Ultimately, interest rate caps would cost Americans access to a convenient and reliable source of credit. Instead of saving them money, a rate cap would push consumers into worse credit options.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Why Are US Drug Prices So High?
Alex Tabarrok joins Bob to break down Trump’s drug price executive order, price controls, and the real economics behind Big Pharma and healthcare innovation.
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One Wrong Decision and Everything Turns to Dust
With all of the current angst about tariffs and other issues, it is easy to forget that there are missile silos around the world with weapons that can destroy the world as we have known it. All that is needed to set off a holocaust is one bad decision.
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Abolitionist Hypocrisies
The antebellum abolitionist movement ranged from peaceful abolitionist societies in the South to groups in New England advocating violence and bloodshed. Unfortunately, the nation‘s political leaders chose to end slavery through violent means.
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The Myth of Fed Independence After the Treasury-Fed Accord of 1951
Is the Federal Reserve truly independent? Jonathan Newman uncovers the myths behind the 1951 Treasury-Fed Accord.
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Resurrection of the Skyscraper Curse?
With the resurrection of Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower project set for completion around 2027, could another global economic crisis be imminent?
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How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine
Scott Horton explains how US foreign policy disasters threaten peace, prosperity, and freedom.
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False Virtue: The Phony Rationale for American Military Imperialism
Tom DiLorenzo exposes the dangerous "Treasury of Virtue" that justifies endless wars and imperialism.
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The Real Israel vs. Hasbara History
Ilana Mercer addresses Israel’s "Hasbara" myths, exposing harsh truths behind Gaza’s suffering—and the moral complicity of America in enabling atrocities.
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Anarchy, State, and Bader
In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes us through the high points of Robert Nozick by Ralf M. Bader, who writes favorably about Anarchy, State, and Utopia. In fact, Dr. Gordon believes Bader has made important contributions to libertarian thought.
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The Marshall Plan Slush Fund: Cronyism for US Exporters
Did the Marshall Plan save Europe or enrich crony capitalists? Patrick Newman discusses how corporate welfare, hidden deals, and corruption shaped postwar policy, with effects still felt today.
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Charles Beard and American Foreign Policy
David Gordon explores historian Charles Beard’s forgotten warnings and their lasting lessons on liberty and foreign policy.
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The Revisionist Economic History of the Civil War
Why did the South lose the Civil War? Mark Thornton argues Vicksburg—not Gettysburg—was key, revealing how Confederate economic failures sealed their fate.
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Engines of Destruction in the Great War: Artillery, Society, War Finance, and the Emergence of the Total State
Hunt Tooley reveals how artillery, arms dealers, and bankers turned war into profitable, prolonged carnage.
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MMT, Chartalism, and the Colonial Experience
The MMT crowd now claims that the monetary history of the US is an example of chartalism. US history is actually an example of the opposite.
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The Package Deal of “Circumstantial Exploitation”
Adlai Stevenson said that, “A hungry man is not a free man.” Many assume free exchange is invalid unless a basic level of wealth is achieved by the parties, but this is an error.
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From Leninism to Social Democracy: A Guide to Socialist Models
While Democratic Socialism is the darling of the political left, all forms of socialism have come from the brutal model first imposed upon Russia in 1917.
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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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