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Battle of Ypres

Stalemate, Crisis, and the Triumph of the Modern State

War and Foreign PolicyWorld History

11/24/2014Mises Daily Articles
One hundred years ago, the combatants of World War One fought themselves to a standstill. The warring regimes then used the opportunity to clamp down on internal dissent and a host of other liberties.
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Cutting through the red tape

State Monopolies Aren’t What They Used to Be

Free MarketsMonopoly and Competition

11/21/2014Mises Daily Articles
States wish to gain monopolies and maintain them in all facets of life, while entrepreneurs strive to offer alternatives to the state. It's our job to prevent the state from simply declaring the competition illegal.
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Socialism and Other Crimes in Venezuela

Free MarketsGlobal EconomyWorld History

11/05/2014Mises Daily Articles
Venezuela is one of the most economically unfree countries in the world, and it has one of the highest crime rates in the world. Unfortunately, President Maduro thinks he can fix the problem by making the country even less free than it is now.
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Football Stadium

Sports Stadiums: Temples to Crony Capitalism

Corporate WelfareMedia and Culture

10/03/2014Mises Daily Articles
As one of the most subsidized non-profit organizations in American history, the NFL excels at tackling the American taxpayer.
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Daily Oct 2 Scotland map

Scotland and the Hoppean Blueprint for Secession

Global EconomyPolitical Theory

10/02/2014Mises Daily Articles
In its secession effort, Scotland should have employed the methods recommended by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. That is, it should have been done in a decentralized and piecemeal fashion. However, such efforts would have required the Scots to abandon their welfare state.
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harvester

Subsidies, Market Prices, and the 2014 Farm Bill

Big GovernmentCorporate WelfareEntrepreneurshipPrices

10/01/2014Mises Daily Articles
2014’s new US Farm Bill eliminates many direct subsidies to farmers, while replacing them with subsidized insurance programs. This will lead to higher costs for taxpayers and distorted markets in the future.
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Flag of Catalonia

Scottish Referendum Gives Reasons to be Hopeful

Political Theory

09/30/2014Mises Daily Articles
The smaller the size of government, the less power it has to hobble free enterprise with taxes and regulations.
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voting

States, Cartels, and the Anarcho-Capitalist Opposition

Free MarketsThe Police StateOther Schools of Thought

08/28/2014Mises Daily Articles
If, for good reason, we generally distrust the concentrated power wielded by coercive monopolies, we ought to avoid at all costs placing more power in the state, the ultimate embodiment of monopoly.
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Daily August 21 2014 copy machine

Six Myths About Money and Inflation

The FedMoney and BanksInterventionism

08/21/2014Mises Daily Articles
The reality is that hyperinflation is caused by a loss of confidence in the money unit, which the monetary authorities may be incapable of preventing.
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Daily July 25 Grand Canyon

Should We Build a McDonald’s on the Rim of the Grand Canyon?

Big GovernmentFree MarketsInterventionism

07/25/2014Mises Daily Articles
Left alone, the market always allocates resources to the highest bidder i.e., to their most highly valued uses and through this process of investment and reinvestment, capital is accumulated and the marginal productivity of labor increases. Thus when the market remains free, wages and living...
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