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Is It Real Money or Just Artifice?

Blog03/29/2023

Money proper is not artifice. It is a physical "thing" of value, acquired through labor and emerging out of the needs of individuals, who through voluntary exchanges determine its value.

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Politics Is Turning Us into Idiots

Blog03/29/2023

From race to gender to nearly everything else, decisions about what is correct or incorrect are made according to politics. This is a recipe for social destruction.

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Economics from the Ground Up: Intellectual Community in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

03/28/2023Mises Media

The Ralph Raico Memorial Commencement Lecture.

To Fight the State, Build Alternatives to the State

Blog03/28/2023

The challenge at hand is more than simply opposing the state. Rather, it is necessary to build up, reinforce, and sustain institutions that can offer alternatives to the state.

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Is the Fed Trying to Bail Out the World? Sure Looks Like It

Blog03/28/2023

Like the arsonist who then heroically fights the fire he set, the Fed is increasing its efforts to bail out banks both at home and abroad. This does not end well.

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Why Most of the World Isn't on Board with the NATO-Russia War

Blog03/28/2023

Many governments support continuing the Ukraine war, but ordinary people in Europe, America, and the developing world fear the war will bring economic disaster. 

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Bipartisanship Is Not a Substitute for Voluntary Exchange

Blog03/28/2023

Politicians tout "bipartisanship"—that often just means one's pocket will be picked even more cleanly.

ESG En Route to Etatism

03/27/2023Mises Media

The Henry Hazlitt Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Harvey and Mei Allison.

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Does Cost Cutting Undermine Economic Growth?

Blog03/27/2023

Keynesian economists claim that cutting costs in a business slowdown is counterproductive. As usual, the Keynesians have it backward.

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