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Blog12/01/2023

Dr. Gary Schlarbaum, one of our generous supporters, has again offered to match donations received through December 11. He's ready to match your gift today!

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Paul Krugman Blames Economic Pessimism on Partisanship. He’s Wrong.

Blog2 hours ago

Paul Krugman has an easy answer for those that ask why people are pessimistic about the economy: the dastardly Republicans have fooled everyone. There are good reasons for the pessimism that we shouldn’t ignore, however.

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How Not to Desocialize: Argentina Edition

Blog7 hours ago

While Argentina president-elect Javier Milei plans to privatize state-owned enterprises, there is a right way and a wrong way to privatize these entities. Murray Rothbard and Hans-Hermann Hoppe show the way.

All-Time Highs!

12/02/2023Mises Media

Mark explains why the recent "all-time highs"—even "new highs"—are an ambiguous signal about the future. 

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Ezra Klein's Progressivism Cannot Build Anything Socially Useful

Blog12/02/2023

Ezra Klein of the New York Times despairs of government’s impotence in building vast projects from energy grids to high-speed railways. He believes granting government absolute power is the answer.

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Review of: Deception: The Great Covid Cover-up

Blog12/02/2023

While those that foisted the covid lockdowns and restrictions on the public are asking for “forgiveness,” Rand Paul is asking for the truth. Phil Duffy reviews Paul's book documenting governing elites' lies and cover-ups.

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Can Milei Really Shut Down Argentina's Central Bank?

Blog12/02/2023

Argentina was a rich country made poor by socialism. It needs to abandon socialism to become rich again.

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What Would Mises Think? Austria Is Applying (Some) Austrian Economics

Blog12/01/2023

While Austria is not the free-market republic Ludwig von Mises hoped it would be, the country has made many steps in the right direction, freeing markets and protecting private property.

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The Unknown Reasoner

Blog12/01/2023

Do governments make “rational” decisions involving interaction with other governments? As David Gordon points out, rationality involves individual decision-making, not collective action.

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