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More than Sixty Years after "Liberation," Cuba Is a Communist Slave State

Economic FreedomSocialism

Blog07/11/2022

More than sixty years after being "liberated" by Fidel Castro and communism, Cuba has become a large slave state where people enjoy little freedom.

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Markets Promote Real Equality Much More Than Progressive (and Conservative) Critics Claim

Economic FreedomFree Markets

Blog06/25/2022

A standard criticism of free markets is that markets promote inequality. It is time to debunk that false claim.

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Market Success Is about Giving People What They Want

AntipoliticsThe EntrepreneurProgressivismEntrepreneurship

Blog06/11/2022

Progressives believe that economies should be run by high-IQ "experts." But successful market economies require entrepreneurs with an idea and the willingness to face uncertain economic conditions.

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Mergers, Acquisitions, and Market Manias: The Fed Has Made Things Worse

The FedFinancial Markets

Blog05/27/2022

As the economy begins to slow, the results of the Fed's money pumping are showing up in mergers and acquisitions.

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Mises University Is the Fix!

Education

Blog05/25/2022

MU changes lives for the better. Please support this magnificent week of education for the deserving students who seek real education beyond the traditional college route.

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Massive State Economic Intervention Has Led to This Point

Economic PolicyInflationUnemploymentWar and Foreign Policy

Blog05/19/2022

Everything from huge Keynesian "stimulus" policies to the war in Ukraine is dovetailing in a bout of stagflation: the simultaneous growth of inflation and unemployment.

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McDonald's Closes All Stores in Russia as Woke Russophobes Rage

Blog05/17/2022

The presence of American companies in foreign nations was once seen as a sign of American superiority and an instrument of American cultural power. Not anymore.

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Money: What Is It? The More Important Question: Why Is It?

Economic FreedomInflationMonetary PolicyMonetary Theory

Blog05/10/2022

Most people—and especially most economists—not only are ignorant of what money actually is, but how and why it became part of our economy in the first place.

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