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Biden’s Rescue Plan Won’t Reduce Poverty
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Author: Bradley Thomas
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Category: Poverty
Listen to  the  Audio Mises Wire  version  of this article. Imagine thinking the government can reduce poverty. For most readers of this website, the thought is laughable. And for good reason. The government has no resources of its own. Every dollar it spends it must first either tax, borrow, or print. Taxing and borrowing redirect money from the
How Not to Argue against the Minimum Wage
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Author: Bradley Thomas
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Category: Bureaucracy and Regulation, Labor and Wages
Listen to  the  Audio Mises Wire  version  of this article. Among the hotly contested list of Joe Biden’s promises is an  increase of the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. There are plenty of sound reasons to oppose government minimum wage laws, but there is one objection making the rounds that is based on bad economics and should be avoided,
Jesús Huerta de Soto’s Six Stages of the Austrian Business Cycle: Which Stage Are We in Now?
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Author: Bradley Thomas
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Category: Business Cycles, Booms and Busts, Money and Banks
Listen to  the  Audio Mises Wire  version  of this article. One reality that the unprecedented Reddit/GameStop short squeeze alerted more people to is the major disconnect between the ballooning stock market and the actual economy. A stock market bubble is a significant indicator of the boom phase of the boom-bust economic cycle that we have grown
Why Marxist Organizations Like BLM Seek to Dismantle the “Western Nuclear Family”
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Author: Bradley Thomas
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Category: Media and Culture, Socialism, World History
The Black Lives Matter organization explicitly states it seeks to “disrupt” the “nuclear family structure.” In this, BLM is no different from countless other Marx-inspired organizations which seek to destroy the family as part of the “patriarchy.” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
How the Monopoly Power of Police Agencies Encourages Abuse
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Author: Bradley Thomas
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Category: Strategy, The Police State
Whether or not race is a factor, the monopoly power enjoyed by police agencies (and other government agencies) creates the conditions likely to lead to more abuse of power. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Original Article: “ How the Monopoly Power of Police Agencies Encourages
Biden’s Rescue Plan Won’t Reduce Poverty
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Author: Bradley Thomas
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Category: Poverty
“Poverty in society is overcome by productivity, and in no other way. There is no political alchemy which can transmute diminished production into increased consumption.” Original Article: “ Biden’s Rescue Plan Won’t Reduce Poverty “ This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.
Biden’s Covid “Supply Commander” Is Bad Medicine
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Author: Bradley Thomas
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Category: Production Theory, Capitalism
Joe Biden thinks a centrally planned supply chain for healthcare supplies is necessary, because “We can no longer leave this to the private sector.” There are many reasons why this is so very wrong. Original Article: “ Biden’s Covid “Supply Commander” Is Bad Medicine​ “. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated
Jesús Huerta de Soto’s Six Stages of the Austrian Business Cycle: Which Stage Are We in Now?
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Author: Bradley Thomas
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Category: Business Cycles, Booms and Busts, Money and Banks
An unheralded work on the Austrian business cycle that rivals the work of the greats is Jesús Huerta de Soto’s Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles, which outlines a multistate process of boom and bust.  Original Article: “ Jesús Huerta de Soto’s Six Stages of the Austrian Business Cycle: Which Stage Are We in Now? “ This Audio Mises Wire is
How Not to Argue against the Minimum Wage
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Author: Bradley Thomas
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Category: Bureaucracy and Regulation, Labor and Wages
There are plenty of sound reasons to oppose government minimum wage laws, but there is one objection making the rounds that is based on bad economics and should be avoided, and that’s the “businesses will pass on the costs to consumers” objection. Original Article: “ How Not to Argue against the Minimum Wage “ This Audio Mises Wire is generously