Mises Wire

Congress Ignores Real Debt Ceiling Drama

Cronyism and CorporatismPoliticsTaxes and SpendingU.S. Economy

Blog05/02/2023
The looming economic crisis is a symptom of our moral and philosophic crisis.
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Paying the Piper: Time to Clean Up the Latest Malinvestments

Booms and BustsThe FedInflationMonetary PolicyBusiness Cycles

Blog05/02/2023

Austrian business cycle theory points out that easy money leads to malinvestments. Once easy money disappears, the crash begins. Time to clean up malinvested assets.

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Historical Effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

U.S. HistoryWorld History

Blog05/01/2023

While the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade have been well documented, people other than slave traders and slaveholders benefitted from it, with some surprising results.

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Property, Civilization, and Culture: Mises in Reno

Blog05/01/2023

Join Tom DiLorenzo, David Gordon, Bill Anderson, and Ron Unz in Reno!

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Charles Schwab and Other Big Banks May Be Secretly Insolvent

The FedMoney and BanksU.S. Economy

Blog05/01/2023

While the Fed and the Biden administration try to assure Americans that their banks are safe and secure, the numbers tell a different story.

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Due Process or Transgender Protection on Campus?

Bureaucracy and RegulationLawProgressivismThe Police State

Blog04/29/2023

President Biden's executive order to promote transgenderism on college campuses eviscerates long-held due process protections for accused students. This will not end well.

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Rothbard: The Myth of Tax "Reform"

Big GovernmentTaxes and SpendingFiscal TheoryInterventionism

Blog04/29/2023

Our taxes are due today. It's a reminder that we must get past the tax reformers’ favorite ploy of revenue neutrality.

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How the Dollar Became the World's Top Global Currency

Money and Banks

Blog04/29/2023

The dollar became the dominant global currency not so much because of its own merits, but because of the self-destruction of the pound sterling caused by the British state and central bank.

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