James Bovard: Today is the 163th anniversary of the battle of Front Royal, Virginia (the town near where I was raised). On May 23, 1862, almost all the Yankee soldiers in Front Royal were captured, killed or wounded.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Relearning the Lessons We Never Learned from World War I
We would do well to remember the main lesson from World War I: there is no “honor” in warfare. It is pure murder.
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Student Loans: A New Sheriff in Town
Forbes called this explosive loan situation, a “perfect storm…of heavier debt loads, higher payments, and an unforgiving economy.”
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Biden, Bombs, and Bonds
Biden's hidden illness, Trump's surprise foreign-policy pivot, and America's bond meltdown. Don't miss the inaugural episode of the Power & Market Podcast, a weekly news recap from the Mises Institute’s editorial team.
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Lord of the Manor
For this week‘s version of Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Mary Grabar‘s Debunking FDR, which examines Roosevelt‘s paternalistic worldview and how it shaped his political life and his presidency.
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MMT and US History: Redefining Chartalism
MMT uses chartalism and a few dubious examples to appeal to history to establish the theory‘s authority and validity, only to discard this element as irrelevant and unnecessary.
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Student Loans: A New Sheriff in Town
Forbes called this explosive loan situation, a “perfect storm…of heavier debt loads, higher payments, and an unforgiving economy.”
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A New Sheriff in Town
Forbes called this explosive loan situation, a “perfect storm…of heavier debt loads, higher payments, and an unforgiving economy.”
Read More »
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Relearning the Lessons We Never Learned from World War I
The 20th century gave us two world wars that have altered the world's political landscape to this day. We would do well to remember the main lesson from World War I: there is no “honor” in warfare. It is pure murder.
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Regime Uncertainty and the Trump New Deal
President Trump has made a lot of noise in the business community in the first few months of his administration. Unfortunately, his actions and rhetoric have created a lot of uncertainty in the economy, threatening capital development.
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Treasury yields spike again on Thursday as GOP’s out-of-control spending looms
30-year Treasury yield spikes to 5.09%, 10-year yield hits 4.61%. 10-yr yield is back at 2005 levels.
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Interest Rates Rise Again as Treasury Auction Comes Up Short
On Wednesday, the Treasury bonds auction was so weak that 20-year and 30-year yields continued to rise as investors expect a rising wave of mounting federal deficits and debt.
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Thomas Malthus’s Disciples: The Pro-Natalists
Progressives have repeated the Malthus theme of overpopulation for six decades. However, the real demographic problem facing modern industrial nations has been the dearth of population growth fueled by an inflation culture.
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April home sales were the lowest since 2009
Sales of previously owned homes in April declined 0.5% from March. That is the slowest April pace since 2009. Jobs and incomes aren't nearly as good as we've been told.
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The Rise of War Propaganda and the Defeat of Laissez-Faire
In this lecture from the Mises Institute's recent Conference on War Revisionism, McMaken looks at how classical liberals' pro-peace foreign policy was defeated by a century of war propaganda beginning with the First World War.
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Thomas Massie denounces the 1100+ page bill that no one has read
Massie is right, as usual. Most Republicans will vote for it anyway, and continue the US slide into bankruptcy.
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Airlines brace for the summer of hell
A stagnating economy means fewer vacations and less air travel. Airlines are feeling it.
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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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