The original adherents of “America First” grounded themselves in a liberal tradition, arguing that entanglement in foreign wars would erode freedom at home and threaten our constitutional republic.

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The chair of the Senate Banking Committee, branded the renovations “luxury upgrades that feel more like they belong in the Palace of Versailles.”

Low interest rates are a type of subsidy to home prices, and rising prices reflect falling mortgage rates. 

Most economic commentators consider a decline in economic statistics, such as gross domestic product (GDP), as indicative of a decline in the health of the economy. According to most experts, this decline in the GDP—which is called a recession—as a rule, arises because of an overall decline in the aggregate demand for goods and services. This is seen predominantly as a decline in the private sector’s buying of goods and services.

An article posted by Rystad Energy on April 2, 2025, entitled, “State Control Returns to Mexican Energy Production” is a reminder that government intervention in the economy continues outside of the US. Rystad Energy is an independent energy consulting service and business intelligence provider.

Creating a hit movie series, television show, or video game is a phenomenon that not only strikes without warning, but can also strike in unexpected places—or fail to strike where it is intended. The creators of these works—despite Mises’s general disdain for what we now call popular or mass culture—can and often do fit his mold of the creative genius:

For the pioneering genius to create is the essence of life. To live means for him to create.