Gold price back above $5K as weak US data suggests another rate cut coming

02/11/2026 Notes in the Margin

“After soft retail sales numbers, there’s the expectation that perhaps, further and deeper rate cuts may be needed more imminently than previously thought...”

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National Self-Determination and Individual Liberty

02/13/2026 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

Murray Rothbard believed that national self-determination was essential for individual freedom. Rothbard also did not make the error of connecting a nation to a government. One was not the other.

Bitcoin Mining and the Electricity Grid: A Quiet Savior

02/13/2026 Mises Wire Joakim Book

When we think of the need for more electricity to meet a weather-related surge in demand, we think more generation of power. However, entities like Bitcoin, which is a huge electricity consumer, can also curtail enough operations to put more power back into the grid.

Understanding Argentina’s Decades of Economic Crises

02/13/2026 Mises Wire Alexander Gallé

In his recent address at the Davos Conference, Argentina’s president Javier Milei told those attending why Argentina has had one inflationary crisis after another. Milei says that Austrian economics can end the nightmare.

The Putnam Twist: The End of Value

02/13/2026 Friday Philosophy David Gordon

Like so many intellectuals, Hilary Putnam is a good philosopher but a poor judge of good economics. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon dissects Putnam’s confusion between facts and values.

Proven Petroleum Reserves and the Myth of “Peak Oil”

02/13/2026 Power & Market George S. Giles

Recently, the United States military captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. President Trump called him a “narco-terrorist” and initiated the action. Whatever a “narco-terrorist” is, Maduro is...

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