David Beito’s new biography on Franklin D. Roosevelt is not the hagiographic nonsense that has dominated the US history profession. That is a good thing. Americans should know how FDR’s presidency led to one disaster after another.
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Obamacare Was Not a Failure
As Congress scrambles to extend emergency subsidies to keep Obamacare afloat, it can be tempting to view the bill that made healthcare less affordable as a total failure.
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Ken Burns Plays the “Founding Chaos” Card
In the new Ken Burns documentary, an old myth—held by the left and right—is repeated: that chaos led to the need for the Constitution and a stronger national government.
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Trump is Winning Over the Fed
On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho break down the latest FOMC meeting, the real takeaways from Powell’s Fed talk, and the continuing realities of Obamacare.
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Is Total War in Our Future? The Prognosis
Americans like to think of themselves as peace-loving people. However, our nation’s war record since the American Civil War points to the US government’s affinity for unleashing total war.
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Why The ‘National-Interest’ Is a Statist, Fiat Standard & Solidarity With Palestine Is Libertarian
Mercer: "Whether such crass utilitarians like it or not, the Anglo-Israeli-American genocide in Palestine is a moral matter."
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Israel AI Israel wants to train ChatGPT to be more pro-Israel
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale will be paid millions to oversee an effort to ensure that online research is slanted to push the views of the Israeli state.
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Bursting the Bubble that Was FDR
David Beito’s new biography on Franklin D. Roosevelt is not the hagiographic nonsense that has dominated the US history profession. That is a good thing. Americans should know how FDR’s presidency led to one disaster after another.
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Elon Musk Claims Money Will Become Irrelevant. Is He Right?
Elon Musk recently claimed that artificial intelligence will make money itself obsolete. He needs to read the literature of Austrian economics.
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Early Innings for Gold, Late Stage for Fiat
In this special mid-week episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton joins The Julia LaRoche Show.
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Why War Matters
Libertarianism and free markets depend upon peace. Murray Rothbard believed that war destroys freedom and free exchange, so keeping the peace is vitally important.
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Trump’s War on Venezuela
A just war must be defensive; a nation must be trying to stop an invasion. And even in a defensive war, you must follow certain restraints.
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Spring 2026 Virtual Mises Book Club
In February 2026, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.
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Obamacare Was Not a Failure
As Congress scrambles to extend emergency subsidies to keep Obamacare afloat, it can be tempting to view the bill that made healthcare less affordable as a total failure. But that wasn’t the true purpose of the ACA. It was meant to prop up the faltering crony healthcare system.
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Obama’s PowerPoint Death Parade Led to Trump’s Venezuelan Killings
President Trump and Hegseth are cashing a blank check for carnage that was written years earlier by President Barack Obama.
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Elon Musk Claims Money Will Become Irrelevant. Is He Right?
Elon Musk recently claimed that artificial intelligence will make money itself obsolete. He needs to read the literature of Austrian economics.
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Will the Fed start a new T-bill buying binge?
Federal interest payments are now huge thanks to rising interest rates. The Fed may soon intervene in a big way in an effort to force down yields on Treasurys.
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BOJ Governor admits interest rate increases in Japan are ‘somewhat rapid’
Japan says it will increase more bond-buying (and thus drive more inflation) to confront rising yields which threaten Japanese sovereign debt.
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Trump spokesman praises Syria’s terrorist-led dictatorship
Suggests that the al-Qaeda militants, who oversee massacres of Syrian Christians, is becoming a " benevolent monarchy."
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