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Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics
Nigerians Should Understand Their Long-Run Interests
Modern complex economies are remarkably characterized by the social division of labor. Individuals of varying abilities, personalities, and specialized technical knowledge in pursuing their self-interests integrate themselves into this social system by voluntarily participating in the various stages of production and exchange of goods and services.Oftentimes this voluntary system of social cooperation called the “free market system” is met with a...
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LA UNIÓN EUROPEA AMENAZA A ELON MUSK
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Leggett: Disunion Is Better than Slavery
[Editor’s note: In this 1835 essay, the great anti-slavery Jacksonian—and enemy of central bankers—William Leggett provides an early example of “secessionist abolitionism” in his call for embracing both secession and disunion. Leggett here makes two key claims. First, Leggett rejects claims by defenders of slavery that the US Constitution endorses the institution. He writes: “What a mysterious thing this federal compact must be, which enjoins so...
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Innovation through Antitrust Litigation? The Myth of Linear Progress
There has been a notable resurgence in antitrust litigation aimed at fostering innovation through the potential positive spillovers of technology to other firms. Its advocates argue that breaking up monopolies promotes technology dissemination and economic growth. They believe antitrust litigation enables early-stage innovation in the marketplace. However, this view oversimplifies innovation’s complexity, as it rarely follows a linear path from...
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The Harris Campaign Will Base Its Platform on Biden’s Fake Economic Accomplishments
Later this week, Kamala Harris is expected to break her campaign’s strange silence about policy by unveiling much of her economic platform. The vice president is scheduled to first join President Joe Biden for an event in Maryland on Thursday about “the progress they are making to lower costs for the American people” and then to deliver a speech about her own economic platform on Friday.The Harris campaign clearly intends to continue spinning the...
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Musk-Trump Interview: What Really Caused the Inflation of the Biden Presidency?
On the evening of Monday, August 12, President Donald Trump sat down with Elon Musk on an X (formerly Twitter) space. There were a lot of very nice promises about massive deportations and crime crackdowns—promises which could completely reverse the demographic trends of the country and “Take Back the Streets”! A lot of anti-war rhetoric, including acknowledging the tragedies of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, was also passed around, a promising sign...
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Los Estímulos Keynesianos SIEMPRE FRACASAN
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The American tradition of abolishing central banks
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...
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Rachel Maddow’s hunt for imaginary fascists
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...
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Is the European Union headed for another debt crisis?
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...
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How should government police the public domain?
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...
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A ‘smart city’ is a city plagued by high taxes and central planning
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...
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Project 2025: The good, the bad, and the frustrating
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...
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Bidenomics: New employment numbers say recession is here
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...
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How capitalism defeats racism
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...
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Musk Was Right in his Conversation with Trump
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The Goose that laid the Golden Egg
Hello, and welcome to another episode of the “Minor Issues” podcast. I’m Mark Thornton at the Mises Institute.In this week’s episode, I’d like to talk about a brand-new paper of mine. It is on Ludwig von Mises and trade in general and international trade and protectionism. Trade, whether international or just across the street, is the great source of our standard of living. You can work 24 hours a day, but if you can’t trade with others, you would...
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Tyranny in the UK – Can it Happen Here?
As the UK descends into tyranny, where just re-Tweeting something the government doesn’t like can land a person a multi-year jail sentence, Americans are wondering, “can it happen here?” After all, we have the guarantees of the First Amendment.But while we shake our heads at UK authorities jailing people for their social media posts this past week, we should not kid ourselves. The answer is that silencing dissent can happen here and it is happening...
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Colonialism, Self-Determination, and Secession
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...
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SNB’s Chairman Schlegel: A few months of negative inflation wouldn’t be a problem
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SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 3.6 billion francs compared to the previous week
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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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