Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org

The UK Is in Economic and Social Freefall

Whatever 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.

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Bernie Sanders’s Clumsy and Dangerous Melody

As government control expands, the space for individual freedom contracts. This is not a historical accident, but the result of decades of planning and social engineering, where the autonomy of the average citizen is sacrificed on the altar of an omnipresent state.

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“The Warmth of Collectivism”: Beginning the Mamdani Era

In 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 lives.

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How Destructive Are Regulations?

Dr. Per Bylund explains how prosperity really comes from imaginative, risk-taking entrepreneurs rather than redistribution, and how regulations quietly kill off an unseen world of potential innovations and wealth that never gets a chance to exist.

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The Venezuelan War is a Racket

Donald 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.”

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Three Monetary Riddles for the New Year

The present monetary inflation without break is the longest on record. So, it's difficult to know how the current inflationary boom will finally unravel. But there are clues.

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Security, Fear, and Power: The Impossible Rest of States

The new “Donroe Doctrine” that is used to justify the US invasion of Venezuela is in line with how the state seizes power and then finds ways to justify actions that are unjustifiable.

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Fed’s Barkin says future rate changes should be fine-tuned using new economic data

Never forget that the Federal Reserve is a tool of central planning, in a style similar to any socialist state.

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The Aristotelian-Thomistic Roots of Austrian School

The 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.

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There Are No Good Outcomes in Trump’s Latest Attempt at Regime Change in Venezuela

The Trump administration wants Americans to believe that this latest intervention into Venezuela was a quick and definitive success. But, given enough time, there is essentially no way this can go well.

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U.S. Claims Western Hemispheric Domination, Denies that Russia Has Legitimate Security Interests On Its Own Border

America has declared Latin America to be in the USA's sphere of influence. Yet American "elites" also pretend that the idea doesn't exist if any other country invokes it.

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There Are No Good Outcomes in Trump’s Latest Attempt at Regime Change in Venezuela

The Trump administration wants Americans to believe that this latest intervention into Venezuela was a quick and definitive success. But, given enough time, there is essentially no way this can go well.

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One Good Thing Can Come From US Intervention in Greenland: The End of NATO

If the US annexes Greenland, NATO will have failed in one of its core purposes: to maintain the territorial status quo while outsourcing Europe's defense spending to the US taxpayer.

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Donald Trump, and Most Americans, Do Not Understand the Monroe Doctrine

Contrary to what most Americans seem to think. the essence of the Monroe Doctrine was a firm declaration to oppose European colonization of the Americas.

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Trump Rules Out Elections in Venezuela, Anticipates Sending Troops to Occupy Venezuela

Trump has declared elections to be out of the question, and instead says he expects to send troops to occupy Venezuela.

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The Aristotelian-Thomistic Roots of Austrian School

The 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.

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Time Stolen by the State: Why Infrastructure Fails under Chronic Interventionism

Infrastructure can be built under freedom because freedom disciplines action. Under coercion, it becomes theater.

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Calhoun’s Doctrine of the Concurrent Majority

Sensing 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.

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Regime Change and Nation-Building Are Back!

The operation is launched and the “objectives” are quickly reached. Or so they claim. But then it all falls apart. We become poorer as the special interests get richer.

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Liberating the American University

Dr. Peter Klein explains why truly “liberating the American university” means cutting all state ownership, funding, and regulation—not just tweaking DEI programs or research grants—and letting genuinely private institutions compete to provide higher education.

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