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How East Germany's Stasi Perfected Mass Surveillance

Big GovernmentBureaucracy and RegulationSocialismWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History

Blog07/21/2023

The East German secret police, the Stasi, developed the art of mass surveillance using pre-digital  methods. Modern tech now makes the job a lot easier. 

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Mises and Nationalism

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Blog07/21/2023

At a time when ethnic politics were tearing Europe apart, Ludwig von Mises believed that such ethnic devotion did more harm than good.

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The Media and Ukraine War Coverage: Where Truth Takes a Holiday

Media and CultureWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History

Blog07/19/2023

Despite the rhetoric we hear from mainstream media organizations, its coverage of the Ukraine war borders on outright propaganda.

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US Consumers Are Suffering in a Less than "Robust" Economy

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Blog07/18/2023

All the money printing has created a recovery where the United States has seen twenty-six consecutive months of negative real wage growth. We have not seen such a negative recovery for American workers in decades.

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Shrinkflation and Skimpflation Are Eating Our Lunch

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Blog07/18/2023

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

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Belgian Colonialism of the Congo: Facts and Fiction

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Blog07/15/2023

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

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The Soviet Abuse of Indigenous Peoples

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Blog07/11/2023

Socialists and communists claim to support the rights of "indigenous" peoples. However, that support rings hollow given how the USSR abused the native peoples of Siberia, all while American socialists and communists uncritically supported the Soviet Union.

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To Smoke or Not to Smoke: The Cigarette Economy in Postwar Germany, 1945–48

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Blog07/08/2023

Postwar Germany was occupied, in ruins, with an economy in chaos. Germans were reduced to using cigarettes supplied by American GIs as money.

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Cracked-Up Slobodian

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Blog07/07/2023

Professor Quinn Slobodian believes that free markets must lead to tyrannical worker exploitation, and socialism is the only solution. In truth, market competition is the answer. 

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Cultural Change Is Necessary for Capital Development

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Blog07/07/2023

In order for nations to have capital development and market-based economies, they must have a cultural framework that accepts these developments. Too many nations do not, and they languish in poverty as a result.

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