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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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
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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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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Critics of Capitalism Misunderstand Economic Success
In a free society, legitimate economic success does not fall from the sky or come by force. Behind every fortune lies effort, risk, savings, time, discovery, validation, and social coordination.
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Two Sixties Rock Songs That Celebrate Capitalism’s Greatest Creation
For millennia prior to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of men, women, and children toiled from dusk to dawn and beyond just to keep body and soul together.
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Dismantling the Warfare State Was Never Going to Be Easy
Although it may not have ultimately ended how they wished, the strikes on Iran demonstrated that neoconservatives are still a viable force within the GOP. But that shouldn’t discourage us. Ending endless wars isn’t easy, but it is worthwhile.
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Why DOGE Failed
Elon Musk has thrown in the towel on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in all but name. Mises correctly anticipated failures like these.
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Silver Price Shows What Government Has Done to Our Money
No one seems concerned about the constant devaluation of the dollar. They blame high prices on whoever is president or corporate greed.
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The Role of Charitable Institutions in a Market-Based Health System
Would medical care be available to people who might have a difficult time paying for it? In a private property order, charitable institutions would play an important role in ensuring more people have access to medical treatment.
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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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Dismantling the Warfare State Was Never Going to Be Easy
Although it may not have ultimately ended how they wished, the strikes on Iran demonstrated that neoconservatives are still a viable force within the GOP. But that shouldn’t discourage us. Ending endless wars isn’t easy, but it is worthwhile.
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Economic Sanctions Adrenaline
Economic sanctions, as a general principle, have a history of failure in the 20th and 21st centuries, which penalize everyday citizens in the sanctioned country.
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There Is No Disinflation
There has been much talk of disinflation, but all the evidence points toward the conclusion that the Federal Reserve continues to administer injections of monetary inflation.
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On Swiss National Bank
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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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