Although New York mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani has made some very popular promises, his litany of free stuff will run headlong into economic reality soon enough.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Introduction to Natural Law
The natural law is, in essence, a profoundly "radical" ethic, for it holds the existing status quo, which might grossly violate natural law, up to the unsparing and unyielding light of reason.
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Selective Justice: Pirate Streams, Drug Boats, and Epstein’s Elusive Clients
Government not only has a monopoly on law enforcement and “justice,” but it also protects that monopoly against anyone who might seek justice outside the purview of the state.
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Gold opens at new record of $3,635
Another Fed rate cut appears to be in the works, so that is likely to lead to further declines in the dollar, and increases in the gold price.
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Marginal Utility Theory Versus the Mainstream
Austrian economists differ with the economic mainstream in many ways, but the break on utility theory is especially critical in understanding the split between the two schools of economic thought.
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Why the Fed Isn’t Really Independent
Bob analyzes the myth of Federal Reserve independence, exposing its political nature and long history of serving power.
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Classical Liberalism and the Woke Right Extremists
The “woke left” and “woke right” are lumped together as two types of “woke.” But it is intellectually lazy and obscures truth to identify all opponents as the same because of superficial similarities.
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Why the Remnant Must Not Go Silent
As both left and right throw freedom and free markets over the side, we remember that there still is a remnant that understands why these things make for a good society. Albert J. Nock eloquently reminds us of what we are losing.
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The Road to Hyperinflation
Red + green = brown. Mark Thornton shows how towering debt and easy money set the stage for hyperinflation.
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Interventionist Non-Interventionism
While libertarians, and many conservatives, often rightly discuss problems of government intervention, there is a counterintuitive category where the government simultaneously monopolizes, taxes, and refuses to provide promised services.
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Pronatalism and Intervention Spirals: The Eastern Case
After being bamboozled by the fake crisis of “overpopulation” for a half-century, the nations with advanced economies are coming to grips with the “birth dearth” problems ahead of them. Not surprisingly, governments are compounding their earlier anti-population errors.
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Politicizing a Politicized Fed and the Value of Leisure
Jonathan Newman joins Ryan and Connor this week to discuss the latest developments in Trump’s campaign to “takeover” the Fed, the current state of the jobs market, and the misconceptions people have about how economists value the choice not to work.
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Liberating Liberty: A Dutch Treat
In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Liberating Liberty; Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness and the Creator of Man by Bert Schwitters, praising the author's insights into the founding of the United States.
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The Jobs Economy Worsens as Full-Time Work and Manufacturing Jobs Disappear
Total job gains have now averaged a paltry 29,000 for the past three months. The job growth we do see is part-time work.
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Central banks now hold more gold than US Treasuries for the first time in 30 years
For the first time since 1996, central banks’ foreign exchange holdings hold more gold than US Treasuries.
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How 1971 Broke the Economy—And Why Only Austrians Can Fix It
Nixon’s 1971 decision didn’t just close a gold window—it opened the door to a fiat future of perpetual inflation, asset bubbles, moral hazard, and chronic economic dysfunction.
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Donald Trump and the Mythology of Expert Governance
President Trump’s attempts to remake federal agencies has generated fierce opposition from progressives, who believe that government led by experts can solve most of our problems. Reality tells us something different.
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SNB Sight Deposits: increased by 5.2 billion francs compared to the previous week
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2025-07-31 – Interim results of the Swiss National Bank as at 30 June 2025
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