Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Calls for “Unity” Help the Federal Government Seize More Power
In the United States, since no state is allowed to ever leave, or to even control its own borders, this will lead to more centralized political power in every way.
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Uncertain Money and Uncertain Times
Consumer confidence is low while Jerome Powell claims he doesn’t care much about the price of precious metals.
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History Is Not a Mathematical Calculation
Understanding history is not about understanding formulas or narratives. Instead, we must understand the people who made history, their motives, and their goals.
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The Challenge of Distinguishing History from Fiction
What happens when historical fiction becomes a more accurate portrayal than the version of history given by mainstream historians?
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Stop Fighting Your Neighbor: The Mechanics of State Power and How to Opt Out
The modern state doesn’t get its power from the consent of the governed. Instead, it creates crises and then uses coercion to demand obedience.
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Trump’s Keynesian Plan for Ukraine
President Trump’s plan to “rebuild” Ukraine following the destruction from warfare with Russia is a combination of Keynesianism and crony capitalism.
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In Support of the Austrian Business Cycle Theory
Critics of the Austrian Business Cycle Theory claim that capital investors over time will no longer be fooled by artificially-low interest rates triggered by central banks. However, when central banks push easy money policies, the inflation itself sets the ABCT pattern in motion.
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State & Families: Friends or Foes?
Last week, I joined Fr. Robert McTeigue on the Catholic Current podcast to discuss birth rates and how government policy affects families and families formation.
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Stop Fighting Your Neighbor: The Mechanics of State Power and How to Opt Out
The modern state doesn’t get its power from the consent of the governed. Instead, it creates crises and then uses coercion to demand obedience.
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Brazil’s Social Function Trap: When Property Becomes Conditional, Markets Become Political
While Brazil calls itself a constitutional democracy that has a market economy, private property and markets themselves are subject to conditions set by the government itself.
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History Is Not a Mathematical Calculation
Understanding history is not about understanding formulas or narratives. Instead, we must understand the people who made history, their motives, and their goals.
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Machiavelli Is Dead: Why Politics Without Property Rights, Rules, and Moral Limits Cannot Work
Modern political economy is based upon a Machiavellian belief in might makes right. Yet, political power cannot accomplish what free markets and private property rights have done in lifting billions of people out of poverty.
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We Will Barro You
Economist Robert Barro has questioned the necessity of fighting a war in this country to end slavery. In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon looks at Barro's reasoning and finds it sound.
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Why Politicians Want Higher Home Prices
Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute and Christopher Calton of the Independent Institute talk about why politicians want higher home prices. Even Trump now admits he wants higher home prices, and it's because older voters want their asset prices to go up forever.
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Machiavelli Is Dead: Why Politics Without Property Rights, Rules, and Moral Limits Cannot Work
Modern political economy is based upon a Machiavellian belief in might makes right. Yet, political power cannot accomplish what free markets and private property rights have done in lifting billions of people out of poverty.
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The Ruthlessness and Brutality of the US Government
From time to time, the American people need to be reminded who is the boss. The boss is the US government. The citizenry are the serfs, the servants, the subordinates.
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A Rothbardian Perspective on ICE Agents in Minnesota
While the political climate demands allegiance to one side or another, a more reasoned view can be found through libertarian principles, supported by the words of Murray Rothbard.
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On Swiss National Bank
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SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 3.1 billion francs compared to the previous week
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SNB’s Chairman Schlegel: A few months of negative inflation wouldn’t be a problem
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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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