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Living by a Premise

2023-06-06

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2023-06-06

More than forty years ago, Leonard Read urged graduates of Hillsdale College to find a premise, a belief in a universal idea of liberty. Original Article: "Living by a Premise"

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Energy and Economic Efficiency: The Market versus the Politicization of Our Energy Futures

2023-06-05

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2023-06-05

Radical environmentalists have convinced people that we are doomed if we continue to use fossil fuels. We are doomed if we stop using them. Original Article: "Energy and Economic Efficiency: The Market versus the Politicization of Our Energy Futures"

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Rise of the Effete Authoritarians

2023-06-05

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2023-06-05

Here in the West, particularly in countries such as the United States and Canada, we have experienced radical political and cultural changes over the past several years, and the pace of these changes seems to have accelerated since 2020. In the minds of many, there is an almost palpable feeling that a switch has been thrown and that the relationship between citizens and the state has been permanently altered. Perhaps the most salient revelation in...

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The Five Stages of Bank Failure Grief

2023-06-04

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2023-06-04

We are familiar with the five stages of grief. However, it is not a stretch to apply those stages to what is happening to the banking system. Right now, we are in the second stage: anger. Original Article: "The Five Stages of Bank Failure Grief"

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Crowding Out: The Fed May Be Killing the Private Sector to Save the Government

2023-06-03

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2023-06-03

A "soft landing" is impossible unless the government cuts both taxes and government spending at the same time interest rates are rising. This won't happen, so get ready for a hard landing.  Original Article: "Crowding Out: The Fed May Be Killing the Private Sector to Save the Government"

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Bank of England Economist: Britons Need to Accept That They’re Poorer

2023-06-03

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2023-06-03

Although the Bank of England is largely responsible for inflation in the UK, its leaders blame British consumers and workers for the price increases. Original Article: "Bank of England Economist: Britons Need to Accept That They’re Poorer"

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Energy Prices

2023-06-03

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2023-06-03

While talk of high gas prices is no longer a headline issue, energy economics is still a vitally important aspect of understanding the economy, including the business cycle. Mark explains the basics, tells us where we now stand, and what the major implications are for the near future. Be sure to follow Minor Issues at Mises.org/MinorIssues.

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Coto Mixto: Anarchy in Galicia

2023-06-03

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2023-06-03

A concrete example of an anarchic order existed within Spain, on the current border between Spain and Portugal, in the kingdoms of Castilla and Galicia. By “anarchy” I mean the abolition of centralized power, not the abolition of authority as leftists conceive it to be. One such regime was called Coto Mixto. It was a small territory located in the basin of the Salas River. Coto Mixto’s residents avoided the control of Spain and Portugal from...

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Property Rights, Civilization, and Their Enemies

2023-06-03

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2023-06-03

[This article is adapted from a lecture delivered at the Reno Mises Circle in Reno, Nevada. on May 20, 2023.] It is not an exaggeration to say that property rights are a prerequisite for civilization. As Ludwig von Mises wrote in The Free and Prosperous Commonwealth: Private property creates for the individual a sphere in which he is free of the state. It sets limits to the operation of the authoritarian will. It allows other forces to arise side...

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The Whiskey Rebellion: A Model for Our Time?

2023-06-03

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2023-06-03

The Free Market 12, no. 9 (September 1994) In recent years, Americans have been subjected to a concerted assault upon their national symbols, holidays, and anniversaries. Washington's Birthday has been forgotten, and Christopher Columbus has been denigrated as an evil Euro-White male, while new and obscure anniversary celebrations have been foisted upon us. New heroes have been manufactured to represent "oppressed groups" and paraded...

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Summer Fellowship 2024

2023-06-02

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2023-06-02

Fellowships in Residence at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, are available to graduate students and post-docs interested in scientific research in the Austrian school and libertarian political economy. These Fellowships offer a unique opportunity for full-time research and writing in a particular area of specialization under the guidance of Institute faculty. The program targets students seeking careers as academic educators and researchers,...

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There’s No Place like Noam

2023-06-02

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2023-06-02

Noam Chomsky's latest offering—a series of interviews—presents the best (and worst) of one of America's premier public intellectuals. Original Article: "There's No Place like Noam"

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Opposing Critical Race Theory Doesn’t Make You a “White Supremacist”

2023-06-02

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2023-06-02

Kimberlé Crenshaw, one of the founders of critical race theory (CRT), recently decried what she called the “war on wokeness” (by which she seems to mean a war on CRT). According to her, this “war on wokeness” is “the road to an authoritarian state that’s paved through the history of white supremacy.” It’s true that the “war on wokeness” has taken on authoritarian overtones of late. Many Republicans are rejecting the ideas of pluralism and free...

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Do People Value Money Because They Need It to Pay Taxes?

2023-06-02

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2023-06-02

Per Bylund joins Bob to discuss his new paper at the QJAE, which points out several flaws in the MMT claim that money is valued in order to pay taxes. Per's QJAE article: Mises.org/HAP398a Do People Value Money Because They Need It to Pay Taxes? Video of Do People Value Money Because They Need It to Pay Taxes?

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Edmund Phelps on Egalitarianism

2023-06-02

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2023-06-02

The eminent economist Edmund Phelps is a “liberal” in the modern sense, not a libertarian, but in his recent book My Journeys in Economic Theory (Columbia University Press, 2023), he makes a number of points that those of us who are libertarians will find useful. Opponents of rights-based libertarianism like Andrew Koppelman in his book Burning Down the House say that without government welfare programs, the poor would perish. This outcome is fine...

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Biden Wants Sanctions for Uganda Because Its Government Passed Anti-LGBT Laws

2023-06-02

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2023-06-02

In an excellent display of how US foreign policy can be used as a means of pandering to domestic interest groups, the Biden administration has threatened to impose sanctions on Uganda as punishment for that regime's adoption of new laws criminalizing some types of homosexual behavior.  While it is abundantly clear that this move from the Ugandan state presents absolutely no threat to any vital US interest, the Biden administration apparently...

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Banks Are Lending Less Money, and That’s a Formula for Recession

2023-06-02

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2023-06-02

A new Fed survey shows that banks are cutting back on lending big time. Over the past thirty-five years, this almost always predicts recession. Our economy can't survive without endless new infusions of easy money.  Original Article: "Banks Are Lending Less Money, and That's a Formula for Recession"

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Is the US Banking Crisis Over? It Has Barely Begun

2023-06-02

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2023-06-02

According to some commentators, the US banking crises is over, or at least can be easily managed by the Federal Reserve System. In addition, the Fed chairman has vouched for the health of the US banking sector. However, the banking crisis is likely in its early stages. What has started as the collapse of regional banks is likely to spread to national banks. The key reason for that is the decline in the pool of savings and continuation of fractional...

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Government Redistribution Is the REAL Trickle-Down Economics

2023-06-01

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2023-06-01

President Biden recently claimed that "trickle-down economics" doesn't work but transferring wealth from taxpayers to politically connected people is the real trickle-down economics. Original Article: "Government Redistribution Is the REAL Trickle-Down Economics"

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The Attack on the Western Tradition

2023-06-01

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2023-06-01

[This article is adapted from a lecture delivered at the Reno Mises Circle in Reno, Nevada. on May 20, 2023.] We are faced today with a concentrated attack on the great thinkers of the Western tradition, who are dismissed as “dead white European males.” Robert Nozick used to say that what offended him most in this phrase was the word “dead.” It’s not nice to beat up on people who can’t fight back because they are no longer here! But the attack I’m...

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