Joshua Mawhorter

Joshua Mawhorter is assistant editor of Mises.org. He was a summer fellow at the Mises Institute (2023) and a government/economics and US history teacher since 2016. Josh has a bachelor’s degree in political science from California State University, Bakersfield, a master’s in political science from Southern New Hampshire University, and a master’s in Austrian economics from the Mises Graduate School (2023). He has self-published a few books, including The First Constitution: The Articles of Confederation, Tyrannosaurus Debt: The Student Loan Crisis and How to Survive, and “An Austrian Critique of Modern Monetary Theory”, his thesis. He also enjoys teaching in the areas of theology, the Old Testament, church history, apologetics, and philosophy.

Articles

In Their Own Words: Revolutionary Voices on Inflation

07/18/2025 Mises Wire Joshua Mawhorter

This article is dedicated to some of the quotes, especially from key participants and primary sources, about inflation and its consequences during the American Revolution. As usual, war led to inflation, which in turn facilitated war, and both contributed to centralization.

Revolutionary Inflation: A Threat to the Cause of Independence

07/11/2025 Mises Wire Joshua Mawhorter

War, even the American Revolution, is the health of the state because it is almost impossible to avoid fighting a war on state-centric terms.

American Independence and the Seeds of Big Government

07/04/2025 Mises Wire Joshua Mawhorter

When the American Revolution broke out, the American colonies were perhaps the least-taxed place on earth. How did this country move from that position to the colossus it has become today? Joshua Mawhorter provides some sobering July 4 reading to find the answer.

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In Their Own Words: Revolutionary Voices on Inflation

07/18/2025 Joshua Mawhorter

American Independence and the Seeds of Big Government

07/04/2025 Joshua Mawhorter

The “American Miracle” was the European Miracle on Steroids

06/25/2025 Joshua Mawhorter

America inherited the core institutional framework of Europe (especially Britain) but refined and amplified it through greater decentralization, lower taxation, and more expansive freedoms.