The Treasury's monthly report showed a very large surplus for September. This was due to a big drop in spending, and to rising income tax revenues. Tariffs were an insignificant factor.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
A Brief History of the Enduring American Embargo against Cuba
For more than 60 years, the US Government has enforced a trade embargo against Cuba, ostensibly to force the communist government into collapse. The only thing that has collapsed, however, is the logic in the US policy.
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How to Recognize Critical Race Theory
Despite the change in the White House, critical race theory is still with us, dominating the academic sectors and being ingrained in progressive culture. We need to better recognize what it is and how it works in order to better refute it.
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Supporters Summit 2025
The Mises Institute 2025 Supporters Summit in Delray Beach, Florida. This event explores the theme of economic freedom and makes the case for the system of private property.
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2025 Supporters Summit
The Mises Institute 2025 Supporters Summit in Delray Beach, Florida. This event explores the theme of economic freedom and makes the case for the system of private property.
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The Myth of the “Robber Barons”: James Hill versus the Crony Competitors
As a true market entrepreneur, as opposed to a political entrepreneur, James J. Hill successfully built a transcontinental railroad, outcompeting his government-subsidized competitors.
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“Experts” Don’t Know How Ignorant They Are
The central philosophy of progressivism is that we should be governed by so-called experts. What happens, however, when the “experts” are just plain wrong?
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U.S. Treasury Yields Signal Fed Rate-Cut Expectations
Markets price in a near 97% probability of a 25-bp rate cut in Oct and a 94% probability of another 25-basis-point rate cut in Dec.
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The Myth of the “Robber Barons”: James Hill versus the Crony Competitors
As a true market entrepreneur, as opposed to a political entrepreneur, James J. Hill successfully built a transcontinental railroad, outcompeting his government-subsidized competitors.
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Trump calls off trade talks with Canada over Ontario’s anti-tariff ad
Trump's rule-by-decree protectionism continues as he insists Americans must pay more taxes to get Canadian goods and raw materials.
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2 percent inflation? 2026 COLA benefit increases 2.8%
The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment will be 2.8% in 2026, the Social Security Administration said.
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Neo-Luddite Hokum from Conservatives Strikes Again
AI doomerism and neo-Luddite sentiments have become increasingly prevalent in recent discourse.
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Defending Dixie: A Defender of the South
Dr. David Gordon, in today’s Friday Philosophy, reviews Clyde N. Wilson’s, Defending Dixie: Essays in Southern History and Culture. In these essays, Professor Wilson defends secession and the Southern cause.
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Can Trump murder anyone so long as Trump calls him/her a “narco-terrorist”?
Napolitano: "The Trump administration has claimed that it can kill whomever it designates as an unlawful enemy combatant. The evidence is this: "trust me, bro."
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The Myth of Planned Obsolescence
The concept of “planned obsolescence” makes no economic sense and is often an excuse for governments to harass and shake down innovative entrepreneurs. Much of so-called planned obsolescence is really entrepreneurship at work improving products for users and consumers.
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We Have Not Properly Reckoned with the Economic Insanity of 2020
The governmental response to the covid pandemic was to cripple the economy. To compensate for the damage, the Federal Reserve unleashed massive inflation in an attempt to do what the Fed always does in a crisis: bail out the economic actors.
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The Myth of Planned Obsolescence
The concept of “planned obsolescence” makes no economic sense and is often an excuse for governments to harass and shake down innovative entrepreneurs. Much of so-called planned obsolescence is really entrepreneurship at work improving products for users and consumers.
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America Hurts Farmers and Discounts China’s Soy Imports while Providing a Crutch for Argentina
Once again, the Trump administration’s “dealmaking” on international trade has blown up, this time pulling the rug from under US soybean farmers. This isn’t the first trade policy fiasco, nor will it be the last.
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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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