Even if fighting words—i.e., racial slurs—constitute a type of “advocacy” to start a fight, they are not a real crime, and no one should face and legal sanctions for the use of mere words.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
The Meaning of Coercion in Hayekian Philosophy
How do we define liberty? Hayek saw it as the absence of most (but not all) coercion, but that depends upon how one defines “coercion.” Murray Rothbard believed that Hayek was too willing to accept forms of coercion that were anti-freedom.
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The Meaning of Coercion in Hayekian Philosophy
How do we define liberty? Hayek saw it as the absence of most (but not all) coercion, but that depends upon how one defines “coercion.” Murray Rothbard believed that Hayek was too willing to accept forms of coercion that were anti-freedom.
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Newsflash: Governments Lie
While it will not shock readers of mises.org, we need frequent reminders that political elites lie and are perhaps even more incentivized to lie to maintain power.
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Harry Truman: Founding Father of the National Security State
Following World War II, President Truman helped produce the modern national security state by creating the Central Intelligence Agency. Only later did Truman regret what he did, as the CIA turned into a monster that could never be tamed.
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Harry Truman: Founding Father of the National Security State
Following World War II, President Truman helped produce the modern national security state by creating the Central Intelligence Agency. Only later did Truman regret what he did, as the CIA turned into a monster that could never be tamed.
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The “Libertarians” Who Say the Private Sector Is the Real Threat to Freedom
The classical liberals—especially those of the more radical variety such as Molinari, Bastiat, etc.—saw the state as a far greater threat to freedom than any other organization.
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You Created Jobs for Robots?
Do we save human job roles at the expense of more deeply-efficient deliveries of products and services that we love so much?
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The Pentagon is planning a standing army for use against Americans
Trump plans a centralized military force for deployment against. This is not a state-based National Guard force. It's a de facto centralized army.
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Will Jamaica Become a Republic?
Long a constitutional monarchy with ties to Great Britain, many in Jamaica are looking to end the old relationship and become a republic. But is this movement simply a reaction to anti-colonialism, and what kind of constitution would the new republic create? So far, no answers.
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Will Jamaica Become a Republic?
Long a constitutional monarchy with ties to Great Britain, many in Jamaica are looking to end the old relationship and become a republic. But is this movement simply a reaction to anti-colonialism, and what kind of constitution would the new republic create? So far, no answers.
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The New Anti-Communists: Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War organization has joined with the Daughters of the Confederacy to advocate the restoration of the Confederate Memorial statue, also known as the Reconciliation Statue, to Arlington National Cemetery.
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Can Econometric Models Fulfill the Role of an Economic Laboratory?
Mainstream economists claim that they can use econometric models to emulate human action and, thus, create an economic laboratory. These models, however, cannot tell us about cause-and-effect, which is vital to understanding praxeology and economic behavior.
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Can Econometric Models Fulfill the Role of an Economic Laboratory?
Mainstream economists claim that they can use econometric models to emulate human action and, thus, create an economic laboratory. These models, however, cannot tell us about cause-and-effect, which is vital to understanding praxeology and economic behavior.
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The “Economic Power” Canard
A well-known type of “private coercion” is the vague but ominous-sounding “economic power.” A favorite illustration of the wielding of such “power” is the case of a worker fired from his job.
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Israel Is Not an Ally—It’s a Liability
As former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said back in 2011, Israel is an “ungrateful ally” that gives “nothing in return” for American guarantees, military support, and intelligence sharing.
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New Study Finds Smartphones Ruining Our Brains at Unprecedented Speed
"In less than a decade, conscientiousness — the trait most closely linked to responsibility, follow-through, and self-control — has collapsed among young adults."
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Government rules never apply to the plutocracy
Zuckerberg runs an illegal school in his hometown. This should be legal for everyone, but only the billionaire class gets away with it.
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SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 15 billion francs compared to the previous four weeks
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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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2025-06-25 – Quarterly Bulletin 2/2025
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