Mises Wire

So Much Hot Air: The (Fake) China Threat Strikes Again!

Media and CultureWar and Foreign Policy

Blog02/11/2023

Contrary to our elite media and political classes, the Chinese weather balloon was no threat to our well-being. However, the government's response to it made this a more dangerous world.

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Subsidizing Higher Education Is Not Creating Widespread External Benefits

Cronyism and CorporatismEducation

Blog02/04/2023

Contrary to the claim that taxpayer subsidies for higher education provide great social benefits, these subsidies actually are a wealth transfer from the less-well-off to wealthy people.

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Social Security Taxes Aren't "Your" Money

U.S. Economy

Blog02/01/2023

The government can't return the SS money it stole in the past. It's impossible. That money's gone. Taxing today's workers to "pay back" pensioners is just creating a new group of tax victims. 

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Southwest's Meltdown Reminds Us We Must End Airlines' Corporate Welfare

Blog01/04/2023

Federal protectionism and bailouts makes it easier for US airlines to survive terrible service, such as mass cancellations or when Southwest imposed a private mask mandate and threw families off flights.

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Since Covid Lockdowns, New York Lost More of Its Population than Any Other State

U.S. History

Blog12/23/2022

The migration data from 2020 to 2022 backs up the idea that a great many people are moving from restrictionist covid states to states where the public health technocrats have less power.

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Secession: Why the Regime Tolerates Self-Determination for Foreigners but Not for Americans

U.S. History

Blog12/20/2022

Self-determination means the ability to make laws for one's own community free from intervention by Washington, DC. Most of the world can do this. Why can't Americans?

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Student Debt: It Is and Has Been a Personal Choice

LawPoliticsProgressivism

Blog12/19/2022

Progressives demanding that the government forgive student debt forget that student loans were made voluntarily by students that promised to pay back what they owe.

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Spending More Government Money on Healthcare Does Not Improve Health Outcomes

Bureaucracy and RegulationProgressivism

Blog12/08/2022

Progressives seem to believe that we improve healthcare outcomes by spending more. This is a recipe for failure.

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