Historian Richard Hofstadter was a well-known progressive, but his take on Abraham Lincoln certainly differs from the hagiographic approach most US historians take toward him.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Thanksgiving: A Celebration of Domestic Life
For 150 years, Thanksgiving has been primarily an apolitical holiday that's really about family fun and eating a huge meal.
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The Economics of Santa Claus
A satirical essay from a 1978 classroom, speculating about what it would cost to become Santa.
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Warren Harding: A Sinner in the Hands of Angry Progressives
Warren Harding provides a case for how lies and myths—in the name of the truth—can be centralized and become the dominant narrative for generations, shaping views on policy.
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Thanksgiving Is a Celebration of Free Enterprise
The first English settlers in America learned a hard lesson about socialist economics in the early years of their new colonies as they faced starvation. Once they embraced free enterprise, however, they had something to be thankful for.
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Thanksgiving: A Celebration of Domestic Life
For 150 years, Thanksgiving has been primarily an apolitical holiday that's really about family fun and eating a huge meal.
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Thanksgiving Is a Celebration of Free Enterprise
The first English settlers in America learned a hard lesson about socialist economics in the early years of their new colonies as they faced starvation. Once they embraced free enterprise, however, they had something to be thankful for.
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The Perils of Our Bubblicious World
The worst bubble in human history is the government spending bubble, up from about 8 percent of GDP in 1900 to about 40 percent of GDP today. Column by Christopher Chantrill.
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What Have the Inflation-Mongers Wrought?
At 3 percent inflation over an 80-year lifetime, prices will multiply by a factor of more than 10. A dollar will become nine cents, but we would be told that “inflation is stable.”
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Delistings Jump 28% as Sellers Pull Homes Off Market Rather Than Settle For Low Prices
Realtors seem to think that rage-quitting the market will somehow make prices go up. Things won't go the way they hope.
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A Real Ukraine Peace Plan
It is unimaginably cruel to demand that Ukraine keep fighting our proxy war down to the last Ukrainian.
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No, You’re Not Hurting the Economy by Saving Money
As the economy worsens, expect to see more articles from legacy media about how saving money is actually bad for the economy. It's an old Keynesian myth.
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Government Chains Are Shackling Europe
Europe’s eye-watering tax levels are a leading cause of stagnation of European economies, as well as the symptom par excellence of statist gluttony.
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Study: Israeli Forces Likely Killed More Than 100,000 Palestinians in Gaza
The research aligns with two other studies on the Gaza death toll, which have found the real number of violent deaths is likely around 40% higher than what the Gaza Health Ministry has reported.
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How 50-Year Mortgages Turn Home Owners into Renters
50-year mortgages are likely to increase the likelihood of more "owners" becoming underwater and walking away from their mortgages. This will lead to more bailouts for the financial sector. Taxpayers will pay the price.
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CBS reports that Ukraine accepts the new peace proposal
"The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal," the U.S. official told CBS News. "There are some minor details to be sorted out but they have agreed to a peace deal."
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Families Are the Key to Building Alternatives to the State
From the perspective of the state, the ideal society is one composed of single parents raising a small number of children in irreligious households.
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Electricity Prices Rise as A.I. Data Centers Proliferate
AI data centers are key: Data centers are expected to consume anywhere from 6.7% to 12% of total U.S. electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
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SNB Sight Deposits: increased by 5.2 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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