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Wine, Art, and Ferraris: The Bubble in Luxury Goods

Booms and BustsBusiness Cycles

Blog7 hours agoMark Thornton

Our inflationary economy is sending the prices of luxury goods soaring — while prices on products for regular people are often flat.

Another Member of Mises Cuba is Now Missing

The Police State

Blog9 hours agoTho Bishop

Mises Cuba has announced that Nelson Rodríguez Chartrand is missing, and believed to be abducted by Cuban state security forces.

ESPN and the Bursting of the Sports Bubble

Media and CultureMonopoly and Competition

Blog18 hours agoWilliam L. Anderson

ESPN is losing 10,000 customers per day, and this means big trouble for all of the sports entities that depend upon the big payouts that ESPN provides.

Can Libertarians Have Communal Property?

Political Theory

Blog05/23/2017Ryan McMaken

A society that is totally privatized can include community-owned property and common amenities. All that is necessary is that everything is voluntary.

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The Death Cult of Collectivism

Political Theory

Blog05/23/2017Ludwig von Mises

All collectivist doctrines are harbingers of irreconcilable hatred and war to the death.

Is the Sky Falling?

U.S. EconomyU.S. HistoryMoney and Banking

Blog05/22/2017Jeff Deist

We believe in liberty, not fate. The sky falls only if we let it.

"Priming the Pump" Won't Create Real Wealth

Capital and Interest Theory

Blog05/22/2017Frank Shostak

Many economists believe the economy can be "jump-started" with some monetary and fiscal stimulus. Unfortunately, this only creates bubbles.

The Drug War: Will the Trump Administration OD on Authoritarianism?

Big GovernmentLegal System

Blog05/22/2017Ron Paul

Jeff Sessions has a history of fanatical devotion to the drug war, but his stance is at odds with the reality of the drug war’s failure.

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