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California Wildfires Don’t Have to be the New Normal

The EnvironmentPrivate Property

Blog12/18/2017Christopher Westley

Government owners of public lands just don’t have the same incentives to manage land as carefully as private owners.

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Cobden on Freedom, Peace, and Trade

BiographiesFree MarketsWorld HistoryPhilosophy and Methodology

10/02/2017Mises Daily ArticlesThomas E. Woods, Jr.

Free trade cannot prevent war when men no longer believe in peace.

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Can the UK's Jacob Rees-Mogg Put the Conservatives Back on Track?

World HistoryPolitical Theory

Blog08/01/2017Kai Weiss

After a months of retreating on Brexit, and a botched election, the British Conservatives need a hard-line position on free trade and de-regulation.

Contra Krugman Show live at Seattle Mises Circle

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Contra Krugman LIVE!

Big GovernmentThe FedMoney and BanksU.S. EconomyInterventionism

05/25/2016Audio/VideoRobert P. MurphyThomas E. Woods, Jr.

The Mises Institute hosts the first ever live episode of the Contra Krugman Show .

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Connecticut On Its Latest Cash Grab: It’s Not Greed When We Do It

Big GovernmentTaxes and Spending

08/03/2015Mises WireChristopher Westley

Connecticut has introduced a new death tax. But for some reason, a blatant cash grab like this is never "greed" when a government uses violence to seize wealth. It's only greed when private sector actors want more money.

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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Mises Institute

Gary Schlarbaum, one of our generous supporters, has again offered to match all donations received through December 9.

What Venezuela Needs for a Prosperous Future

David Gordon

Political and economic salvation for Venezuela can come only from the Venezuelan people themselves. They cannot be “forced to be free.”

Understanding Elizabeth Warren's "Radical" Wealth Tax

Robert P. Murphy

Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth taxes will have devastating consequences on capital formation, and will encourage investors to hold riskier assets than they otherwise would have.