"Kirk had a deep respect for Dr. Paul and credited him with challenging the Republican establishment." Article by Ginny Garner.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Layoff notices surged in October across much of U.S., Federal Reserve report says
It represents one of the highest numbers of WARN notices since Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland researchers started tracking the data in January 2006.
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Trump says his administration has started interviews for next Fed chair
"I'd love to get the guy currently in there out... but people are holding me back," he said, referring to Fed's Jerome Powell.
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UN Places Gaza Under Control of US-Led Board
The US-controlled "Board of Peace" will rule over Gaza for at least two years, and the US will oversee a newly deployed military force in the territory.
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From Allentown to the Present: How the Iron and Steel Industry Changed
Billy Joel memorialized the workers of the steel industry in his 1982 song “Allentown.” While popular culture seems to dwell on tragedy, the creative-destruction of the market process also involves progress.
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The Difference between Formal and Substantive Equality
When we think of the term “equality,” most of us think of it in a formal sense: equality under the law. However, political elites are demanding “substantive” equality, which is impossible to achieve.
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Roger Williams: Exemplar of America’s Soul
Roger Williams, the Baptist minister whose libertarian views ran afoul of the Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities, should be honored as one of this country’s early libertarians.
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What Makes Economics Scientific?
Prompted by an online debate about whether economics belongs with the hard sciences, Bob reviews common defenses of mainstream practice and explains why they don’t settle the scientific status of the field.
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Does a Decline in “Aggregate Demand” Cause a Recession?
Keynesian orthodoxy claims that the cause of recessions is a decline in so-called aggregate demand. Besides confusing cause-and-effect, Keynesians don't understand that downturns are the result of malinvestments made during the boom because of central bank interference in the economy.
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The Road to De-Civilization: Inflation and the Moral Erosion of Society
Inflation is not just an economic phenomenon. It also undercuts the foundations of a civilization, leading to the breakdown of society itself.
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Minor Issues, Major Conversations: Mark Thornton’s Four-Interview Roundup
Four interviews in one cut: gold’s whiplash, ballooning debt, and what it all means for your wallet.
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An Austrian Perspective on Equality
Modern progressivism is based upon the notion of equity—equal outcomes. However, as Ludwig von Mises wrote, classical liberalism had its roots in liberty, which was undergirded by equality before the law.
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Roger Williams: Exemplar of America’s Soul
Roger Williams, the Baptist minister whose libertarian views ran afoul of the Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities, should be honored as one of this country’s early libertarians.
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MAGA infighting grows over H1-B visas.
"President Donald Trump’s once unquestioned grip on his MAGA political base is showing signs of strain as some of his supporters have started pushing back..."
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A Rawlsian Trick
When John Rawls published A Theory of Justice in 1971, he realized there were some loopholes that he tried to cover 22 years later with Political Liberalism. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon exposes the intellectual futility of Rawls' tricks.
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Pete Hegseth’s reforms at the Pentagon may actually be undermining the usual military propaganda.
Hegseth says he is making the Pentagon more war ready, but he's "actually weakening all three legs of the Pentagon stool." Article by Karen Kwiatkowski.
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Is the Israel Lobby starting to panic?
John Mearsheimer thinks it may be so. Mark Levin's hysterical rants about Tucker Carlson illustrate the state of the Israel lobby in America.
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Trump Says Walmart’s Thanksgiving Meal in 2025 is “25% Cheaper” This Year. But It’s Also Smaller.
The "benchmark" Thanksgiving meal is cheaper only because Wal-Mart greatly reduced the size of the meal, and then declared it more affordable.
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The CPI as Evidence of Methodological Error
Mainstream economists and others speak of the Consumer Price Index as the measure of inflation. Yet, the CPI is nothing more than a weighted average of numbers put into an arbitrary formula. It is time to end this statistical charade for good.
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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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