On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Tho, and Connor talk about the historic waits thanks to DC's monopoly on airport security, and Joe Kent's resignation over the Iran War.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
The Immorality of Trump’s War with Iran Matters
Anyone who cares about American greatness must also refuse to allow us to become the kind of society that shrugs off the crimes our government commits in our name and with our money.
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Cheap Calories, Expensive Consequences: How Federal Policy Contributes to Chronic Disease
The federal government heavily subsidizes certain politically-connected food growers in the name of “protecting our food supply.” Actually, the government protects the livelihood of those that promote unhealthy foods.
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The Mistaken Identity of Prediction Markets
Mainstream finance regularly confuses finance, insurance and betting. The Austrian School provides the tools to understand their differences.
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Individualism in Rothbard’s Natural Rights Libertarianism
Murray Rothbard’s system was built upon the natural rights of individuals, and tying liberty to property and ownership, not collectivism.
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The Iran War Brings More Inflation and New Strength to the Yuan
Beyond the initial oil shock, the Iran war is also laying the foundation for ongoing monetary inflation and price inflation, with no real change to the US regime’s commitment to easy money.
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The Military Draft Is Slavery
The problem is not the inefficiency of a conscript army; the problem is the gross immorality — indeed, the massive criminality — of drafting young men ... to kill or be killed against their will.
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Cheap Calories, Expensive Consequences: How Federal Policy Contributes to Chronic Disease
The federal government heavily subsidizes certain politically-connected food growers in the name of “protecting our food supply.” Actually, the government protects the livelihood of those that promote unhealthy foods.
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The Immorality of Trump’s War with Iran Matters
Anyone who cares about American greatness must also refuse to allow us to become the kind of society that shrugs off the crimes our government commits in our name and with our money.
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How the Iranian war may lead to the end of the petrodollar
"The conflict could be remembered as a key catalyst for erosion in petrodollar dominance and the beginnings of the petroyuan."
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Congress Wants Cheaper Housing—By Discouraging Housing Investment
Home prices and rents have risen sharply over the past several years, leaving many families struggling to buy or rent a place to live.
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Barbarians at the Redemption Gate
As investors become squeezed as the economy tightens, they look toward the government to provide them with even more cheap credit. Ordinary Americans are paying for these unsound policies.
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Individualism in Rothbard’s Natural Rights Libertarianism
Murray Rothbard’s system was built upon the natural rights of individuals, and tying liberty to property and ownership, not collectivism.
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Government Planning Doesn’t Fix Economies
Politicians say they can “fix” the economy. But economists Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises pointed out how government “fixes" lead to bigger problems. Ryan McMaken appears on Stossel TV.
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McMaken on Stossel: Meet the Austrians
Politicians say they can “fix” the economy. But economists Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises pointed out how government “fixes" lead to bigger problems. Ryan McMaken is interviewed by John Stossel for this interview about what we can learn from Mises and Hayek.
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The Mantle of Science
Rothbard argues that genuine science in the social realm starts with clear logic about human action.
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Adam Smith and the Myth of the Founder
While Adam Smith has played an important historical role in the development of economic thought, as Murray Rothbard pointed out, he hardly is the original apostle of laissez-faire economics.
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SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 3.1 billion francs compared to the previous week
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SNB’s Chairman Schlegel: A few months of negative inflation wouldn’t be a problem
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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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