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Government Laws Are Not Contracts

Legal SystemPhilosophy and MethodologyPrivate Property

05/30/2019Mises Daily Articles
Because enforced contract law and full property rights are the foundations of freedom, governance systems should be based on enforceable contracts that defend property rights.
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Guardianes del Estado Bélico

U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign PolicyPolitical Theory

05/10/2019Mises Daily Articles
El Secretario de Defensa actúa como un enlace indispensable entre las partes, los negocios y el Estado. El trabajo está custodiado por una clase especial de leales, generalmente individuos extremadamente brillantes elegidos por las élites del Estado.
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Guardians of the Warfare State

U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign PolicyPolitical Theory

05/10/2019Mises Daily Articles
The Secretary of Defense acts as an indispensable liaison between parties, business, and the state. The job is guarded by a special class of loyalists, usually extremely bright individuals chosen by the state's elites.
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Guerra económica

Free Markets

04/25/2018Mises Daily Articles
Los expertos usan el lenguaje de la guerra y la lucha para describir las relaciones económicas, pero la economía se dirige al beneficio mutuo, o juegos de suma positiva.
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Gold versus Fractional Reserves

Booms and BustsThe FedGold StandardMonetary Theory

11/22/2017Mises Daily Articles
A dual currency system could eventually permit a smooth transition back to a sound gold currency.
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George Orwell and the Cold War: A Reconsideration

War and Foreign PolicyOther Schools of Thought

10/04/2017Mises Daily Articles
What Garet Garrett called a "complex of vaunting and fear" has been the hallmark of the American Empire, and previous empires.
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No cuts

Greece’s Biggest Problem Is Its Anti-Capitalist Culture

Global EconomyInterventionismMoney and Banking

07/08/2015Mises Daily Articles
Like Argentina and Venezuela, Greece's economy is plagued not just by institutional problems, but by a pervasive anti-capitalism that continually cripples the ability of individual Greeks to build wealth and a solid economy.
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Greece and the euro

Greek Taxpayers Facing a Future of Debt Slavery

Global EconomyMoney and BanksMoney and Banking

07/06/2015Mises Daily Articles
The Greek government has spent freely for many years to enrich itself and its special interests at the expense of taxpayers. And now, it is not the Greek politicians who will suffer, but the taxpayers who face a future of unending debt payments.
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Inequality

Gold and Economic Inequality

Money and BanksGold StandardMoney and Banking

06/16/2015Mises Daily Articles
Both Republicans and Democrats think they can tinker their way to creating an economy with less inequality. Both sides miss the point, and ignore the central role of government fiat money in the problem.
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Technology

Government Spending on "Innovation": The True Cost Is Higher Than You Think

Calculation and KnowledgeMonopoly and CompetitionSubjectivism

06/15/2015Mises Daily Articles
Many claim that great advances in technology come primarily through government spending on research. In fact, government tech spending crowds out other innovations while favoring certain interest groups at everyone else's expense.
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