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The Sure Way to Destroy a Prosperous Nation

07/30/2026 Power & Market Patrick Barron

The sure way to destroy a prosperous nation is to debase the currency. History is full of examples—from ancient Rome to the nascent French Republic to Weimar Germany. The US and the West, fiat currency regimes all, are irrevocably destined to join this sorry club.

Back in the USSR: Spending Two Weeks in a Real Socialist Country

07/29/2026 Mises Wire Patrick Barron

It is one thing to understand socialism on an abstract basis but quite another to spend an extended amount of time in a socialist country, this one being the former USSR. The failures of socialism become obvious when seen on the ground.

The Iran War, Ali’s “Rope-a-Dope”, And the 1415 Battle of Agincourt

07/07/2026 Power & Market Patrick Barron

The military consequences of the Iran War have precedence in the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, in which an inferior number of English archers defeated a much superior number of French armored knights. Its...

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