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The US Followed a Policy of Foreign Intervention Long before World War II

2023-05-13

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2023-05-13

In history classes (in public or private schools, colleges, and others), state propaganda, and mainstream history, a historical fiction has been spun that allegedly debunks any notion of noninterventionism. This is the myth of American isolationism. The assertion usually goes that America was extremely isolationist prior to World War I and had no interest in involving itself in unnecessary warfare. After the Zimmermann telegram was sent, America...

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The Brutality of Slavery

2023-05-13

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2023-05-13

[This article is excerpted from Conceived in Liberty, volume 1, chapter 6, "The Social Structure of Virginia: Bondservants and Slaves". An MP3 audio file of this article, narrated by Floy Lilley, is available for download.] Until the 1670s, the bulk of forced labor in Virginia was indentured service (largely white, but some Negro); Negro slavery was negligible. In 1683 there were 12,000 indentured servants in Virginia and only 3,000...

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In the Event of an Official US Bankruptcy

2023-05-12

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2023-05-12

The current known federal debt is $31.7 trillion according to the web site, US Debt Clock, which is about $94,726 for every man, woman, and child who are citizens as of April 24, 2023. Can you write a check right now made payable to the United States Treasury for the known share of the federal debt of each member of your family after liquidating the assets you own? A report released by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Branch on March 6, 2023, stated a...

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ESG: Another Fraudulent Hustle That Progressive Elites Have Foisted on the Economy

2023-05-12

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2023-05-12

In their attempts to remake the economy, progressive elites are pushing ESG. What they forget is that the economy runs on real things, not ideology. Original Article: "ESG: Another Fraudulent Hustle That Progressive Elites Have Foisted on the Economy"

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Practice Makes Parfit

2023-05-12

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2023-05-12

Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Moralityby David EdmondsPrinceton, 2023; xx + 380 pp. The British philosopher Derek Parfit ranks as one of the most influential moral philosophers of the past century. But as David Edmonds says in his outstanding biography of him, Parfit was a “philosopher’s philosopher” who did not write for the general public. Edmonds, who has a gift for explaining difficult ideas simply, has made Parfit’s ideas...

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Does the Inverted Yield Curve Signal a Coming Recession?

2023-05-12

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2023-05-12

Dr. Paul Cwik joins Bob to discuss the inverted yield curve's "signal" of an impending recession. Dr. Cwik's dissertation on inverted yield curves and economic downturns: Mises.org/HAP395a Bob on the link between inverted yield curves and recessions: Mises.org/HAP395b Bob's Understanding Money Mechanics: Mises.org/Mechanics [embedded content]

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Prices, Food, Employment: AI and Robotics Are for Regular Folks, Not Just the Elite

2023-05-12

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2023-05-12

While politicians, media mavens, and the academic elite spread fear about artificial intelligence, AI is helping make life better for ordinary consumers. Original Article: "Prices, Food, Employment: AI and Robotics Are for Regular Folks, Not Just the Elite"

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Taxing Capital Leads to Capital Consumption

2023-05-12

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2023-05-12

The Misesian tradition provides essential insights into the nature of capital. From Frédéric Bastiat to Murray N. Rothbard, Austrian capital theory excels. Bastiat illustrated gains from capital by giving us the anecdote of the neighbor who wanted to borrow a timber planer. Rothbard gave us the examples of royalties in the extractive industry to illustrate capital consumption. The list goes on. Often, capital’s exceptional output is because it...

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Price Inflation Growth Slowed Slightly in April. Now Wall Street Will Demand More Easy Money.

2023-05-12

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2023-05-12

The federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released new price inflation data Wednesday, and according to the report, price inflation during April decelerated slightly, coming in at the lowest year-over-year increase in twenty-four months. According to the BLS, Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rose 4.9 percent year over year in April before seasonal adjustment. That’s down from March’s year-over-year increase of 5.0 percent, and...

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Should Local Municipalities Default on Their Debts? Seems Like a Good Idea

2023-05-11

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2023-05-11

While most free market advocates are fixated on the national debt, they also should be looking at municipal debt over which taxpayers have no say. Maybe default is the answer. Original Article: "Should Local Municipalities Default on Their Debts? Seems Like a Good Idea"

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The Money Supply Has Plummeted in the Biggest Drop Since the Great Depression

2023-05-11

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2023-05-11

Money supply growth fell again in March, plummeting further into negative territory after turning negative in November 2022 for the first time in twenty-eight years. March's drop continues a steep downward trend from the unprecedented highs experienced during much of the past two years. Since April 2021, money supply growth has slowed quickly, and since November, we've been seeing the money supply repeatedly contract for five months in a row. The...

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Finance Discovers Sting: “How Fragile We Are”

2023-05-11

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2023-05-11

An ongoing debate concerns the plunge in the four-week Treasury note yield in relation to the three-month Treasury yield. At least one tweeter claims it’s all about the coming debt ceiling showdown with the difference in rates (3.145 percent versus 5.070 percent) reflecting the risk of having liquidity tied up within three months as the debt ceiling exercise is run through DC sausage making. On the other side is Eurodollar University’s Jeffrey...

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The Ukraine War Isn’t about Democracy. It’s about States Seeking More Power.

2023-05-11

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2023-05-11

The fight between Russia and NATO is not about "democracy versus authoritarianism." Rather both the US and Russian states are doubling down because they are doing what states do: seeking power. Original Article: "The Ukraine War Isn't about Democracy. It's about States Seeking More Power."

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Progressives Want to Eliminate Wealthy Entrepreneurs but Need the Wealth They Create

2023-05-11

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2023-05-11

Being perceived as anti–working class is a cardinal sin in American politics. Working-class people are seen as the unappreciated engine of American growth. Hillary Clinton discovered this lesson when she was criticized for calling Donald Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables.” But interestingly, expressing contempt for the upper class is quite tolerable. Rich people are frequently ridiculed by comedians and depicted as snobs in popular culture....

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Trump, Dominion, and the Weaponization of Defamation

2023-05-11

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2023-05-11

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop talk about recent court cases involving defamation claims, justifying libertarian skepticism of the entire concept. As Ryan noted in a recent Wire article, the Dominion lawsuit in particular, is a particularly chilling case for free speech, with a taxpayer-funded company effectively silencing public critics. This, along with the recent Trump verdict, are an illustration of the...

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Government Budget Deficits Cannot Stimulate True Economic Growth

2023-05-10

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2023-05-10

A central tenet of Keynesian economics is that governments must run budget deficits to stimulate economic growth. But government spending actually shrinks the economy. Original Article: "Government Budget Deficits Cannot Stimulate True Economic Growth"

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Rothbard’s Button Doesn’t Exist, but It Needs to Be Invented

2023-05-10

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2023-05-10

With totalitarianism accelerating on a global scale and having kicked off in earnest with government attacks on their own populations during the still-running ruse of the covid vaccine, the state as a necessary feature of civilization stands before us shamelessly as a blood-dripping monster. And acting as tyranny’s bulldog is the state’s handmaiden and echo chamber, the legacy media. Are future generations destined to live in an Orwellian...

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NATO’s Great New Idea: “Let’s Start a War with China!”

2023-05-10

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2023-05-10

ATO’s post–Cold War history is that of an organization far past its “sell-by” date. Desperate for a mission after the end of the Warsaw Pact, NATO in the late 1990s decided that it would become the muscle behind the militarization of “human rights” under the Clinton Administration. Gone was the “threat of global communism” which was used to justify NATO’s 40-year run, so NATO re-imagined itself as a band of armed Atlanticist superheroes. Wherever...

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Canada’s Legal Counterfeiting Ring Is a Product of Progressive Democracy

2023-05-10

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2023-05-10

Canada created its central bank during the Great Depression, ostensibly to stabilize the currency and protect the banking system. Today, that system is falling apart, thanks to inflationary central bank policies. Original Article: "Canada’s Legal Counterfeiting Ring Is a Product of Progressive Democracy"

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Is There an Optimum Growth Rate of Money?

2023-05-10

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2023-05-10

It is widely held that a growing economy requires a growing money stock because economic growth increases demand for money. Many economists also believe that failing to accommodate the increase in the demand for money leads to a decline in consumer prices. This could destabilize the economy and produce an economic recession or even a depression. Some economists who follow Milton Friedman—also known as monetarists—want the central bank to target the...

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