Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org

The Federal Reserve Is Covering Up Its Financial Losses

Alex Pollock, an expert on Federal Reserve policy, joins us to talk about how the Fed has backed itself into a very bad financial corner, and there is no painless way out.

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Steve Hanke: Recession Is Coming—The Fed, Trump, & Wall Street Are Blind

Economist Steve Hanke says a US recession is almost inevitable, and warns that the Fed, Wall Street, and Donald Trump are all looking in the wrong direction.

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Half of June’s Job Growth Was in Government. Manufacturing Jobs Fall.

June's job growth was hailed in the media as proof of a strong economy. Except there's a problem: fully half of these new jobs were government jobs.

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Half of June’s Job Growth Was in Government. Manufacturing Jobs Fall.

June‘s job growth was hailed in the media as proof of a strong economy. Except there‘s a problem: fully half of these new jobs were government jobs.

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Iran’s Central Planning Policies Harm Its Economy

Central planning thwarts Iran’s economy. Many Iranian government officials blame their nation’s economic demise on Western countries sanctions and not their policy choices.

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Iran’s Central Planning Policies Harm Its Economy

Central planning thwarts Iran’s economy. Many Iranian government officials blame their nation’s economic demise on Western countries sanctions and not their policy choices.

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After 50 Years of US-Government-Sponsored Housing Finance: Why Are Houses So Unaffordable?

After more than fifty years of U.S. government-sponsored housing finance, Why has home ownership not increased and why are houses unaffordable?

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After 50 Years of US-Government-Sponsored Housing Finance: Why Are Houses So Unaffordable?

After more than fifty years of US government-sponsored housing finance, why has home ownership not increased and why are houses unaffordable?

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Establishment Democrats Created the Conditions for A Socialist Victory

The democratic establishment is upset that socialist Zohran Mamdani beat their candidate, Andrew Cuomo, in New York City’s mayoral primary. But the blame for socialism’s rising popularity lies mostly on their own shoulders.

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Steve Hanke tells BI investors are shrugging off serious risks — and Trump is causing historic uncertainty

"We have not witnessed regime uncertainty since Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Dealers in the 1930s," Hanke said.

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A Big Beautiful Bill for the Military-Industrial Complex

The Republican insistence on increasing military spending is the main reason Congress cannot cut taxes without increasing the debt, making cuts in domestic welfare programs, or both.

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Elon Musk says he’ll back Rep. Thomas Massie

Musk signaled he would donate to the Kentucky Republican’s 2026 reelection campaign on X when he responded “I will” to a post asking who would be backing Massie’s congressional bid.

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The American Revolution Was a Culture War

The Boston Tea Party was an opening act in what came to be a violent culture war and war of national liberation. And it helps us understand how America in 2020 could become as bitterly divided as America during the revolution.

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The American Revolution Was a Culture War

The Boston Tea Party was an opening act in what came to be a violent culture war and war of national liberation. And it helps us understand how America could become as bitterly divided as it was during the revolution.

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Trump’s Strike Against Iran: Weapons of Mass Overreach

Another president, another “strike for peace.” Trump’s assault on Iran wasn’t about safety. It was another step in the long tradition of unchecked executive power and endless war waged without consent.

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Trump’s Strike Against Iran: Weapons of Mass Overreach

Trump’s Iran policy should focus on the dangers of military escalation, the human and economic costs of sanctions, the expansion of executive power, and the moral hazards of interventionism.

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A Free Market Would Preclude Today’s Headlines

Our media, higher education, and, of course, governments tell us that our social and economic problems are due to capitalism. Yet, what we see are governments bringing us inflation, chaos, and the horror of war. It's time we abandon the fiction that governments "serve the people."

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A Free Market Would Preclude Today’s Headlines

Our media, higher education, and, of course, governments tell us that our social and economic problems are due to capitalism. Yet, what we see are governments bringing us inflation, chaos, and the horror of war. It's time we abandon the fiction that governments "serve the people."

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Establishment Democrats Created the Conditions for A Socialist Victory

The democratic establishment is upset that socialist Zohran Mamdani beat their candidate, Andrew Cuomo, in New York City’s mayoral primary. But the blame for socialism’s rising popularity lies mostly on their own shoulders.

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No, Jared Polis Is Not America’s Most Libertarian Governor

Jared Polis is a savvy politician who is skilled at rewarding his political allies, but has little regard for the property and freedom of his constituents.

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