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Mark Thornton: Against Crony Trade Deals

Big GovernmentCorporate WelfareGlobal EconomyU.S. EconomyInterventionism

09/09/2016Audio/VideoMark ThorntonJeff Deist

Mark Thornton makes the libertarian case for real free trade.

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Minimum Wage

Austrian Economics OverviewInterventionism

07/26/2016Audio/VideoMark Thornton

Recorded at Mises University 2016.

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Made-up Government Stats Inflame Contempt for Britain’s Obese

Taxes and SpendingInterventionismPolitical Theory

02/18/2016Mises WireMark Tovey

In a private market, households bear the costs of their own unhealthy habits. In a socialized economy, everyone bears these costs, and governments know it pays to emphasize this fact, even if the stats turn out to be wrong.

We Don't Need Sunday "Blue Laws"

Ryan McMaken

Advocates for "blue laws" want to impose more laws on shopkeepers. These moral crusaders should instead start by setting a good example, and stop watching football games, ordering pizzas, or filling up on gas on Sunday.

The Benefits of Free Trade Are Canceled Out by Domestic Interventionism

Carmen Elena Dorobăț

Trade agreements have thus become obsolete tokens of negotiation in larger geopolitical disputes, protectionist tools for managing and interfering with global trade flows.

How to Avoid Civil War: Decentralization, Nullification, Secession

Ryan McMaken

So long as we insist the federal government can force one law, one culture, and one sort of politics on all of America, the US is headed down the road of civil war. Only decentralization and separation can partly defuse the situation.

The Washington Post's Double Standard on Immigration and Guns

Ryan McMaken

The Washington Post supports local governments ignoring laws. Except when those laws restrict private gun ownership.

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Mark Thornton: Against Crony Trade Deals

Minimum Wage

Made-up Government Stats Inflame Contempt for Britain’s Obese

We Don't Need Sunday "Blue Laws"

The Benefits of Free Trade Are Canceled Out by Domestic Interventionism

How to Avoid Civil War: Decentralization, Nullification, Secession

The Washington Post's Double Standard on Immigration and Guns

A Chance to Match Your Gift

What is Mises Wire?

Matthew McCaffrey

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