The problem with this new campaign in Iran is not merely that it will likely have bad near-term consequences, but that it represents the American government doubling down on the imperial project that is causing our accelerating national crisis.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
The Duke Lacrosse Case Exposed the Rot in Higher Education, the Media, and the Justice System
It has been 20 years since the Duke Lacrosse Case dominated the news media. It was a story in which false narratives of guilt pushed by corrupt police and prosecutors, radical members of Duke’s faculty, and the legacy media nearly railroaded three innocent men into prison.
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US-Israeli Strikes on Iran Kill Over 1,000 Civilians
Hegseth boasted of the “death and destruction” in Iran as reports say US and Israeli airstrikes have killed over 1,000 Iranian civilians in just four days.
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Hegseth now says the war will last “eight weeks.”
Yesterday, the White House said the war would last, at most, four weeks. Now it's eight.
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The Iran War Exposes the Farce of American “Representative Democracy”
The current war is a timely reminder that the US ruling elites regard the US taxpayers and ordinary Americans as little more than inconvenient afterthoughts in US foreign policy.
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When Did Barbells and Political Hacks Become Sacred?
Just before launching a “regime change” war on Iran, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had a video of him bench pressing 315 pounds ostensibly to impress onlookers and the public.
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Rothbard and War
Those who believe in the free and unhampered market economy should be especially skeptical of war and military action. War, after all, is the ultimate government program.
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Mearsheimer: “it is almost impossible for me to see how Israel and the US win this war.”
"It seems that victory for this aggressive tag team requires not only regime change in Iran, but replacing the regime with new leaders who are subservient to Israeli and American wishes."
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Why US Firms Aren’t Racing into Venezuela, Even with Political Incentives
Part of Donald Trump’s military excursion into Venezuela was to make the country more attractive to US business investment. It hasn’t worked out that way and probably won’t in the future, either, due to the socialist regime there.
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Defense executives plan to meet at White House as strikes on Iran diminish stockpiles
" The meeting underscores the urgency felt in Washington to shore up weapons stocks after the Iran operation drew heavily on munitions..."
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Rothbard and War
Those who believe in the free and unhampered market economy should be especially skeptical of war and military action. War, after all, is the ultimate government program.
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The End of Scarcity: The Future That Won’t Happen
A growing chorus of technologists and futurists now argue that scarcity is ending. The future may be post-old-scarcity but it will not be post-scarcity.
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Trump’s War with Iran Is Even More of a Disaster than People Realize
The problem with this new campaign in Iran is not merely that it will likely have bad near-term consequences, but that it represents the American government doubling down on the imperial project that is causing our accelerating national crisis.
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A Tax Proposal Against Progress and Democracy
Politicians in the US and elsewhere appeal to envy as they demand destructive wealth taxes to be levied on billionaire business owners.
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Rubio says the State of Israel forced the US to launch the war
" Mr Rubio said President Donald Trump was forced into a preemptive response after learning of an imminent Israeli attack."
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Murray Rothbard: A Unique Scholar
"Murray N. Rothbard is a scholar of unique, indeed monumental achievements: the founder of the first fully-integrated science of liberty."
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The US may run out of interceptor missiles
The Iranians are sending their cheapest and oldest missiles first, to deplete the US' stock of interceptor missiles. Then Iran will send its newer, better missiles.
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Banning Congress, Not Markets: The Insider Trading Dilemma
Bob uses Trump’s call to ban congressional insider trading as a springboard to explain why, from an Austro-libertarian perspective, insider trading and speculation could help markets work, while still justifying special rules for government employees.
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SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 5.7 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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