Historically, slavery has always been held together by violence, including slavery in the US. However, the actual history of slavery here is much more complex than what modern academics want to admit.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
The War They Promised Not to Start
They promised peace. What we got was another step toward global war and economic ruin. Mark Thornton isn’t buying the excuses.
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The “American Miracle” was the European Miracle on Steroids
America inherited the core institutional framework of Europe (especially Britain) but refined and amplified it through greater decentralization, lower taxation, and more expansive freedoms.
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Fumes of a Failed System: Bolivia’s Gasoline Crisis
Bolivians are finding out the hard way that socialist energy means price controls, and price controls mean fuel shortages and long gas station lines. Socialism excels in unkept promises and Bolivia is no exception to that rule.
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President Trump’s Interventionism
Regardless of your view of the current conflicts, one fact is indisputable. President Trump’s actions violate our traditional non-interventionist foreign policy.
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What the Modern Luddites Miss: Technology Makes Us Wealthier
Contrary to the expectation of the Luddites, we have only become wealthier than before and workers today enjoy much higher standards of living than workers in the past.
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Judge Nap on the coming police state
Napolitano: The argument is that less liberty produces more safety. That premise is historically and morally erroneous.
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Frank Meyer about Your Views
Although Frank Meyer Frank was a National Review colleague of William F. Buckley, who loathed Murray Rothbard, Frank admired Rothbard and the two men often agreed on the current state of affairs. That is how Dr. David Gordon remembers him in today‘s Friday Philosophy.
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Meyer Frank about Your Views
Although Meyer Frank was a National Review colleague of William F. Buckley, who loathed Murray Rothbard, Frank admired Rothbard and the two men often agreed on the current state of affairs. That is how Dr. David Gordon remembers him in today‘s Friday Philosophy.
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New York Socialists, Powell Attacks, and the 12 Days War
On this episode of Power and Market, the roundtable responds to Zohran Mamdani winning his primary in New York City, the rising MAGA attacks on the Fed, and the ceasefire in the Middle East.
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The Fed’s favorite inflation measure increased again
May PCE inflation rises to 2.3%. Remember when Powell predicted inflation would soon be back at 2 percent back in September?
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Trump Considers Naming Next Fed Chair Early in Bid to Undermine Powell
Trump wants more inflation. Warsh, Hassett and Bessent are among those under consideration as Trump evaluates their commitment to cutting rates.
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Trump Calls for an End to Netanyahu’s Corruption Trial
President Trump called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial to come to an end in a strong show of support for the Israeli leader.
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What the Modern Luddites Miss: Technology Makes Us Wealthier
Contrary to the expectation of the Luddites, we have only become wealthier than before and workers today enjoy much higher standards of living than workers in the past.
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Fumes of a Failed System: Bolivia’s Gasoline Crisis
Bolivians are finding out the hard way that socialist energy means price controls, and price controls mean fuel shortages and long gas station lines. Socialism excels in unkept promises and Bolivia is no exception to that rule.
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How the Fed Made Housing Unaffordable
Unfortunately, central bankers can‘t wave a magic wand and make price inflation disappear while the same central bankers also push easy money to force down interest rates.
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Will New York City Become the New Socialist Paradise?
Socialist mayoral candidate Mamdani won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City on promises to vastly expand government control of housing and businesses there. It worked.
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Trump Suffers From “Libertarian Derangement Syndrome”
Even though a significant number of libertarians supported Trump for president, he clearly has shown no respect for libertarian thinking, especially with his anti-growth trade policies and support for bloated federal spending.
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The Problem with Pronatalism
Some non-economic arguments made by pronatalists are very good. But when it comes to economics, pronatalists often get it very wrong.
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SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 15 billion francs compared to the previous four weeks
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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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2025-06-25 – Quarterly Bulletin 2/2025
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