Mises Wire

Review: How to Think about the Economy

HayekAustrian Economics Overview

Blog09/23/2022

Per Bylund has written a book on economics that is understandable to the layperson as well as presents economics the way it should be done: a science grounded in understanding human action.

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Review: Free Market: The History of an Idea

Free MarketsProgressivismSocialism

Blog09/16/2022

Jacob Soll believes that a truly successful economy must embody at least some of the economic regulation developed by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the French finance minister under Louis XIV.

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Review: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics

Free MarketsU.S. EconomyHistory of the Austrian School of Economics

Blog08/31/2022

If you wish to get a better understanding of economics, don't follow the mainstream. Instead, read Thomas DiLorenzo's new book.

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Review: Progressive Conservatism: How Republicans Will Become America’s Natural Governing Party

Cronyism and CorporatismDemocracyU.S. History

Blog08/30/2022

Like many modern "conservatives," F.H. Buckley believes that America's future is conservative governance with a helping of government intervention, tariffs, and regulation.

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Review: How the West Brought War to Ukraine

War and Foreign Policy

Blog08/26/2022

The foreign policy establishments in the West, the United States in particular, have pursued an aggressive policy that has led to war. The sad result is moral theater in the West and death in Ukraine.

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Rethinking Climate Change: Are the Apocalyptic Models Wrong?

The EnvironmentStrategy

Blog08/20/2022

We are regularly being told that we are in a "climate crisis." But what if that isn't true? What if CO2 actually is good for the greening of the planet?

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Rising "Constitutional Carry" Is a Sign of Failing Trust in Government

U.S. History

Blog08/04/2022

In the past, many Americans may have simply trusted to the regime to provide "law and order." But that sentiment is apparently becoming more and more rare. 

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Rastafarianism's Antistate Beginnings: It's More Than Just Bob Marley's Music

PhilosophyWorld History

Blog07/29/2022

Mention Rastafarianism and most likely reggae, dreadlocks, and Bob Marley come to mind. However, Rastafarianism helped downtrodden Jamaicans resist the oppressions of colonialism.

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