The "benchmark" Thanksgiving meal is cheaper only because Wal-Mart greatly reduced the size of the meal, and then declared it more affordable.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
The CPI as Evidence of Methodological Error
Mainstream economists and others speak of the Consumer Price Index as the measure of inflation. Yet, the CPI is nothing more than a weighted average of numbers put into an arbitrary formula. It is time to end this statistical charade for good.
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How Herbert Hoover Became Known as an Economic Non-Interventionist
One of the most enduring myths of American history is that Herbert Hoover was a laissez-faire advocate who “did nothing” while the US economy slid into depression. How did he gain this undeserved reputation?
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On Resisting Evil
We libertarians may be anti-state, but that we are emphatically not anti-society or opposed to the real world, however contaminated it might be.
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Teradollar Deficits Forever
Neither Congress nor President Trump speak anymore about a balanced budget. Instead, the Republicans and Democrats compete with each other to see who can spend the most.
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The Meaning of Revolution
The revolutionaries include the pamphleteer writing in his study, the journalist, the agitator, the organizer, the campus activist, the theoretician, the philanthropist.
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Plantation Ledgers and the Illusion of Capitalist Rationality
The New York Times claimed in its 1619 Project that plantation slavery was the basis for American capitalism. However, research shows that the plantations were anything but capitalist enterprises.
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Food Stamps and the Federal War on Self-Reliance
The government “shutdown” and the so-called threat to the food stamp program may be abated for now, but we need to understand why this program has metastasized in recent years. James Bovard tells us why.
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Trump’s 50 Year Mortgage Mistake
On this episode of Power & Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho talk about Trump's FDR-like proposal of a 50-year mortgage and the unfortunate reality that it seems to be one of the only actual policy ideas Republicans have left to "address" affordability.
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The Nature of Hyperinflations: Response to Bagus
It is erroneous to think that shutting down the central bank would exacerbate price-inflation or even entail a hyperinflation.
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Rothbard: World War I as the Triumph of Progressive Intellectuals
November 11 was once known as Armistice Day, the day set aside to celebrate the end of WWI. In this essay Rothbard discusses the war as the triumph of several Progressive intellectual strains from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Yes, Heather Cox Richardson Is Economically Illiterate – And Proud of It
History Professor Heather Cox Richardson has grown very wealthy using her writings to attack the creation of wealth itself. While her columns are popular, they also are filled with economic illiteracy.
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Food Stamps and the Federal War on Self-Reliance
The government “shutdown” and the so-called threat to the food stamp program may be abated for now, but we need to understand why this program has metastasized in recent years. James Bovard tells us why.
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The Meaning of Revolution
The revolutionaries include the pamphleteer writing in his study, the journalist, the agitator, the organizer, the campus activist, the theoretician, the philanthropist.
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Trump promises $2k “stimulus” checks, but the numbers are bogus.
“A dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.” But it's all just more federal deficit spending.
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Report: US To Build $500 Million Military Base in Israel on the Gaza Border
According to the Israeli investigative outlet Shomrim, the base will be big enough to house thousands of US and international troops.
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Atlanta Fed President will retire in February
Raphael W. Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, announced his retirement at the end of his current term on Feb. 28, 2026.
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50-Year Mortgages Won’t Make Housing More Affordable
President Trump has proposed a 50-year mortgage for new homebuyers, ostensibly to make housing more affordable. Actually, this financial instrument will make housing more costly and do nothing to address the root of this entire problem: the artificial housing shortage.
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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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