“The Civil War was really the watershed,” he wrote Meyer. “Lincoln was America’s first dictator, and almost all the Republican Acts were monstrous.”
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Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics
Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy Audiobook
This audiobook showcases Friedrich Hayek’s most influential writings on knowledge, competition, socialism, and monetary order, highlighting why his ideas remain vital in today’s digital and interventionist age.
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Going for Broke
Once upon a time, American firms built with the long term in view, and the government did not try to hinder them. Today, thanks to reckless federal government spending, we are living hand-to-mouth, accumulating massive debts, and soon enough will be broke.
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Mises on Separating Morality and State
The recent assassination of Charlie Kirk has focused attention on political violence. Ludwig von Mises, not surprisingly, understood that tying morality to politicized state helps create the climate where political violence is prevalent.
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Gold price tops $4,000 for first time ever
"The precious metal has soared this year as investors seek a safe haven from a weaker dollar and geopolitical and economic uncertainty."
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Imports and Developing Countries: Countering the Myths of Western Exploitation
An enduring myth is that imports from industrialized western countries have decimated production of goods in developing countries. Economic history tells a much different story.
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SELFIES Y MENTIRAS, ASÍ ACTÚAN LOS ACTIVISTAS
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The US Spent Over $31 Billion Aiding Israel in the Past Two Years
Israel has received over $21 billion in military aid from the US and Washington has bombed Iran and Yemen for Tel Aviv.
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Wisconsin judge orders election officials to check citizenship of registered voters
The verification process for 3.6 million voters must be completed before the February 18 statewide primary election.
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Brightline and Train Subsidy Failures
Instead of squandering taxpayer money, Congress should cut Brightline subsidies to zero.
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Letters to Frank Meyer Reveal Rothbard’s Views on Lincoln, Slavery, and Popular Sovereignty
“The Civil War was really the watershed,” he wrote Meyer. “Lincoln was America’s first dictator, and almost all the Republican Acts were monstrous.”
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TRUMP PRESIONA A HAMÁS PARA LIBERAR REHENES
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Abolish the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Murray Rothbard recognized that the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides the lifeblood for government intervention. It doesn't need to be “reformed,” but rather should be outright abolished.
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The Importance of Time in Explaining Asset Bubbles
Jonathan Newman joins Bob to unpack Eliezer Yudkowsky’s viral bubble theory and contrasts it with the Austrian view of boom-bust cycles.
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Individualism and the Violence of the Identitarian Left
Leftists seek to create a new society that supposedly is peaceable. However, they also celebrate violence done against political opponents, something that Murray Rothbard understood as undermining every supposed peaceful goal they claim to be pursuing.
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Now Accepting Applications: Theory Development Workshop at Oklahoma State University (with Per Bylund)
Mises Institute Senior Fellow Per Bylund will lead a new workshop on "Exploring & Developing New Theoretical Approaches to Market-Based Management & Entrepreneurship." Now accepting applications.
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Why Taxes Were So Hated in the Middle Ages
During the Middle Ages, taxation was considered to be appropriate only as an extreme measure in times of emergency, and as a last resort. Kings were expected to subsist on revenues from their own private property.
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Money Supply Fluctuations and Business Cycles
Milton Friedman and the Monetarists believed that fluctuations in the money supply caused the boom-and-bust business cycles. Their solution—keeping money growth slow and steady—would still lead to business cycles.
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Why Taxes Were So Hated in the Middle Ages
During the Middle Ages, taxation was considered to be appropriate only as an extreme measure in times of emergency, and as a last resort. Kings were expected to subsist on revenues from their own 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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