Why is the Trump administration levying tariffs? Are they for tax purposes? Protecting domestic industries? Bargaining chips for international deal making? The administration and its supporters have floated mutually-exclusive reasons for these policies, making the confusion worse.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
The Delusion of De-Dollarization
The language of “de-dollarization” conceals an authoritarian ambition: to replace one fiat empire with another.
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The Greatness of Power and Market
Most supporters of the free market when Murray wrote MES supported a limited state, but Murray wanted to get rid of the state altogether. This was too much for the Cold Warriors.
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War with Iran Is Not in the Interest of the American People
The United States is dangerously close to entering yet another war in the Middle East. But this one has the potential to be a lot costlier for the American people while remaining just as unlikely to bring about peace and stability in the region.
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US Intelligence: Iran Was Not Pursuing Nuclear Bomb Before Israel’s Attack
The US assessment goes against claims from Israeli PM Netanyahu, who launched the war under the pretext of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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Interest Paid on the US Debt Soars, and Trump Pushes for a New Costly War
During 2024 taxpayers were on the hook for $1.13 trillion in interest on the debt. That’s nearly $7,400 for each of the 153 million people who file tax returns.
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Interest Paid on the US Debt Soars, and Trump Pushes for a New Costly War
During 2024 taxpayers were on the hook for $1.13 trillion in interest on the debt. That’s nearly $7,400 for each of the 153 million people who file tax returns.
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Ending Subsidies to Amtrak Will Benefit Rail Travelers
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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Trump Says he Wants Lower Interest Rates as the Fed Holds Steady at 4.5 Percent
Thanks to the sort of inflationary policy Trump prefers, it will take years to rebuild the economy on a stable foundation of saving and investment, rather than on mountains of easy-money-fueled bubbles.
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Airline Passenger Volume Is Down Amid Falling Demand and Slowing Economy
Year-over-year drops in passenger traffic is well correlated with changes in the employment level, and passenger traffic fell for two months in a row.
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War with Iran Is Not in the Interest of the American People
The United States is dangerously close to entering yet another war in the Middle East. But this one has the potential to be a lot costlier for the American people while remaining just as unlikely to bring about peace and stability in the region.
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Israeli Official Says War With Iran Is ‘Premised’ on the Idea of the US Entering
The Israeli state and its supporters view the American taxpayers as people to be exploited and defrauded for the benefit of a regime that offers Americans nothing in return.
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Sound Monetary Policy in Under 40 Words
If wealth could be created out of scraps of paper or their digital equivalent, world poverty would be a thing of the past. Remember, the commodity money takes care of itself—and us too, if we let it.
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Trump’s Tariff Policies Are Schizophrenic
Why is the Trump administration levying tariffs? Are they for tax purposes? Protecting domestic industries? Bargaining chips for international deal making? The administration and its supporters have floated mutually-exclusive reasons for these policies, making the confusion worse.
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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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Trump (Again) Demands More Easy Money To Help Fund Even Bigger Deficits
Trump says he wants the US central bank to be more like the European Central Bank which has been more aggressively forcing down interest rates in recent months.
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Ending Subsidies to Amtrak Will Benefit Rail Travelers
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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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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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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