Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Why the Fed Isn’t Really Independent
Bob analyzes the myth of Federal Reserve independence, exposing its political nature and long history of serving power.
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Classical Liberalism and the Woke Right Extremists
The “woke left” and “woke right” are lumped together as two types of “woke.” But it is intellectually lazy and obscures truth to identify all opponents as the same because of superficial similarities.
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Why the Remnant Must Not Go Silent
As both left and right throw freedom and free markets over the side, we remember that there still is a remnant that understands why these things make for a good society. Albert J. Nock eloquently reminds us of what we are losing.
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The Road to Hyperinflation
Red + green = brown. Mark Thornton shows how towering debt and easy money set the stage for hyperinflation.
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Interventionist Non-Interventionism
While libertarians, and many conservatives, often rightly discuss problems of government intervention, there is a counterintuitive category where the government simultaneously monopolizes, taxes, and refuses to provide promised services.
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Pronatalism and Intervention Spirals: The Eastern Case
After being bamboozled by the fake crisis of “overpopulation” for a half-century, the nations with advanced economies are coming to grips with the “birth dearth” problems ahead of them. Not surprisingly, governments are compounding their earlier anti-population errors.
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Politicizing a Politicized Fed and the Value of Leisure
Jonathan Newman joins Ryan and Connor this week to discuss the latest developments in Trump’s campaign to “takeover” the Fed, the current state of the jobs market, and the misconceptions people have about how economists value the choice not to work.
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Liberating Liberty: A Dutch Treat
In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Liberating Liberty; Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness and the Creator of Man by Bert Schwitters, praising the author's insights into the founding of the United States.
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The Jobs Economy Worsens as Full-Time Work and Manufacturing Jobs Disappear
Total job gains have now averaged a paltry 29,000 for the past three months. The job growth we do see is part-time work.
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Central banks now hold more gold than US Treasuries for the first time in 30 years
For the first time since 1996, central banks’ foreign exchange holdings hold more gold than US Treasuries.
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How 1971 Broke the Economy—And Why Only Austrians Can Fix It
Nixon’s 1971 decision didn’t just close a gold window—it opened the door to a fiat future of perpetual inflation, asset bubbles, moral hazard, and chronic economic dysfunction.
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Donald Trump and the Mythology of Expert Governance
President Trump’s attempts to remake federal agencies has generated fierce opposition from progressives, who believe that government led by experts can solve most of our problems. Reality tells us something different.
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Did the United States Have Only One Founder?
When most people speak of the founders of the United States, Thomas Paine rarely comes to mind. However, few men were more influential in rallying the American colonials to independence.
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Major conservative split over Israel spills out into the open at NatCon
Conservatives increasingly oppose the socialist State of Israel, and want out of the US's pro-Israel wars. The old guard is very mad about this.
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What Happened to the Profit and Loss System?
Profits and losses play an important role in a free market system. However, as government intervenes to protect politically-connected firms from losses, the entire market becomes distorted and less reliable.
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DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into FOMC’s Lisa Cook
Cook allegedly committed mortgage fraud, but the prosecution is really part of an effort to put more Trump personnel on the Fed Board of Governors.
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The US Now Has More Unemployed People than Job Openings
This does not bode well for new potential workers entering the labor force. Remarkably, things look especially bad for recent college graduates.
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Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules
Trump claimed he could single-handedly raise taxes (tariffs) under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The appeals court disagreed.
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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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The Unjustified Conflict: Grant’s Memoirs on the Mexican-American War
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The Lane Train (And the Rest of College Football Madness) Has Been Fueled by Easy Money
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16 Jahre Gewinnwachstum: Warum diese Aktie trotzdem 75% verlor! -
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