Tag Archive: Featured

Swiss canton sticks to primary school phone restrictions

2026-07-11

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2026-07-11

When primary schools start back after the summer break in canton Nidwalden, new rules introduced last year will continue to apply: mobile phones are only for educational purposes and emergencies. Since August 1, 2025, mobiles, laptops, tablets and other electronic devices have no longer been permitted on primary school premises in the canton during lessons …

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The difficult search for real Swiss cows

2026-07-11

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2026-07-11

For tourists and locals alike, cows are inextricably linked with the image of Switzerland. But in most cases, this Swiss national symbol has non-Swiss origins. The search for an authentically Swiss cow is hard. In Switzerland, cows are everywhere: in souvenir shops in the form of wooden figurines, on the packaging of many dairy products, …

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Three Myths of American Healthcare

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

Ryan McMaken dismantles three persistent myths of American healthcare before tracing the origins of social insurance to Bismarck's deliberate scheme to bind citizens to the state "by the chains of gratitude" and closing with Mises' 1944 prediction that a population half-dependent on government healthcare would never vote to dismantle it.

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Old Fogies Don’t Die Soon Enough

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes apart Yale law professor Samuel Moyn’s screed against people living longer than Moyn thinks appropriate.

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The Depression of 1784: Revolutionary Inflation and Post-Revolution Depression

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

Intervention begets intervention. This was the case following the American Revolution, as the consequences of inflation, credit expansion, and wartime disruptions set up for the depression of 1784 in peacetime.

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How Adam Smith Helped Create Modern Unionism

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

While Adam Smith is celebrated in some circles as the “Father of Free-Market Economics” (Austrians would disagree), his writings on the “disadvantages” of the worker are misleading.

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Cronyism and Regulatory Capture

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

As AI becomes a more important and visible part of our lives, the movement to regulate it also grows. The standard regulation narratives—that government regulates things in the name of the public interest—clearly do not fit the facts.

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The Market Miracle

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

The free market facilitates mutually-beneficial exchanges that create wealth where it would not otherwise exist, but the market miracle can only exist under certain conditions.

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JGB Yields Fall for the First Time in Two Weeks and Yen Bounces as Fin Min Calls on Nation’s Pension Funds to Boost Domestic Allocation

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

The US dollar is softer against most currencies today. The main feature is the recovery of the yen, not in response to material intervention but on the call from the finance minister for Japanese pension funds to invest more in domestic assets. The Nikkei rallied 1.2% and the 10-year JGB yield fell for the first …

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The Depression of 1784: Revolutionary Inflation and Post-Revolution Depression

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

Intervention begets intervention. This was the case following the American Revolution, as the consequences of inflation, credit expansion, and wartime disruptions set up for the depression of 1784 in peacetime.

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The Feds Ambiguous Guidance

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

The FOMC released the minutes from Chair Warsh's first meeting on Wednesday, and the best word to describe the Fed's advice is "ambiguous." Merriam-Webster defines ambiguous as a state or, in this case, a statement that allows for more than one interpretation. Officials entertained policy scenarios in both hawkish and dovish ways.  Some see inflation …

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Swiss newspaper’s freedom of expression violated: ECHR

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) says Switzerland violated the freedom of expression of the newspaper Le Courrier in a legal dispute with businessman Jean Claude Gandur. The ECHR ruled against Switzerland in a judgement handed down on Thursday in Strasbourg. "This is a historic decision," the newspaper stated on Friday. "This ruling will …

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AI Capex Risk Cuts Both Ways In The American Economy

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

Just over a year ago, I made the case that the deficit narrative would find its cure in artificial intelligence. Goldman Sachs has since published research that, on first reading, appears to refute. It isn't. But after more than thirty years of watching capex cycles play out, I've learned the right move when new data lands …

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Swiss power providers show little appetite for building nuclear plants

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

Swiss energy companies welcome the lifting of the ban on the construction of nuclear power stations. But no company believes a nuclear project is economically viable for the moment. A new nuclear power station is not a realistic prospect in the short to medium term, BKW has stated in response to an enquiry from the …

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Swiss regulator urges banks to prepare for quantum era

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is calling on banks to do more to address the risk posed by powerful quantum computers. Quantum computing could breach current cryptographic systems, putting communications, customer data and financial transactions at risk. A survey carried out between November 2025 and January 2026 among 60 financial institutions has revealed …

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Praxeology within a Physics of the Social Sciences

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

Austrian economics does not share the same methodology as we see in the economics mainstream. The Austrian emphasis on praxeology provides a better explanation of economic events than does the mathematically-bound mainstream.

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Praxeology within a Physics of the Social Sciences

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

Austrian economics does not share the same methodology as we see in the economics mainstream. The Austrian emphasis on praxeology provides a better explanation of economic events than does the mathematically-bound mainstream.

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How the Hormuz crisis is reshaping global trade

2026-07-10

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2026-07-10

Commercial shipping had only just begun returning to the Strait of Hormuz after a memorandum of understanding signed between the US and Iran in mid-June raised hopes of de-escalation. But those hopes have now evaporated with the return of direct military confrontation, reigniting fears about the world's most important energy chokepoint. For governments and businesses, …

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Books for Students. T-Shirt for You!

2026-07-09

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2026-07-09

Support Mises University 2026 by helping students take home Austrian classics and get the special edition 40th anniversary t-shirt.

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How Adam Smith Helped Create Modern Unionism

2026-07-09

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2026-07-09

While Adam Smith is celebrated in some circles as the “Father of Free-Market Economics” (Austrians would disagree), his writings on the “disadvantages” of the worker are misleading.

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