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

Jefferson’s War on the Barbary Pirates Is an Unjustified Password for Military Intervention

10/03/2025 Mises Wire Joshua Mawhorter

Advocates for US military intervention have invoked the war against the Barbary pirates as justification. Yet, an examination of that conflict shows that President Jefferson’s actions were limited and followed the direction of Congress.

Rothbard’s Preferred Pronouns

09/26/2025 Mises Wire Joshua Mawhorter

We are not the government, and the government is not us. This abstraction hides the truth, teaching people to equate the state with “society,” “the people,” “the common good,” or other euphemisms.

The 1990s: A Pivotal Foreign Policy Decade

09/19/2025 Mises Wire Joshua Mawhorter

While the American people may have been ignorant of the foreign policy history of the 1990s to their detriment, and politicians—whether sincere or not—expressed bewilderment, many understood the direct link between foreign policy interventionism and terrorist attacks.

Media

Jefferson’s War on the Barbary Pirates Is an Unjustified Password for Military Intervention

10/03/2025 Joshua Mawhorter

9/11, Charlie Kirk, and Political Violence Everywhere

09/11/2025 Connor O'Keeffe Joshua Mawhorter Ryan McMaken

From interstate wars to local stabbings, violence is the ultimate expression of political action.

Intel, MAHA, and Trump’s Similarities with Richard Nixon

08/29/2025 Connor O'Keeffe Tho Bishop Joshua Mawhorter

Assistant editor Joshua Mawhorter joins Tho Bishop and Connor O’Keeffe on the Power and Market Podcast. The three discuss Trump’s acquisition of a stake in Intel, consider how monetary policy contributes to a lot of the national health problems MAHA is focused on, and react to Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech.