"Since we were not able to have a new economic era in reality, we insisted on having it in appearance. So we raised nominal wages and incomes; but we paid them in a fictitious money..."
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Why Vivek Is So Wrong about the Founding of the United States
Vivek Ramaswamy promotes a fictional version of American history in which a handful of people created America and that culture and religion are canceled out by an ideological "creed." In truth, the American nation and the American state are two different things.
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Cutting Interest Rates Isn’t a Cure‑All for the Economy
The Fed is cutting its discount rate again, but Americans will be disappointed with the results, as the Fed’s latest action only contributes to the boom-and-bust cycle.
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How to Compare Prices and Progress over the Years
One way to compare prices of similar commodities and services over long periods of time is to convert the nominal prices to ounces of gold.
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Tariff revenue is less than half of what Trump claims
“Let’s be clear: President Trump’s claim that the U.S. government collected $600 billion from tariffs in 2025 is incorrect,” The true amount is closer to $289 billion.
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Denmark’s military is ordered to open fire if Americans attempt military invasion
"If Donald Trump goes forward, the status of the US will go from adversary or rival to the one of enemy," [French Prime Minister] Villepin stated. "It'll be a huge historical change."
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Why The Monroe Doctrine Cannot be Reestablished
With American intervention in Venezuela, some are claiming that the Trump administration is simply invoking the Monroe Doctrine, or its corollary, the “Donroe” Doctrine. In reality, neither doctrine is an appropriate reason for US military intervention in Latin America.
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“The Warmth of Collectivism”: Beginning the Mamdani Era
In his inaugural speech, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared an end to “rugged individualism” and the embrace of “the warmth of collectivism.” New Yorkers are about to find out that collectivism will not produce what they need to have better lives.
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The UK Is in Economic and Social Freefall
Whatever advances Great Britain made during the Margaret Thatcher years have long been reversed as the UK finds itself in decline of its economy and social fabric. Big government, once again, is the culprit.
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The Donroe Doctrine and Its Consequences
On this episode of Power & Market, the panel kicks off 2026 with a conversation about the arrest of Maduro. What's next for Venezuela? What's DC's next target? Does America really need a 1.5 trillion dollar defense budget? We look at these questions and more.
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Why The Monroe Doctrine Cannot be Reestablished
With American intervention in Venezuela, some are claiming that the Trump administration is simply invoking the Monroe Doctrine, or its corollary, the “Donroe” Doctrine. In reality, neither doctrine is an appropriate reason for US military intervention in Latin America.
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Napolitano: This Is a Lawless Presidency
The Constitution already grants far too much power to the central government. But Trump can't even be bothered with his oath to uphold the Constitution's few limits on war-making powers.
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The UK Is in Economic and Social Freefall
Whatever advances Great Britain made during the Margaret Thatcher years have long been reversed as the UK finds itself in decline of its economy and social fabric. Big government, once again, is the culprit.
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Bernie Sanders’s Clumsy and Dangerous Melody
As government control expands, the space for individual freedom contracts. This is not a historical accident, but the result of decades of planning and social engineering, where the autonomy of the average citizen is sacrificed on the altar of an omnipresent state.
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“The Warmth of Collectivism”: Beginning the Mamdani Era
In his inaugural speech, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared an end to “rugged individualism” and the embrace of “the warmth of collectivism.” New Yorkers are about to find out that collectivism will not produce what they need to have better lives.
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How Destructive Are Regulations?
Dr. Per Bylund explains how prosperity really comes from imaginative, risk-taking entrepreneurs rather than redistribution, and how regulations quietly kill off an unseen world of potential innovations and wealth that never gets a chance to exist.
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The Venezuelan War is a Racket
Donald Trump’s war against Venezuela is truly a racket, as it looks to be little more than an attempt to loot the nation of Venezuela’s natural resources in the name of “liberation.”
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Three Monetary Riddles for the New Year
The present monetary inflation without break is the longest on record. So, it's difficult to know how the current inflationary boom will finally unravel. But there are clues.
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Security, Fear, and Power: The Impossible Rest of States
The new “Donroe Doctrine” that is used to justify the US invasion of Venezuela is in line with how the state seizes power and then finds ways to justify actions that are unjustifiable.
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Fed’s Barkin says future rate changes should be fine-tuned using new economic data
Never forget that the Federal Reserve is a tool of central planning, in a style similar to any socialist state.
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On Swiss National Bank
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Heads up for NZD and CHF traders, RBNZ Gov Breman and SNB Chair Schlegel to speak
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Swiss franc appreciation has led to tighter monetary conditions – SNB minutes
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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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