-still-cherishes-its-traditional-neutrality--60379169Switzerland Still Cherishes its Traditional Neutrality ]]>139206Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteSwitzerland has been a neutral country for about five hundred years. Sweden also has a tradition of neutrality, but it has recently changed its position, to its own detriment.Original Article:...Switzerland Still Cherishes its Traditional Neutrality ]]>638politics,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2323fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-does-america-have-a-lack-of-libertarian-representation--60379163Why Does America Have a Lack of Libertarian Representation? ]]>139212Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteEven though the US had a semilibertarian revolution, there are few libertarians in representative governance.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-does-america-have-lack-libertarian-representation Why Does America Have a Lack of Libertarian Representation? ]]>467libertarianism,politics,u.s. historyfalse2329fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/smugglers-true-heroes-of-liberty--60377605Smugglers: True Heroes of Liberty ]]>139205Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteEven though our legal authorities treat smugglers as criminals, smugglers actually are promoters of liberty who usually break unjust laws. The US was practically founded on smuggling.Original Article:...Smugglers: True Heroes of Liberty ]]>549bureaucracy and regulation,the entrepreneur,u.s. history,world historyfalse2322fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/understanding-reason-is-paramount-to-understanding-liberty--60319559Understanding Reason Is Paramount to Understanding Liberty ]]>139177Fri, 07 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteContra critical theorists, who claim human reason is nothing more than a social construct, reason is both understandable and universal. We cannot abandon it, for if we do, we abandon liberty itself.Original Article:...Understanding Reason Is Paramount to Understanding Liberty ]]>426other schools of thought,philosophy,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalse2315fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-politicians-cannot-be-trusted-with-just-war-theory--60319557Why Politicians Cannot Be Trusted with Just War Theory ]]>139182Fri, 07 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstitutePoliticians will invoke the venerable just war theory when they believe they can manipulate the facts in their favor. In truth, it is the rare government that engages in a justified conflict.Original Article:...Why Politicians Cannot Be Trusted with Just War Theory ]]>574big government,politics,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2321fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/homeschoolers-don-t-need-government-regulation--60319556Homeschoolers Don’t Need Government Regulation ]]>139176Fri, 07 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteGovernment schooling advocates are demanding that homeschoolers be regulated by public school authorities. Perhaps homeschooling advocates should be monitoring the government.Original Article:...Homeschoolers Don’t Need Government Regulation ]]>692big government,bureaucracy and regulation,education,media and culturefalse2314fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-israel-is-doing-to-gaza-is-a-choice--60319555What Israel Is Doing to Gaza Is a Choice ]]>139181Fri, 07 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIsrael’s defenders act like Netanyahu and his allies have had no choice but to react to October 7 in the manner that they have. But that isn’t true.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-israel-doing-gaza-choice What Israel Is Doing to Gaza Is a Choice ]]>412media and culture,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2319fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-intellectual-poverty-of-racial-polylogism--60319552The Intellectual Poverty of Racial Polylogism ]]>139178Fri, 07 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe watchword in higher education today is decolonization, which depends upon what Ludwig von Mises called racial polylogism. Mises understood that polylogism undermines the very foundations of scientific thought.Original Article:...The Intellectual Poverty of Racial Polylogism ]]>429other schools of thought,philosophy,philosophy and methodology,political theoryfalse2316fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/creative-destruction-in-american-higher-education-schumpeter-in-action--60319551Creative Destruction in American Higher Education: Schumpeter in Action ]]>139179Fri, 07 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWe are seeing Joseph Schumpeter's concept of creative destruction at work in higher education. The shake-up will continue.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/creative-destruction-american-higher-education-schumpeter-action Creative Destruction in American Higher Education: Schumpeter in Action ]]>681booms and busts,education,media and culture,the entrepreneurfalse2317fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-consequences-of-california-s-new-minimum-wage-law--60319550The Consequences of California’s New Minimum Wage Law ]]>139180Fri, 07 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteSupporters of the new California minimum wage law for fast-food restaurants claim it will bolster economic opportunity for lower-income people. It actually will be a wealth transfer from the poor to the rich.Original Article:...The Consequences of California’s New Minimum Wage Law ]]>465bureaucracy and regulation,economic policy,labor and wages,money and banksfalse2318fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/man-economy-and-financial-markets--60156946Man, Economy, and Financial Markets ]]>139083Thu, 23 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteDo Austrian theories also apply to financial markets?Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/man-economy-and-financial-markets Man, Economy, and Financial Markets ]]>576booms and busts,financial markets,money and banks,the fedfalse2305fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lending-without-saving-brings-recession-and-poverty--60156942Lending without Saving Brings Recession and Poverty ]]>139084Thu, 23 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteContrary to mainstream economists, credit expansion that is not backed by real savings leads ultimately to an economic downturn. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/lending-without-saving-brings-recession-and-poverty Lending without Saving Brings Recession and Poverty ]]>524booms and busts,central banks,money and banksfalse2305fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-mises-was-not-wrong-about-the-middle-of-the-road--60156937No, Mises Was not Wrong about the Middle of the Road ]]>139087Thu, 23 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteLudwig von Mises was ridiculed for his assertion that “middle of the road” leads to socialism in the end. As the federal government swallows increasing amounts of the economy, we see that Mises was right.Original Article:...No, Mises Was not Wrong about the Middle of the Road ]]>220interventionism,languagefalse2305fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/they-want-to-scare-you-with-myths-of-unhampered-capitalism--60156936They Want to Scare You with Myths of “Unhampered Capitalism” ]]>139085Thu, 23 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstitutePolitical and academic elites have successfully convinced the public that they should fear private enterprise. However, people really should fear an out-of-control government.Original Article:...They Want to Scare You with Myths of “Unhampered Capitalism” ]]>511big government,economic freedomfalse2305fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-case-for-abolishing-regulatory-agencies--60156935The Case for Abolishing Regulatory Agencies ]]>139086Thu, 23 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteContrary to popular belief, regulatory agencies do not improve the quality of our lives, nor do they provide safety or security. They need to be abolished, as free markets provide their own effective forms of regulation.Original Article:...The Case for Abolishing Regulatory Agencies ]]>375big government,bureaucracy and regulation,corporate welfare,progressivismfalse2305fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hush-money-case-against-trump-is-ridiculous-and-revealing--60077878The Hush-Money Case against Trump Is Ridiculous and Revealing ]]>139045Fri, 17 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteDespite the media definitions of the Trump trial as a “hush money trial,” the actual criminal charges are contrived and legally unprecedented. This is a show trial.Original Article:...The Hush-Money Case against Trump Is Ridiculous and Revealing ]]>352law,legal system,media and culture,politicsfalse2301fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thinking-properly-about-public-welfare--60077877Thinking Properly about Public Welfare ]]>139048Fri, 17 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteFor most Americans, the debate is about what size the welfare state should be. But why is there a welfare state at all? Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/thinking-properly-about-public-welfare Thinking Properly about Public Welfare ]]>298big government,economic policy,politics,progressivismfalse2304fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-does-money-in-our-possession-acquire-value--60077876How Does Money in Our Possession Acquire Value? ]]>139049Fri, 17 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteMainstream economists claim money has purchasing power because the government issuing the money has so declared. That makes no sense.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-does-money-our-possession-acquire-value How Does Money in Our Possession Acquire Value? ]]>499inflation,monetary policy,monetary theory,money and bankingfalse2305fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/profit-is-not-plunder--60077874Profit Is Not Plunder ]]>139050Fri, 17 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteDespite statements from Biden and other progressives, profits in a market economy are not a form of plunder. Instead, they represent entrepreneurial gains that mostly benefit consumers.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/profit-not-plunder Profit Is Not Plunder ]]>285bureaucracy and regulation,free markets,interventionism,the entrepreneurfalse2305fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blowback-in-the-african-coup-belt--60077871Blowback in the African Coup Belt ]]>139051Fri, 17 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe decades of American and European intervention in Africa are coming to an end, and things are even worse for American interests there. Perhaps overthrowing governments and trying to dictate political outcomes wasn’t a good idea.Original Article:...Blowback in the African Coup Belt ]]>834big government,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2305fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/zwolinski-tries-to-take-rothbard-to-the-mat--60077864Zwolinski Tries to Take Rothbard to the Mat ]]>139052Fri, 17 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn a recent symposium on Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty, philosopher Matt Zwolinski takes issue with Rothbard on Murray’s views of freedom and property rights.Original Article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/zwolinski-tries-take-rothbard-mat Zwolinski Tries to Take Rothbard to the Mat ]]>711libertarianism,philosophy,property rightsfalse2305fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/war-hysteria-fuels-new-attacks-on-free-speech--60077863War Hysteria Fuels New Attacks on Free Speech ]]>139046Fri, 17 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteUnfortunately, these assaults on the First Amendment continue to find support even among people who pretend to be in support of freedom and opposed to federal power.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/war-hysteria-fuels-new-attacks-free-speech War Hysteria Fuels New Attacks on Free Speech ]]>513media and culture,politics,u.s. history,war and foreign policyfalse2302fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/as-the-dollar-falters-gold-becomes-insurance-not-speculation--60077860As the Dollar Falters, Gold Becomes Insurance, Not Speculation ]]>139047Fri, 17 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteMany people are selling their gold to make ends meet. Others are buying gold as insurance against mounting price inflation. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dollar-falters-gold-becomes-insurance-not-speculation As the Dollar Falters, Gold Becomes Insurance, Not Speculation ]]>319economic policy,inflation,poverty,u.s. economyfalse2303fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-milei-is-not-a-fascist--60039813No, Milei Is Not a Fascist ]]>139008Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteDespite the accusations that Javier Milei is a fascist in libertarian clothes, many of his reforms have been successful in reversing some of the damage done to Argentina's economy by real fascists.Original Article:...No, Milei Is Not a Fascist ]]>397antipolitics,media and culture,strategyfalse2295fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/somaliland-needs-self-determination--60039811Somaliland Needs Self-Determination ]]>139009Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteSomalia is a country invented by European intervention. The region known as Somaliland ought to be free to secede from this imperialist creation. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/somaliland-needs-self-determination Somaliland Needs Self-Determination ]]>384decentralization and secession,europe,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2296fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-can-carl-menger-teach-us-about-falafel-sandwiches--60039810What Can Carl Menger Teach Us about Falafel Sandwiches? ]]>139012Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhat better way to explain the relationship between higher-order and lower-order goods than with food? Here, we look at the falafel sandwich.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-can-carl-menger-teach-us-about-falafel-sandwiches What Can Carl Menger Teach Us about Falafel Sandwiches? ]]>453austrian economics overview,prices,production theoryfalse2299fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-there-be-an-alliance-between-austrian-and-feminist-schools-of-economics--60039806Can There Be an Alliance between Austrian and Feminist Schools of Economics? ]]>139006Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile Austrian and feminist critiques of neoclassical economics have some similarities, they also differ strongly on important points. Feminist critiques are based upon what Mises called polylogism, while Austrian critiques are based upon...Can There Be an Alliance between Austrian and Feminist Schools of Economics? ]]>634austrian economics overview,other schools of thought,philosophy,philosophy and methodologyfalse2293fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-labor-market-fact-vs-fiction--60039803The American Labor Market: Fact vs. Fiction ]]>139010Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteProgressive historians, journalists, and politicians claim that the Industrial Revolution and the growth of industry brought poverty and exploitation to American workers. The truth is much different, even if it is rarely heard.Original Article:...The American Labor Market: Fact vs. Fiction ]]>399capitalism,labor and wages,u.s. history,world historyfalse2297fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tiktok-ban-is-the-next-patriot-act--60039801The TikTok Ban Is the Next Patriot Act ]]>139011Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteCongress claims to have targeted TikTok because China's government allegedly uses it to spy on Americans. Besides dealing with a nonexistent threat, the bill gives the federal government vast new powers to misuse.Original Article:...The TikTok Ban Is the Next Patriot Act ]]>340big government,corporate welfare,cronyism and corporatism,the police statefalse2298fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/state-coercion-and-the-injustice-of-apartheid--60039796State Coercion and the Injustice of Apartheid ]]>139007Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn publicly opposing apartheid, William H. Hutt saw how legal segregation kept black South Africans from pursuing legitimate economic goals. To Hutt, apartheid deprived people of equality of economic opportunity, which kept them in poverty.Original...State Coercion and the Injustice of Apartheid ]]>506big government,bureaucracy and regulation,economic policy,property rightsfalse2294fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/free-market-profit-comes-from-voluntary-exchange-not-exploitation--60039793Free-Market Profit Comes From Voluntary Exchange, not Exploitation ]]>139013Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteProgressives claim that profits are an unjust transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich. In reality, entrepreneurs earn profits by directing resources from less valued to more valued uses to satisfy consumer needs.Original Article:...Free-Market Profit Comes From Voluntary Exchange, not Exploitation ]]>410capitalism,economic freedom,free marketsfalse2300fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-intellectual-humility-of-the-spontaneous-order--59993235The Intellectual Humility of the Spontaneous Order]]>138994Sun, 12 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteF.A. Hayek coined the term spontaneous order to point out that the prosperous societies are also societies where people are free to pursue their own goals. The result is, ironically, harmony that cannot come about through central state...The Intellectual Humility of the Spontaneous Order]]>672free markets,hayek,libertarianism,subjectivismfalse2291fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-war-on-poverty-makes-poverty-worse--59993225The War on Poverty Makes Poverty Worse ]]>138995Sun, 12 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteGovernment officials like to claim they are doing something about reducing poverty. The trouble is, of course, that what they are doing makes things worse. Here on Income Tax Day, we recommend that next time, they should do nothing.Original Article:...The War on Poverty Makes Poverty Worse ]]>277politics,poverty,progressivism,taxes and spendingfalse2292fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/artificially-low-interest-rates-are-creating-economic-chaos--59992378Artificially Low Interest Rates Are Creating Economic Chaos  ]]>138988Sun, 12 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn this review of Edward Chancellor’s The Price of Time, Joakim Book notes that a market economy cannot function correctly when central bankers manipulate interest rates.Original Article:...Artificially Low Interest Rates Are Creating Economic Chaos  ]]>425book reviews,free markets,the fed,u.s. economyfalse2285fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-havana-syndrome-russian-aggression-or-another-media-conspiracy-theory--59992373Is “Havana Syndrome” Russian Aggression or Another Media Conspiracy Theory? ]]>138991Sun, 12 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAccording to a recent 60 Minutes broadcast, Russian agents are suspected of launching microwave rays at US diplomats abroad. The problem is that many of these stories are technologically implausible. Maybe skepticism is in order here.Original Article:...Is “Havana Syndrome” Russian Aggression or Another Media Conspiracy Theory? ]]>358media and culture,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2288fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-optimistic-strategy-for-liberty--59992371An Optimistic Strategy for Liberty ]]>138992Sun, 12 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteA strategy for liberty must be both optimistic and realistic. Murray Rothbard understood that important point and laid out strategies and their moral justification.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/optimistic-strategy-liberty An Optimistic Strategy for Liberty ]]>675free markets,libertarianism,progressivism,strategyfalse2289fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fixing-fdr-s-biggest-blunder-from-gold-standard-to-fiat-folly-and-back--59992365Fixing FDR’s Biggest Blunder: From Gold Standard to Fiat Folly and Back ]]>138990Sun, 12 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteOn this day ninety-one years ago President Franklin D. Roosevelt via executive order seized gold legally held by Americans, criminalizing the use of sound money. Our economy and our nation has never recovered from this act.Original Article:...Fixing FDR’s Biggest Blunder: From Gold Standard to Fiat Folly and Back ]]>406economic policy,monetary policy,money and banks,u.s. historyfalse2287fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-the-informal-economy-creates-free-markets-in-bolivia--59992362How the “Informal” Economy Creates Free Markets in Bolivia  ]]>138989Sun, 12 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteBolivia has been mired in poverty, hyperinflation, and state control of the economy for generations. It is time for a change, and the Alasitas Fair is leading the way.Original Article:...How the “Informal” Economy Creates Free Markets in Bolivia  ]]>327big government,interventionism,socialismfalse2286fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/abolish-all-treason-and-sedition-laws--59992361Abolish all Treason and Sedition Laws ]]>138993Sun, 12 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteStates know that treason and sedition laws are about much more than matters of law and order. They are essential components of enhancing state power. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/abolish-all-treason-and-sedition-laws Abolish all Treason and Sedition Laws ]]>698law,legal system,world historyfalse2290fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-eu-law-has-made-the-internet-less-free-for-everyone-else--59908365How EU Law Has Made the Internet Less Free for Everyone Else  ]]>138965Tue, 07 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteLike the Biden administration, the European Union elites are seeking to crush free speech on the Internet in the name of preventing “hate speech” and “disinformation.” Of course, the EU ruling classes won’t have to worry about being censored.Original...How EU Law Has Made the Internet Less Free for Everyone Else  ]]>535big government,bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,socialismfalse2281fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thanks-to-government-animal-control-stray-animals-rule-my-neighborhood--59908361Thanks to Government Animal Control, Stray Animals Rule My Neighborhood  ]]>138964Tue, 07 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAnimal control officers are supposed to, well, control animals in a municipal area. But thanks to animal control policies, it's the stray animals that are in control of our author’s town.Original Article:...Thanks to Government Animal Control, Stray Animals Rule My Neighborhood  ]]>408bureaucracy and regulation,law,libertarianism,the police statefalse2280fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-is-the-purpose-of-economic-theory--59908360What Is the Purpose of Economic Theory?  ]]>138969Tue, 07 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteMainstream economists believe that economic theory is valid when it “predicts” economic actions or trends. Austrian economists, however, say that the purpose of economic theory is to explain economic events.Original Article:...What Is the Purpose of Economic Theory?  ]]>494philosophy,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalse2284fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/creating-wealth-the-cantillon-or-the-smith-way--59908359Creating Wealth: The Cantillon or the Smith Way  ]]>138962Tue, 07 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteAlthough mainstream economists hold that Adam Smith is the father of modern economics, it was Richard Cantillon that recognized the centrality of entrepreneurship in economic development. Original Article:...Creating Wealth: The Cantillon or the Smith Way  ]]>582cantillon,entrepreneurship,the entrepreneur,world historyfalse2278fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mises-in-argentina-lessons-of-the-past-for-today--59908353Mises in Argentina: Lessons of the Past for Today  ]]>138966Tue, 07 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn 1959, Ludwig von Mises gave lectures on economics in Argentina, where the economy was in steep decline. In the 1920s, Argentina was one of the world's wealthiest countries, but decades of Peronism and inflation started the country on the long road...Mises in Argentina: Lessons of the Past for Today  ]]>357economic policy,history of the austrian school,inflation,price controlsfalse2282fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/economic-education-has-become-economic-disinformation--59908348Economic Education Has Become Economic Disinformation  ]]>138967Tue, 07 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe attempt by the mainstream economics profession to create economic literacy has turned into a movement to promote economic illiteracy.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-education-has-become-economic-disinformation  Economic Education Has Become Economic Disinformation  ]]>341economic policy,education,keynes,philosophy and methodologyfalse2283fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-campus-protesters-and-their-critics-get-right-and-wrong--59908344What the Campus Protesters and Their Critics Get Right and Wrong  ]]>138961Tue, 07 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile these students are right to oppose the horrific Israeli attacks on Gaza, many of the protests reflect leftist groupthink and typical higher education collectivism.Original Article:...What the Campus Protesters and Their Critics Get Right and Wrong  ]]>521big government,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2277fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/opposing-military-intervention-loving-dictators-or-hating-war--59908343Opposing Military Intervention: Loving Dictators or Hating War?  ]]>138963Tue, 07 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhy have some Americans opposed this nation’s involvement in foreign wars? According to Jacob Heilbrunn of The National Interest, it is because those Americans love bloody dictators like Adolph Hitler.Original Article:...Opposing Military Intervention: Loving Dictators or Hating War?  ]]>428politics,u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2279fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/does-libertarianism-reject-communities-libertarianism-actually-strengthens-them--59866788Does Libertarianism Reject Communities? Libertarianism Actually Strengthens Them  ]]>138948Sun, 05 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteA common knock on libertarianism is that it is so individualistic that it rejects the concept of community. (Think of the political cartoon in which the libertarian lifeguard let people drown.) In truth, strong communities also need free...Does Libertarianism Reject Communities? Libertarianism Actually Strengthens Them  ]]>435libertarianism,philosophy,property rightsfalse2274fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/privatize-driver-s-licenses--59866783Privatize Driver’s Licenses  ]]>138947Sun, 05 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstitutePeople often stubbornly hold to false beliefs, one of them being that government regulation of driving prevents chaos. However, the opposite seems to be true: government involvement in anything, including driving a car, creates the chaos we claim we...Privatize Driver’s Licenses  ]]>326anarchy,bureaucracy and regulation,law,politicsfalse2273fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/low-time-preference-leads-to-civilization--59866779Low Time Preference Leads to Civilization  ]]>138943Sun, 05 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteEconomists use time preference to explain the existence of interest, but the ability of people to postpone some present consumption in order to save for the future has much broader social ramifications. Original Article:...Low Time Preference Leads to Civilization  ]]>320capital and interest theory,praxeology,production theoryfalse2269fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-the-west-is-giving-up-on-individual-rights--59866778Why the West Is Giving Up on Individual Rights  ]]>138944Sun, 05 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteIndividual rights originated in Western thinking. Today, it is the West that produces the ruling class that disdains individual rights and replaces them with collectivism.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-west-giving-individual-rights  Why the West Is Giving Up on Individual Rights  ]]>487economic freedom,liberalism,media and culture,politicsfalse2270fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/javier-milei-vs-the-status-quo--59866772Javier Milei vs. the Status Quo  ]]>138945Sun, 05 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteUnsurprisingly, Javier Milei’s free-market and antistate initiatives face opposition in Argentina. Whether he is successful depends on his being able to politically outlast his collectivist opposition.Original Article:...Javier Milei vs. the Status Quo  ]]>400antipolitics,free markets,socialism,strategyfalse2271fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/conservatives-are-wrong-on-economics-here-s-how-to-fix-the-problem--59866771Conservatives Are Wrong on Economics. Here’s How to Fix the Problem.  ]]>138949Sun, 05 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile conservatives and followers of Austrian economics often have much in common, many conservatives are against free trade and free exchange. Austrians need to carefully explain why those beliefs are harmful.Original Article:...Conservatives Are Wrong on Economics. Here’s How to Fix the Problem.  ]]>642bureaucracy and regulation,capitalism,philosophy and methodology,protectionism and free tradefalse2275fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cowardice-not-courage-led-house-republicans-to-side-with-the-democrats--59866763Cowardice, Not Courage, Led House Republicans to Side with the Democrats  ]]>138946Sun, 05 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe New York Times recently characterized House Republicans that voted to extend government domestic spying and continue to fund wars in the Middle East and Ukraine as “the adults in the room.” This is ironic, as real adults would not spend the...Cowardice, Not Courage, Led House Republicans to Side with the Democrats  ]]>416big government,media and culture,politics,war and foreign policyfalse2272fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fbi-and-cia-are-enemies-of-the-american-people--59866762The FBI and CIA Are Enemies of the American People  ]]>138950Sun, 05 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe only answer lies in eviscerating their budgets, abolishing their enabling legislation, and encouraging aggressive lawfare against the regime in retribution for these agencies' many crimes.Original Article:...The FBI and CIA Are Enemies of the American People  ]]>659the police state,u.s. historyfalse2276fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/biden-perpetuates-washington-s-idiotic-steel-trade-policies--59777592Biden Perpetuates Washington’s Idiotic Steel Trade Policies  ]]>138897Thu, 02 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteBiden 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  ]]>793cronyism and corporatism,economic policy,protectionism and free trade,u.s. historyfalse2268fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/butler-butt-out--59751576Butler, Butt Out!  ]]>138890Wed, 01 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteFeminist 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!  ]]>419liberalism,media and culture,philosophy,progressivismfalse2261fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-need-to-do-with-the-state-what-we-have-done-to-slavery--59866787We Need to Do with the State What We Have Done to Slavery  ]]>138893Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile chattel slavery exists in some parts of the world, it mostly has been abolished. Perhaps we should do the same thing to the state.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/we-need-do-state-what-we-have-done-slavery  We Need to Do with the State What We Have Done to Slavery  ]]>451anarchy,big government,economic freedom,economic policyfalse2265fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wokism-marxism-and-the-failures-of-academic-liberalism--59866786Wokism, Marxism and the Failures of Academic “Liberalism”  ]]>138896Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteThe academic world is supposed to serve as a beacon of enlightenment. Instead, as Wanjiru Njoya demonstrates, it promotes a failed liberalism.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/wokism-marxism-and-failures-academic-liberalism  Wokism, Marxism and the Failures of Academic “Liberalism”  ]]>822liberalism,libertarianism,media and culture,philosophyfalse2267fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anarchy-state-and-utopia-robustly-against-redistributive-taxation-for-50-years--59866785Anarchy, State and Utopia: Robustly against Redistributive Taxation for 50 Years  ]]>138891Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteRobert Nozick’s Anarchy, State and Utopia turns fifty this year, and this libertarian classic has stood the test of time.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/anarchy-state-and-utopia-robustly-against-redistributive-taxation-50-years  Anarchy, State and Utopia: Robustly against Redistributive Taxation for 50 Years  ]]>401anarchy,book reviews,libertarianism,taxes and spendingfalse2263fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-there-be-justice-outside-of-the-state-yes--59866784Can There Be Justice Outside of the State? Yes  ]]>138894Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000Mises InstitutePeople have come to believe that only the state is morally qualified to create and maintain a system of justice. However, given that the state itself acts unjustly, perhaps it is time to look outside of the state.Original Article:...Can There Be Justice Outside of the State? Yes  ]]>580big government,bureaucracy and regulation,law,legal systemfalse2266fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-uk-is-reverting-to-railway-socialism--59866780The UK Is Reverting to Railway Socialism  ]]>138892Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteGreat Britain are shifting back toward railway nationalization. Of course, the vaunted railway privatization of the 1990s wasn’t real privatization at all. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/uk-reverting-railway-socialism  The UK Is Reverting to Railway Socialism  ]]>487big government,politics,progressivism,socialismfalse2263fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-libertarianism-just-another-form-of-critical-theory--59866773Is Libertarianism Just Another Form of Critical Theory?  ]]>138895Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000Mises InstituteLibertarianism is criticized on all sides, but a new criticism has emerged that claims libertarianism is little more than another form of critical theory. Like the other complaints, this one is based on fallacious thinking.Original Article:...Is Libertarianism Just Another Form of Critical Theory?  ]]>642libertarianism,media and culture,philosophyfalse2267fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hair-of-the-dog-progressives-in-congress-need-another-hit-of-low-interest-rates--59625427Hair of the Dog — Progressives in Congress Need Another Hit of Low Interest Rates  ]]>138833Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs 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...Hair of the Dog — Progressives in Congress Need Another Hit of Low Interest Rates  ]]>515booms and busts,economic policy,inflation,the fedfalse2255fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-statism-destroyed-argentina--59625423How Statism Destroyed Argentina  ]]>138835Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteIn 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:...How Statism Destroyed Argentina  ]]>418big government,bureaucracy and regulation,history of the austrian school,political theoryfalse2257fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/iran-s-attack-on-israel-provides-an-opportunity-to-de-escalate--59625422Iran's Attack on Israel Provides an Opportunity to De-escalate  ]]>138838Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteRecent 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  ]]>469big government,u.s. history,war and foreign policy,world historyfalse2260fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/artificial-intelligence-and-irrational-fears--59625420138834Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs 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...398bureaucracy and regulation,coordination,economic policy,the entrepreneurfalse2256fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hazards-of-colorblind-equality--59625419The Hazards of "Colorblind Equality"  ]]>138837Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteWhile “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  The Hazards of "Colorblind Equality"  ]]>944cronyism and corporatism,liberalism,media and culture,property rightsfalse2259fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/california-s-crony-capitalist-minimum-wage-law--59625406California’s Crony Capitalist Minimum Wage Law  ]]>138832Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteCalifornia’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  California’s Crony Capitalist Minimum Wage Law  ]]>459bureaucracy and regulation,cronyism and corporatism,labor and wages,unemploymentfalse2254fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/murray-rothbard-understood-the-importance-of-self-ownership--59625401Murray Rothbard Understood the Importance of Self-Ownership  ]]>138836Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteAs 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:...Murray Rothbard Understood the Importance of Self-Ownership  ]]>329education,philosophy and methodology,rationalismfalse2258fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nigerian-people-vs-nysc-decree-no-24-of-1973-an-austro-libertarian-review--59625190The Nigerian People vs. NYSC Decree No. 24 of 1973: An Austro-libertarian Review  ]]>138831Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteFor 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:...The Nigerian People vs. NYSC Decree No. 24 of 1973: An Austro-libertarian Review  ]]>453big government,labor and wages,libertarianismfalse2253fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/navigating-the-slippery-slope-how-hoover-s-interventions-paved-the-way-for-the-great-depression--59491750Navigating the Slippery Slope: How Hoover’s Interventions Paved the Way for the Great Depression  ]]>138734Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteOne 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...Navigating the Slippery Slope: How Hoover’s Interventions Paved the Way for the Great Depression  ]]>739booms and busts,economic policy,the fed,u.s. historyfalse2245fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hazlitt-against-keynes-on-unemployment-and-wages-a-lesson-for-modern-macroeconomics--59491749Hazlitt Against Keynes on Unemployment and Wages: A Lesson for Modern Macroeconomics  ]]>138736Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteHenry Hazlitt's The Failure of the New Economics remains the best criticism of J.M. Keynes's General Theory.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/hazlitt-against-keynes-unemployment-and-wages-lesson-modern-macroeconomics  Hazlitt Against Keynes on Unemployment and Wages: A Lesson for Modern Macroeconomics  ]]>970keynes,other schools of thought,philosophy and methodology,praxeologyfalse2247fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bureaucracy-and-grove-city-college-how-one-college-resisted-the-bureaucratization-of-higher-education--59491748Bureaucracy and Grove City College: How One College Resisted the Bureaucratization of Higher Education  ]]>138738Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:30:00 +0000Mises InstituteToday 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  ]]>895bureaucracy and regulation,media and culture,progressivism,socialismfalse2249full