"The precious metal has soared this year as investors seek a safe haven from a weaker dollar and geopolitical and economic uncertainty."
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Imports and Developing Countries: Countering the Myths of Western Exploitation
An enduring myth is that imports from industrialized western countries have decimated production of goods in developing countries. Economic history tells a much different story.
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The US Spent Over $31 Billion Aiding Israel in the Past Two Years
Israel has received over $21 billion in military aid from the US and Washington has bombed Iran and Yemen for Tel Aviv.
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Wisconsin judge orders election officials to check citizenship of registered voters
The verification process for 3.6 million voters must be completed before the February 18 statewide primary election.
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Brightline and Train Subsidy Failures
Instead of squandering taxpayer money, Congress should cut Brightline subsidies to zero.
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Letters to Frank Meyer Reveal Rothbard’s Views on Lincoln, Slavery, and Popular Sovereignty
“The Civil War was really the watershed,” he wrote Meyer. “Lincoln was America’s first dictator, and almost all the Republican Acts were monstrous.”
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Abolish the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Murray Rothbard recognized that the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides the lifeblood for government intervention. It doesn't need to be “reformed,” but rather should be outright abolished.
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The Importance of Time in Explaining Asset Bubbles
Jonathan Newman joins Bob to unpack Eliezer Yudkowsky’s viral bubble theory and contrasts it with the Austrian view of boom-bust cycles.
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Individualism and the Violence of the Identitarian Left
Leftists 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 pursuing.
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Why Taxes Were So Hated in the Middle Ages
During 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.
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Now Accepting Applications: Theory Development Workshop at Oklahoma State University (with Per Bylund)
Mises Institute Senior Fellow Per Bylund will lead a new workshop on "Exploring & Developing New Theoretical Approaches to Market-Based Management & Entrepreneurship." Now accepting applications.
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Money Supply Fluctuations and Business Cycles
Milton Friedman and the Monetarists believed that fluctuations in the money supply caused the boom-and-bust business cycles. Their solution—keeping money growth slow and steady—would still lead to business cycles.
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Why Taxes Were So Hated in the Middle Ages
During 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.
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The Liberal Conundrum: When the Wrong Party Takes Power
For decades, the expansion of the executive branch’s authority has empowered unelected agency “experts” and fueled the rise of an imperial presidency.
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Individualism and the Violence of the Identitarian Left
Leftists 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 pursuing.
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The Economics of AI: Dispelling Fears and Embracing Entrepreneurship
Artificial Intelligence, for all of the fear-mongering taking place, simply is a tool that if applied in a free market setting will make our economy stronger, not weaker.
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Jefferson’s War on the Barbary Pirates Is an Unjustified Password for Military Intervention
Advocates 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.
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Inflation and Economic Growth
According 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.
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Interview: Alex Pollock on the Fed and Gold, Part I
In this special edition of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a discussion with Alex Pollock, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute.
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On Swiss National Bank
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SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 15 billion francs compared to the previous four weeks
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2025-07-31 – Interim results of the Swiss National Bank as at 30 June 2025
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SNB Brings Back Zero Percent Interest Rates
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Hold-up sur l’eau potable (2/2) : la supercherie de « l’hydrogène vert ». Par Vincent Held
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2025-06-25 – Quarterly Bulletin 2/2025
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