Amtrak subsidies keep many of Amtrak‘s routes alive despite the fact that ridership is down on many of them. These subsidies guarantee that Amtrak will be a second-rate, undercapitalized passenger railroad system.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Trump, DOGE, and the Machiavellians
Despite Trump‘s campaign promises and despite DOGE‘s so-called reputation of cutting government waste, the new administration is spending money faster than the supposed spendthrift Biden administration. This is Machiavellianism at its best.
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How Trump Chose the State of Israel and Ditched America First
Trump is now weighing sending in the US military. This presidency looks like an extension of George W. Bush's.
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Trump says he decides what is “America First” and he goes to war for a foreign country
Tucker Carlson opposes Trump's new war, so Trump claims to have invented "America First" and repeats banal slogans about weapons of mass destruction.
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Great Big Ugly Surveillance State
The abandonment of liberty because fear drives people to trust government promises of safety is a phenomenon we have witnessed several times this century.
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The Young Rothbard: An Uncomfortable Neoclassical Economist
Before he revolutionized economics, Rothbard mastered the mainstream. Salerno traces Rothbard's path from neoclassical insider to Austrian iconoclast.
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DeRensis: Zionism Is Not an American Principle
Hunter DeRensis writes at The American Conservative, "Israel is a rogue nuclear state that is aggressive abroad and despotic at home."
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The Certifiers Rule, So Be Prepared
In a true free market economy, credentials would not matter, and certainly not to the extent that they matter today. Credentialism, unfortunately, is a product of government interventionism.
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Does the “Economy” Actually Exist?
We speak of the “economy” as though it produces goods. Yet, the term really is a fiction, as purposeful individuals working in cooperation with each other are the real producers.
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Is Japan entering a recession?
Japan's economy contracted at a higher pace than expected in the first quarter of 2025, according to official data for the January to March period released on Friday.
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Napolitano: Trump’s deploying Nat Guard and Marines is an assault on federalism.
The deployment of California National Guard troops and active-duty U.S. Marines onto the streets of Los Angeles without local approval is an assault on federalism.
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Hegseth won’t rule out military actions against Greenland, Panama
Because keeping the US involved in only 2 hot wars isn't enough to please the war party.
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What’s a Fair Wage?
Arbitrary and undefined terms like “fair wage” and “living wage” fundamentally misunderstand the nature of work how wages are determined.
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US Intelligence Says Iran Is ‘Not Building a Nuclear Weapon’
" The IC continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program."
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Only Bitcoin and Gold Can Stop Governments from Destroying the Currency
Bitcoin and gold are now playing the essential role that central banks should be enforcing.
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Reviving Catholic Liberalism
Following the overtly anti-capitalist papacy of Pope Francis, one asks if Pope Leo XIV will follow his predecessor or steer the Roman Catholic Church‘s leadership back toward economic liberty and natural law. One hopes it is the latter.
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The Utility of a Father in a Financialized World
With Fathers Day approaching, fatherhood is one more casualty of American progressivism, resulting in many social pathologies. Unfortunately, many conservatives and progressives seem united in the belief that the situation requires more government intervention.
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The Debate Over the Big Beautiful Bill
Daniel Lacalle joins Bob to tout the BBB as a pro-growth piece of legislation that is as good as libertarians are going to get.
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The Theory of Interventionism
Mark Thornton breaks down Murray Rothbard’s theory of interventionism: why free markets lift all boats, and government meddling sinks them.
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Toward a Historical Bibliography of the First Quarter (2000–2025)
We cannot allow the establishment to write the history of 2000–2025. To that end, consider this non-exhaustive bibliography for understanding this turbulent period.
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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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