Hayek once remarked, “If socialists understood economics, they wouldn’t be socialists.” Building on this, if socialists understood socialism, they wouldn’t be socialists.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Do Fed-Induced Lower Interest Rates Promote Economic Growth?
Lower interest rates can help promote economic growth—as long as those rates are determined by the market and not by political edict.
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Are Private Equity Firms Really Driving Home Prices?
Bob explains why blaming private equity for America’s housing woes misses the deeper economic forces at play, from speculation to Federal Reserve intervention.
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The Juridical Model of Justice
When we speak of “justice,” how does one define it? More importantly, what is the authority by which justice is defined? Murray Rothbard believed that law and justice were derived from natural law, not the edicts of the state.
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Economic Autarky, Racism, and Hitler’s Quest for Lebensraum
Part of Hitler’s plan for Germany was to clear lands to the East with ethnic cleansing so Germans could have their infamous lebensraum. Yet, Ludwig von Mises in his Omnipotent Government also understood that Hitler’s plan for autarky also played a major policy role.
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On the Hyperinflation On-Ramp
Mark Thornton walks through Ludwig von Mises’s three stages of inflation, gold/crypto and de-dollarization signals, and what it takes to step off before the crash.
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The 1990s: A Pivotal Foreign Policy Decade
While the American people may have been ignorant of the foreign policy history of the 1990s to their detriment, and politicians—whether sincere or not—expressed bewilderment, many understood the direct link between foreign policy interventionism and terrorist attacks.
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Private Security in South Africa
Thanks to massive economic intervention by South Africa’s government, both crime and poverty are soaring as the society slowly implodes. Police protection is almost nonexistent, so many South Africans are turning toward private security as an alternative.
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Unlocking the Mind of a Liberal
Dr. Gordon dissects Kenneth R. Minogue’s The Liberal Mind. While Minogue has some interesting arguments, his view of rights conflicts with the views of Murray Rothbard.
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“Hate Speech” Isn’t Real and Pam Bondi Is an Enemy of Freedom
“Hate speech” does not exist. At all. That’s a concept the Left invented to justify state-enforced censorship of speech the Left doesn't like.
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The Federal Reserve Cut Rates So the Rich Get Richer
As the Federal Reserve signals it doesn't care about price inflation, we're reminded the Fed is mostly motivated to ensure rising asset prices for Wall Street while pushing cheap credit to finance federal deficits.
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Two Cow Method of Explaining Socialism
To simply understand the differences between socialism, communism, and fascism—contrasted against the free market—imagine owning two cows, then explore what the state would do.
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Anarcho-Tyranny and Danger in Public Spaces
The recent murder of a young woman on the Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail highlights the casual attitudes that progressives in government have toward violent crime. This will not change any time soon.
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With Its Latest Rate Cut, the Fed Serves Wall Street and the Regime
What really concerns the Fed is ensuring rising asset prices for Wall Street while pushing cheap credit to finance federal deficits.
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The Kirk Assassination Has Exposed Our Political Rot
As politics come to dominate more of our lives and young generations grow righteously disillusioned with a system designed to rip them off, we’re likely to see more violence and chaos. It’s a bad path we’re on. But there is a better one.
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Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and an Impending War
H.W. Brands offers a refreshing detour from the usual smears lobbed at Charles Lindbergh and the America First Committee.
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On Swiss National Bank
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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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