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ESPAÑA SECUESTRADA POR SEPARATISTAS

2023-10-01

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The slow, stealthy but steady spread of absolutism 

2023-10-01

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2023-10-01

Part II of II by Claudio Grass, Switzerland Over the last couple of years, we saw countless examples of free speech suppression and of the steep price paid by those who chose to exercise that right. Divergent ideas and thoughts contradicting the government narrative were silenced and often punished in ways that would have been entirely unimaginable before the covid outbreak.  No matter what one thinks about the pandemic, about the policies...

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States Are Dying from Corruption and the Exponential

2023-10-01

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2023-10-01

The state is held together by violence and nothing else. There is no such thing as "the social contract." But even violence cannot make a state last past its time, as we saw with the USSR. Original Article: States Are Dying from Corruption and the Exponential

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How Is the Fed Insolvent and Why Should We Care?

2023-09-30

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2023-09-30

Alex Pollock has decades of experience in financial markets, including a position as President of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago. He explains to Bob the mechanics of the Fed's current insolvency and its implications for ordinary Americans. Join us in Fort Myers on November 4 to cut through the campaign talking points and offer an uncompromising look at what is coming next. Use Code "FL2023" for $10 of-f admission: Mises.org/FL23...

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¿Es la banda QUEEN Tan Buena Como Dicen?

2023-09-30

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Statism Stands against Free Trade and Free Association

2023-09-30

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2023-09-30

Free trade has its enemies on the left and the right. However, despite the supposed “sophistication” of their antitrade arguments, when we break them down, those arguments really are sophistry. Original Article: Statism Stands against Free Trade and Free Association

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Physician Burnout: Another Consequence of Medical Socialism

2023-09-30

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2023-09-30

Obamacare's forced electronic medical recordkeeping is denying patients the care they need. Original Article: Physician Burnout: Another Consequence of Medical Socialism

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The Data Shutdown—Smokescreen?

2023-09-30

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2023-09-30

This episode examines the impending Government Shutdown, which will suspend new releases of the government's "vital" economic statistics. How will the "Data Dependent" Fed manage its policy behind the cloak of missing data? Mark suggests it's best to consider that the Fed is playing its typical confidence game. Be sure to follow Minor Issues at Mises.org/MinorIssues.

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Will Dollarization Work in Argentina?

2023-09-30

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2023-09-30

In Argentina, the libertarian presidential candidate Javier Milei made headlines when he came in first in the primary on August 13. His economic program calls for a strong reduction in government spending and the role of government in general and would, if implemented, greatly improve the conditions of economic life in Argentina. There is, however, one weak point—namely, his proposed monetary reform. Faced with high inflation rates and a...

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Last Day to Double Your Gift

2023-09-30

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2023-09-30

The Mises Institute sends a big THANK YOU to everyone who already donated to our Fall Campaign this week. Your support helps us continue to make the sound economic principles of Mises, Rothbard, Hazlitt, and Hayek free to the world at a time when they are needed more than ever. If you haven’t had time to donate, please do so today. Hunter Lewis, a generous donor and author of numerous books, is passionate about educating a future generation of...

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Is the Money in Your Checking Account Yours or the Bank’s?

2023-09-30

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2023-09-30

When Silicon Valley Bank and other banks failed earlier this year, the debate over the sustainability of fractional reserve banking resurfaced. Under fractional reserve banking, banks keep only a fraction of customers’ deposits in reserve. The difference is bank credit, such as government debt, mortgages, business loans, and many other kinds of loans. This practice leaves the bank open to a run, in which panicky depositors attempt to withdraw their...

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Assessing the BRICS Expansion: Debunking Expectations

2023-09-29

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2023-09-29

At the conclusion of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg on August 24, 2023, it was announced that the five-country grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, had invited six more countries to join: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Argentina. The new memberships, which will take effect in January 2024, were called “historic” by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, while Vladimir Putin, unable to travel due to...

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Totalitarian Ideals and Not Living by Lies

2023-09-29

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2023-09-29

More than forty years ago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn urged his fellow Russians “not to live by lies.” In our politicized age, his words ring truer than ever. Original Article: Totalitarian Ideals and Not Living by Lies

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DERECHOS A LA RUINA: SÁNCHEZ NOS ENDEUDA EN 400.000 MILLONES

2023-09-29

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Living Libertarian: Brief Biographies

2023-09-29

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2023-09-29

Libertarian Autobiographies: Moving toward Freedom in Today’s Worldedited by Jo Ann Cavallo and Walter E. BlockPalgrave Macmillan, 2023; xx + 533 pp. Jo Ann Cavallo and Walter Block have done those interested in libertarianism a great service, but they have set the reviewer of their book an impossible task. They have gathered together eighty short accounts in which well-known libertarians describe their various paths toward their political and...

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The Problem With “Classical Liberals”

2023-09-29

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2023-09-29

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop take a look at "classical liberalism," a term that has come to mean a variety of different things in recent years. What is the history of classical liberalism? Is classical liberalism distinct from radical libertarianism? Is it ultimately a moderate form of leftism? Ryan and Tho address these questions and more during the Mises Institute's Fall Fundraising Campaign....

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The slow, stealthy but steady spread of absolutism 

2023-09-29

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2023-09-29

Part I of II by Claudio Grass, Switzerland The struggle and rivalry between the “West and the rest” might be grabbing news headlines due to the Ukraine war these days, but in truth, it is anything but newsworthy. This antagonism, this battle for geopolitical, physical dominance, for moral supremacy, and this clash of ideas and fundamental values has been raging for much longer than that, perhaps longer than most of us can recall.  It sowed...

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The Fed Holds the Fed Funds Rate Steady—Because it Doesn’t Know What Else To Do

2023-09-29

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2023-09-29

If we read between the lines, it is apparent that the Fed is hoping that price inflation will fall to politically acceptable levels without any additional tightening, and without a recession.  But "hope" is all the Fed has.  Original Article: The Fed Holds the Fed Funds Rate Steady—Because it Doesn't Know What Else To Do

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Why Uranium Prices Are Skyrocketing: Expert Insights with a Uranium CEO | Amir Adnani

2023-09-29

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The US cannot rely on Russia and its satellite states for uranium anymore. Mauldin Economics COO Ed D’Agostino and Uranium Energy Corp. CEO Amir Adnani talk US energy policy and the critical role nuclear plays for the US military, NASA, and artificial intelligence-backed technologies. You can learn more about Amir Adnani here: https://www.uraniumenergy.com/about/meet-the-team/officers-and-directors/ Stay informed on the big trends by subscribing...

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Three Cheers for Mises

2023-09-29

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2023-09-29

Today marks the birthday of Ludwig von Mises, and day 5 of our annual Fall Campaign. The intellectual achievements of Ludwig von Mises make him one of the greatest minds in human history. His contributions to Austrian economics inspired new generations of scholars, from Murray Rothbard and F.A. Hayek to current leaders like Joe Salerno, Ron Paul, and Patrick Newman. He is the most powerful intellectual opponent to socialism the world has ever...

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