Mises Wire

State Preemptions of Local Government Are a Bad Thing. Even When Ron DeSantis Does It.

Decentralization and Secession

Blog03/20/2021

Centralizing political power in the hands of the state government only sets the stage for abuses when a new administration takes over. 

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State Issuance of Paper Money in the Early Republic

U.S. History

Blog03/12/2021

Most of the economic groups in the 1780s favored inflation: the main problem was in determining which groups would obtain the enjoyment of the newly created money.

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Scam Baiters Take an Active and Entertaining Role in Fighting Cybercrime

Decentralization and SecessionLegal SystemStrategy

Blog03/09/2021

US government agencies like the FBI remain incapable of bringing foreign online scammers to justice. Fortunately, in their place, internet “vigilantes” have answered the call to action.

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Stagflation Cometh

Money and Banking

Blog03/01/2021

As the money supply has skyrocketed, money has flooded into stocks, bonds, single-family housing, and crypto. But this doesn't translate into general prosperity for the countless unemployed and underemployed who face rising prices. 

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Some Coloradoans Want to Break Off and Join Wyoming. They Should at Least Get to Vote On It.

Decentralization and Secession

Blog02/19/2021

A state's borders should change over time to reflect demographic and ideological realities. By denying this, political leaders are effectively saying that the rights of minority populations don't matter.

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Subzero Rates Are Coming to the US and the UK

Money and Banks

Blog02/17/2021

Negative rates are a huge transfer of the wealth of savers and real wages to the government and the indebted. A tax on caution. The destruction of the perception of risk that always benefits the most reckless.

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State-Mandated Vaccines Are a Moral Minefield

HealthPraxeology

Blog02/13/2021

Forcing one person to take medication or vaccines for the benefit of another person is directly opposed to basic notions of self-ownership and human rights. 

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Surviving Tech Purges: What We're Doing at the Mises Institute

StrategyHistory of the Austrian School of Economics

Blog01/13/2021

We will never water down our message to satisfy censors or maintain a particular platform; instead we will work around them. 

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