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Audio Mises Wire

Audio recordings of Mises Wire articles, offering contemporary news and opinion through the lens of Austrian economics and libertarian political economy.

Are Businesses Entitled to a Fair Profit?

42 min agoMises Media

One of the cliches of the New Deal was that businesses were entitled to a “fair” profit. Leonard Read astutely pointed out that profits (and losses) have nothing to do with “fairness.”

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Can Government Regulate Artificial Super Intelligence?

12/08/2023Mises Media

The Biden administration claims it wants to get out in front of the development of artificial intelligence. However, the likely scenario is that AI will leave government regulators in its wake.

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Millions and Billions and Trillions—Oh My!

12/08/2023Mises Media

In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her friends had to worry about wild animals and wicked witches. Today, Americans face a much more formidable foe: their own free-spending government.

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Can Econometric Models Provide a Laboratory Setting for Economic Analysis?

Tags KeynesEntrepreneurshipPhilosophy and Methodology
12/07/2023Mises Media

Econometric models are constructed with the idea that they can be substituted for authentic human action. Not surprisingly, they fail badly.

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Libertarianism and the Importance of Understanding Causality

Tags Booms and BustsLibertarianismAustrian Economics Overview
12/07/2023Mises Media

A bedrock of Austrian economic thinking is the notion of causality. A libertarian worldview also requires the understanding of causality.

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Preserving the Statist Quo: Creating a Generation of Welfare-ing, Libertine Narcissists

12/06/2023Mises Media

Not only is Washington in political turmoil, but the policies emanating from the Beltway are more incoherent than ever.

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America the Obese: How Taxpayers Are Forced to Ruin Their Health

12/06/2023Mises Media

Since the original sugar tariff of 1789, US government policy has been to subsidize sugar, a policy that has led to serious consequences, including a health crisis of obesity.

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Progressive Interventionism Is Ruining American Healthcare

12/05/2023Mises Media

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is at it again: demanding government intervention in the nation's healthcare system to deal with problems caused by earlier government intervention.

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The Legacy of Legacy Admissions Is Not What the Critics Claim

12/05/2023Mises Media

Critics of college legacy admissions claim that the practice is racist and admits undeserving students. The longer-term results of such admissions show why colleges continue to employ them.

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Cryptocurrency: Integrity Destroyer or Policy Scapegoat?

12/04/2023Mises Media

Is cryptocurrency a scam or is it a legitimate alternative to state-corrupted money? Political elites want to eliminate it altogether, but that alone should tell us we need to better understand this alternative money source.

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