Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
History of Hyperinflation
Hyperinflation isn’t ancient history. It’s a recurring policy failure with war-level damage.
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Environmentalism is Anti-Humanism
Anti-impact environmentalists want you dead; they will settle, in the short term, for you to feel guilty for existing, producing and consuming, and willing to comply with any degree of central planning and freedom curtailment to “save the planet” from you.
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Cynicism Redeemed: My 2025 Epigrams
As an official Public Policy Hooligan, James Bovard is well-known for some of his zingers. Here are some he wrote in 2025.
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Decentralize the Skies: A Swift Regional Model to Fix India’s Aviation Mess
The US is not the only country with a broken air traffic control system due to state control. India's system also is in a statist mess. The solution is to get government out of the business of ATC.
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Did the Articles of Confederation Fail? Probably Not
The standard explanation for the Constitutional Convention was that the Articles of Confederation were a failure. However, the Articles actually worked the way they were supposed to work. Unfortunately, the advocates of a strong central government ultimately got their way.
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Environmentalism is Anti-Humanism
Anti-impact environmentalists want you dead; they will settle, in the short term, for you to feel guilty for existing, producing and consuming, and willing to comply with any degree of central planning and freedom curtailment to “save the planet” from you.
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Crispy Is Good!
In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Crispin Sartwell’s Against the State: An Introduction to Anarchist Political Theory and finds much to like.
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The Future of Europe: An Italian View
"Since we were not able to have a new economic era in reality, we insisted on having it in appearance. So we raised nominal wages and incomes; but we paid them in a fictitious money..."
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Why Vivek Is So Wrong about the Founding of the United States
Vivek Ramaswamy promotes a fictional version of American history in which a handful of people created America and that culture and religion are canceled out by an ideological "creed." In truth, the American nation and the American state are two different things.
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Cutting Interest Rates Isn’t a Cure‑All for the Economy
The Fed is cutting its discount rate again, but Americans will be disappointed with the results, as the Fed’s latest action only contributes to the boom-and-bust cycle.
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How to Compare Prices and Progress over the Years
One way to compare prices of similar commodities and services over long periods of time is to convert the nominal prices to ounces of gold.
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Tariff revenue is less than half of what Trump claims
“Let’s be clear: President Trump’s claim that the U.S. government collected $600 billion from tariffs in 2025 is incorrect,” The true amount is closer to $289 billion.
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Denmark’s military is ordered to open fire if Americans attempt military invasion
"If Donald Trump goes forward, the status of the US will go from adversary or rival to the one of enemy," [French Prime Minister] Villepin stated. "It'll be a huge historical change."
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Why The Monroe Doctrine Cannot be Reestablished
With American intervention in Venezuela, some are claiming that the Trump administration is simply invoking the Monroe Doctrine, or its corollary, the “Donroe” Doctrine. In reality, neither doctrine is an appropriate reason for US military intervention in Latin America.
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“The Warmth of Collectivism”: Beginning the Mamdani Era
In his inaugural speech, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared an end to “rugged individualism” and the embrace of “the warmth of collectivism.” New Yorkers are about to find out that collectivism will not produce what they need to have better lives.
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The UK Is in Economic and Social Freefall
Whatever advances Great Britain made during the Margaret Thatcher years have long been reversed as the UK finds itself in decline of its economy and social fabric. Big government, once again, is the culprit.
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The Donroe Doctrine and Its Consequences
On this episode of Power & Market, the panel kicks off 2026 with a conversation about the arrest of Maduro. What's next for Venezuela? What's DC's next target? Does America really need a 1.5 trillion dollar defense budget? We look at these questions and more.
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Why The Monroe Doctrine Cannot be Reestablished
With American intervention in Venezuela, some are claiming that the Trump administration is simply invoking the Monroe Doctrine, or its corollary, the “Donroe” Doctrine. In reality, neither doctrine is an appropriate reason for US military intervention in Latin America.
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Napolitano: This Is a Lawless Presidency
The Constitution already grants far too much power to the central government. But Trump can't even be bothered with his oath to uphold the Constitution's few limits on war-making powers.
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The UK Is in Economic and Social Freefall
Whatever advances Great Britain made during the Margaret Thatcher years have long been reversed as the UK finds itself in decline of its economy and social fabric. Big government, once again, is the culprit.
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