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Taxation as a Weapon against Prosperity

Bureaucracy and RegulationEconomic FreedomProgressivismTaxes and Spending

06/13/2023Mises Media
The current regime wants to use taxation not simply as a means to collect revenue for the government, but as a weapon against economic prosperity itself.
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The Bankruptcy Caravan Is Now Arriving: Time to Pay for the Easy Money

Booms and BustsThe FedInflationU.S. EconomyBusiness Cycles

06/12/2023Mises Media
As the Fed increases interest rates to reverse the inflation it has caused, firms that depended on easy money will face the bankruptcy judge. Stay tuned; there's more to come.
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Review: Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier

SocialismWorld History

06/12/2023Mises Media
While George Orwell wrote magnificently against totalitarianism, his attempt to defend socialism in The Road to Wigan Pier stumbled badly.
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Individualism in the US Has Helped Make It an Economic Success

Economic FreedomThe EntrepreneurMedia and Culture

06/11/2023Mises Media
Individualism, while condemned in some cultures, has helped make this country economically successful. Will the influx of immigrants from cultures that devalue individualism reverse that success?
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Higher Corporate Profit Margins Aren't Causing Inflation

Booms and BustsEconomic PolicyInflation

06/10/2023Mises Media
The usual suspects such as Robert Reich claim that corporate profits are causing inflation. Actually, increases in corporate profits are tied to increases in inflation.
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"Trans Rights" Means Trans Entitlements and the End of Civil Society

LawMedia and CultureProgressivismThe Police State

06/10/2023Mises Media
The trans rights movement has quickly moved into government coercion and outright violence. There is nothing libertarian about what is happening in this movement today.
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Can We Protect Ourselves from Inflation?

The FedInflationU.S. Economy

06/09/2023Mises Media
Despite all of the inflation-fighting talk from the Fed, the truth is that the government benefits from inflating the currency. We need to know how to defend ourselves.
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The Boston Brahmins, WASPs, and Nazis: The Pursuit of Eugenics

Media and CultureProgressivismU.S. HistoryWorld History

06/09/2023Mises Media
Modern progressives don't like to refer to their long-held support of eugenics. In fact, American progressives influenced the Nazis, who launched their own murderous eugenics schemes.
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There Is No Moral Right to Strike

Economic FreedomEconomic PolicyLawLabor and Wages

06/08/2023Mises Media
American law protects what is called the "right to strike." However, Leonard Read found no moral code that permits such action.
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The Woke Cartel and Twitter's New CEO

Cronyism and CorporatismMedia and CultureProgressivism

06/08/2023Mises Media
With the appointment of Linda Yaccarino as Twitter's new CEO, Elon Musk is trying to appease woke advertisers to bring up his company's revenues. This will not end well.
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