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Understanding the Roots and Causes of Inflation

The gold standard has one tremendous virtue: the quantity of money under the gold standard is independent of the policies of governments and political parties. It is a form of protection against spendthrift governments.

How the Covid Crisis Exposed the Absurdity of "Certificates of Need"

Blog7 hours agoGeorg Grassmueck

We're often told that it is too difficult to access healthcare services in America. So why are American governments imposing "certificate of need" laws that make it harder to create new healthcare facilities?

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Biden Nominee Rachel Levine Was a Disaster in Pennsylvania. Now She's Headed to Washington.

Blog01/25/2021Zachary Yost

Biden’s pick for assistant secretary of health forced nursing homes to accept patients with covid and wants to ration healthcare based on social justice.

In a Paranoid Nation, "Treason" Is Everywhere

Blog01/26/2021James Bovard

In a free society, peaceful citizens deserve the legal benefit of the doubt. In an age where government agents have endlessly intruded onto people’s land and into their emails, citizens should not be scourged for transgressing unknown or unmarked federal boundaries.

With Biden, Get Ready For More "Regime Change"

Blog01/25/2021Daniel McAdams

Yes, Senator Paul is right. "Regime change" doesn't work. Buckle up, as incoming Senate majority leader Schumer advised, there's a whole lot of interventionism in the queue.

The FDA Botched Covid Testing in 2020. Nothing Has Changed Since Then.

Blog01/25/2021Dave Albin

FDA regulation of testing is premised on the idea that FDA employees are experts at everything they are regulating. This is a very bad assumption.

Jeff Riggenbach, RIP

Blog01/25/2021David Gordon

Jeff Riggenbach died today.

Small States, Global Economy: Is Empire Necessary?

01/23/2021Mises Daily ArticlesJeffrey M. Herbener

When liberty and capitalism were born over a millennium ago, states were small, decentralized, and weak. By restoring natural rights and civil society, the state will recede once again.

Why Americans Abandoned Smuggling in Favor of Lobbying and Welfare

Blog01/23/2021James Talocka

Colonial America was a society of smugglers and scofflaws who regarded government regulations as worthy of contempt. Twenty-first century America is quite different.

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Scott Horton on His New Book Enough Already

01/23/2021Jeff DeistScott Horton

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When Fascism Comes, It Will Be Wearing a Mask

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The State Is a False-Flag Operation

8 hours agoJason Morgan

Critiquing the Dollar-a-Day Idea of Poverty

01/26/2021Harald Eustachius Tomintz

The ECB Takes a Holistic Approach to the Yield Curve

01/25/2021Robert Aro

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01/25/2021Harald Eustachius Tomintz

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01/22/2021Harald Eustachius Tomintz

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