World History

While the government promotes CBDCs as tools for "inclusion," it is more likely that they will be another vehicle for federal intrusion.

Government statistics on inflation in the food sector have failed to account for skimpflation and shrinkflation.

For the past fifty years, the US has not had a military draft. Unfortunately, the end of conscription did not mean US military interventions abroad ended.

Although most of Europe has long forgotten Misesian thinking, Prince Michael of Liechtenstein is an exception.

Like many colonial ventures, Belgium's involvement in the Congo had some successes—and many failures.

Progressives have distinguished themselves in the past half century by being against progress. That trend is unlikely to change.

The recent actions of the Federal Reserve are reminiscent of central bank activities in wartime.

Featuring Per Bylund, Lucas Engelhardt, Karl-Friedrich Israel, Tate Fegley, Shawn Ritenour, and Timothy Terrell.

Even under chattel slavery, inequality was still pervasive. Carpenters, sugar boilers, blacksmiths, cabinetmakers, and rum distillers constituted an elite core of slaves.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 26 July 2023.