US Intelligence: Iran Was Not Pursuing Nuclear Bomb Before Israel’s Attack

06/18/2025 Notes in the Margin

The US assessment goes against the claims from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who launched the war under the pretext of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

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An Excellent Casey for Anarchism

07/05/2025 Mises Wire David Gordon

Has anyone besides Murray Rothbard made a compelling case for state-free anarchy? In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon extols Libertarian Anarchy by Gerard Casey, which he says provides excellent arguments for doing away with the state.

Methodological Individualism in Historical Analysis

07/05/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

Modern historians depend heavily upon sweeping narratives and their take on the US War of Secession is no exception. Yet, the use of methodological individualism allows one to avoid sweeping judgments like claiming the Confederacy was founded upon belief in white supremacy.

Privacy and Fungibility: The Forgotten Virtues of Sound Money

07/05/2025 Mises Wire Michael S. Milano

Governments have so corrupted money that we forget that sound money, by providing both fungibility and privacy, has been a defense against overreaching governments. While sound money is in the interests of citizens, governments have managed to destroy it.

Leo XIV and Rerum Novarum

07/04/2025 Mises Wire Phil Duffy

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Pope, he took the name of Pope Leo XIV. Leo XIII authored Rerum Novarum, which is the basis for Catholic social teaching and is friendlier to private property and free markets than anything the Vatican has produced since then.

The American Revolution Was a Free-Trade Revolution

07/04/2025 Mises Wire Ryan McMaken

The British complained of unfair competition from goods supplied by the American colonists. So the state intervened to manage trade and make it “fair.” But the American revolutionaries saw protectionism for the scam it was, and still is.

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