Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org

The Young Rothbard: An Uncomfortable Neoclassical Economist

When Rothbard wrote his treatise Man, Economy, and State, he was a well-trained neoclassical economist who was completely conversant with the research methods and various strands of doctrine that composed the emerging neoclassical synthesis.

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War, Taxes, and the National Science Foundation

Scientists have been transformed into grant hunters, and that gives them lots of incentives to lobby for even more federal funding. So, scientists themselves are among the most up in arms at the proposed cuts to federal research funding among universities today.

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The Sad Legacy of the Bush Political Dynasty: George H.W. Bush

As we look at the current sad state of affairs of American governance, we ask how we got to this point in the first place. The presidency of George H.W. Bush is a good place to start.

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The End of Bolivian Socialism: Freedom or Renewed Statism?

Socialism may have failed, as it always does, in Bolivia, but that unfortunately does not mean that it is turning toward the free market.

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The Erosion of Free Speech

In this age of the growth of the state, free speech increasingly becomes a casualty. However, elites are unwilling to protect free speech rights and, all too often, it is the elites that are suppressing speech in the first place.

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Fraud at the Fed, Smithsonian, and DC Council

On this episode of Power and Market, the roundtable talks about a new brewing scandal involving the Fed, revisits the conversation on nationalizing Washington, DC, and the new "golden age" of the Smithsonian.

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A Simple Solution to the Tariff Wars

No country needs the approval of others to adopt free trade. No harm and much benefit can accrue to the citizens of either country.

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The Lisa Cook Scandal: The Endgame for Trump Is More Easy Money



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Trump’s D.C. “Takeover” Is Missing the Point

Few really understand why these blue cities are crime-ridden. It’s not merely a lack of resources or even progressive ideology. At the root of the problem are governments working hard to maintain a monopoly on a service they then refuse to provide.

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San Francisco Has A Black Market for Housing. That’s as Bad as It Sounds.

If San Francisco truly wants to stamp out its black market in housing, it must return housing to the free-market principles of secure property rights and market competition.

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The Ukraine War Could ‘End Tomorrow’ If The US Wanted

Economist and UN adviser Jeffrey Sachs spoke at the Ron Paul Institute’s conference in Washington and presented a ‘Blueprint for Peace’

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Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook accused of criminal mortgage fraud

Cook has a permanent vote on the central bank’s rate-setting committee and was appointed by President Joe Biden to a term running until 2038.

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The Student Debt Racket

Much of the current debate on student higher education debt centers around the students as victims of rapacious capitalism. However, the government‘s student loan program has driven up education costs, impoverished student borrowers, and financed the leftist takeover of higher education.

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The FOMC July minutes have been released

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting that was held on July 29–30, 2025.

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McCarthy: A Living Echo: Ron Paul at 90



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Trump’s DC “Takeover” Is Missing the Point

Few really understand why these blue cities are crime-ridden.

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Persecution of Christians escalates across India

A campaign by law enforcement officials, Hindu activists, and extremist politicians uses draconian anti-conversion laws to systematically target Christians across India.

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Price Inflation Hit Multi-Month Highs in July, but Trump Wants More Easy Money

What we need from the Fed is for it to disengage, step back, and stop intervening to ensure a limitless supply of easy money.

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What is Economics and What Makes a Good Economist?

Economics, at its core, is the study of cause-and-effect relationships—analyzing how scarce resources, which have alternative uses, are allocated.

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The Double Standards of Court Historians in War and Reconstruction

Leftist historians claim that mainstream historic accounts of the Reconstruction Era fail to give black freedmen enough credit for their postwar rebuilding role. If they care about double standards, they should recognize theirs when they don‘t acknowledge black Confederate soldiers.

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