Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org

Private Property: The Sacred Guardian of Individual Liberty

James Bovard makes a case that private property is the bulwark of liberty—spotlighting how courts, cops, and bureaucrats chip away at it.

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A Brief History of the Enduring American Embargo against Cuba

For 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.

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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics: A “Creative Betrayal” of Schumpeter’s Vision

In their 1990 paper, “A Model of Growth Through Creative Destruction,” 2025 Nobel winners Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt attempt to formalize Joseph Schumpeter's theory of “Creative Destruction.” Their mathematical model is not creative, but it is destructive of the theory itself.

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No, Tariffs Did Not Cause September’s Budget Surplus

September’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.

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How to Recognize Critical Race Theory

Despite 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.

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Birth of a Nation, Death of an Ideal

The US as a modern nation began in 1789, but between the Constitution and Alexander Hamilton’s national bank, the original ideal of liberty that drove the American Revolution had passed. We still are living in Hamilton’s country.

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The Rubio Doctrine: Neocons Are Back!

After John Bolton’s disastrous stint in the first Trump administration, promises were made that the second Trump administration would be neocon-free. Instead, the neocons are back.

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Greece’s Growth Story Needs Structure, Not Slogans

Stability has been earned. The next task is to convert it into structural strength.

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Recognizing the Roots of the Current US Political Turmoil

No 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 our culture.

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New Rothbard Letters Show He Rejected both Drug Abuse and the Drug War

"[T]hey see that their parents are pro-war, pro-militarism, and anti-sex, and they have become just the opposite ... and to become pro-drugs because their parents are hysterically opposed."

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The National Debt Soars Past $38 Trillion

Federal debt now increases at a shocking rate, with the US's debt increasing from $37 trillion to $38 trillion in just 73 days.

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The Questionable Rationale of Adjusting Data for Seasonality

When economists try to analyze the economy, one procedure is to remove the “seasonal” component from the data in order to account for trends and fluctuations. That collides with the thinking behind praxeology in which human beings engage in purposeful behavior.

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Recognizing the Roots of the Current US Political Turmoil

No 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 our culture.

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Javier Milei’s party wins mid-term elections

Milei's party won pluralities nationwide: “we will have 101 deputies instead of 37,” said Milei. “...in the Senate, we will go from 6 senators to 20."

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No, Tariffs Did Not Cause September’s Budget Surplus

The Treasury's monthly report showed a very large surplus for September. This was due to a big drop in spending, and to rising income tax revenues. Tariffs were an insignificant factor.

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A Brief History of the Enduring American Embargo against Cuba

For 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.

Read More »

How to Recognize Critical Race Theory

Despite 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.

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Reading Markets the Austrian Way

Mark Thornton reviews David Howden’s commodity playbook for long-term investors.

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Supporters Summit 2025

The Mises Institute 2025 Supporters Summit in Delray Beach, Florida. This event explores the theme of economic freedom and makes the case for the system of private property.

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2025 Supporters Summit

The Mises Institute 2025 Supporters Summit in Delray Beach, Florida. This event explores the theme of economic freedom and makes the case for the system of private property.

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