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Monthly Archive: November 2024

Freedom of Association and Cancel Culture

2024-11-06

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2024-11-06

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...

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The Myth of the Entrepreneurial State

2024-11-06

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2024-11-06

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...

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Whose Property Is It?

2024-11-06

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2024-11-06

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...

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Ignore The New Power Demographic at Your Own Risk: Young Male Voters

2024-11-06

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2024-11-06

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...

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The State’s War Against Hate

2024-11-06

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2024-11-06

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...

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Mute Buttons: Two Ways the School Complex Muzzles Parents and Students

2024-11-06

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2024-11-06

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...

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Why Democracy Has Such Staying Power

2024-11-06

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2024-11-06

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...

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Why Is Gold Surging?

2024-11-06

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2024-11-06

Record deficit spending, soaring money supply, and inflation are among the likely responses we would hear from investors to the question of why gold is surging. Instead of presuming those or other market narratives about gold prices are correct, let’s analyze historical correlations between gold and economic and market data. In addition to helping you better appreciate why gold is surging, our analysis will help you recognize that market...

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Rise in bankruptcies of Swiss companies

2024-11-06

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2024-11-06

Significant increase in company bankruptcies Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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Why Trump’s Victory Matters, and Why It Doesn’t

2024-11-06

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2024-11-06

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...

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Tax Cuts without Spending Cuts Won’t Reduce the Taxpayers’ Burden

2024-11-06

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2024-11-06

As this election cycle has demonstrated yet again, Democrats are not shy about calling for tax increases. In every election cycle they call for more taxes, whether through corporate taxes or through taxes on unrealized capital gains. Donald Trump, meanwhile, has pledged to cut some taxes. I say “some” because Trump has also pledged to raise taxes on imports.Nonetheless, Trump ran on the idea that he would reduce the tax burden on Americans if...

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U.S. Election Swing States 2024 vs 2020

2024-11-06

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2024-11-06

    2024 vs 2020 same time vs 2020 final     Time 05:32 UTC   2024  Nov6 05:36 UTC Nov 4, 2020 05:32 2024 near Final (Nov 18) Overall (image from Foxnews) Overall Harris: 59,248,216 votes Trump: 63,797,332 votes Biden: 60,995,579 votes (49.8%) Trump: 59,639,660 votes (48.6%) Biden: 79,308,019 votes (51%) Trump: 73,483,233 votes (47.3%) Georgia (screen) …

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Slavery and Collective Guilt

2024-11-05

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2024-11-05

Much has been said about the role of slavery in the history of the United States, and while that history cannot be recounted in a brief article, it is important to clarify some of the ethical principles underpinning the institution of slavery in light of contemporary debates about reparations for slavery. A number of states have expressed an intention to pay slavery reparations. For example, the New York Times reports that,Almost 200 years after...

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The Menace of the State

2024-11-05

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2024-11-05

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...

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Unemployment in the Biden & Trump Economies

2024-11-05

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2024-11-05

Both the current President and his predecessor claim credit for low unemployment. To what extent are recent lows in unemployment rates due to the policies of these two Presidents’ policies?There are several causes of low unemployment. First, reducing minimum wage rates lowers unemployment, mostly for teens. Higher minimum wage rates correlate with higher unemployment rates (see the next graph). The real purchasing power of the current $7.25 minimum...

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Residential Construction Jobs At Risk

2024-11-05

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2024-11-05

The number of residential construction workers has almost doubled since the aftermath of the financial crisis and housing bust. The graph below on the left shows that after a brief hiccup during the early days of the pandemic, the number of jobs in residential construction continued to rise despite higher interest rates. Moreover, the job …

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Election Day! Plan For Volatility

2024-11-05

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2024-11-05

With Election Day finally here, markets are bracing for potential volatility. History shows that the stock market can react unpredictably to election outcomes, especially when the results are unclear or contested. In past elections, sudden policy shifts, political uncertainty, or contentious outcomes caused heightened volatility—making it essential to prepare your portfolio now to weather whatever …

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No Matter Who Wins, Half the Country Won’t Believe in the Election

2024-11-05

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2024-11-05

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...

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Nervous Calm Hangs over the Markets

2024-11-05

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2024-11-05

Overview: A nervous calm hangs over the markets as the US goes to the polls. The proximity of the presidential contest warns that the results may not been known as soon as people hope. Indeed, many fear the voting simply begins the next phase of the contest, with premature declarations of victory and disputes over votes. The dollar is in mostly narrow ranges today, but the Antipodeans and Scandis are the strongest, and the Reserve Bank of Australia...

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Milei’s Political Caste

2024-11-05

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2024-11-05

All government agencies intervene in people’s lives and liberty. The entire government bureaucracy exists precisely to do that. These agencies have an impact on social life and facilitate government spending. Whoever holds these positions, with matching differences in power and relevance levels, will serve at least a minimally statist agenda. In consequence, unless an agency and everything to do with its inner workings is completely abolished, the...

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