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Is the Marketplace What's Really Killing Coal?

Bureaucracy and RegulationThe Environment

Blog02/03/2018Andrew Moran

Coal Country usually blames government regulations for its decline, but consumers have been choosing other less-expensive products for a long time.

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In Africa, Ending a Despot Doesn't End Despotism

Global EconomyWorld History

Blog12/30/2017Ilana Mercer

We can replace corrupt despots in Zimbabwe and South Africa all day long, but unless major institutional changes take place, nothing will change.

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In a Stateless World, Can You Grow Veggies In Your Front Yard?

Bureaucracy and RegulationDecentralization and SecessionPolitical Theory

Blog12/14/2017Ryan McMaken

Without privatization or secession, the majority can run untrammeled over a minority, and the minority has no escape.

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Ideas on Postwar Economic Policy

Protectionism and Free TradeHistory of the Austrian School of Economics

Blog12/07/2017Ludwig von Mises

Mises Institute-Peru presents this English-language version of an article written by Ludwig von Mises that, until now, was only available in Spanish.

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If American Federalism Were like Swiss Federalism, There Would be 1,300 States

U.S. HistoryWorld HistoryPolitical Theory

Blog10/31/2017Ryan McMaken

Swiss political decentralization is far more small and localized than is the case in the United States.

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In Fed We Trust

Money and BanksU.S. EconomyMoney and Banking

Blog10/26/2017Ryan McMaken

At this point, does anyone believe the Fed is willing to do anything that might really spook markets?

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In a Cashless World, You'd Better Pray the Power Never Goes Out

Money and BanksMoney and Banking

Blog10/10/2017Ryan McMaken

Getting rid of physical cash only makes an economy more fragile.

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If the Majority Votes to Secede — What About the Minority?

Decentralization and SecessionU.S. History

Blog09/21/2017Ryan McMaken

To protect minority rights, the answer to some secession is even more secession.

My Path to the Austrian School of Economics

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

There is no more stopping the Mises School. And when the truth finally wins out, because only what is true can also work smoothly in the long run, then the hour of the Austrian School of Economics will have come.

How California's Government Plans to Make Wildfires Even Worse

Ryan McMaken

The State of California is now forcing insurance companies to cover homeowners who put their houses in some of the most fire-prone areas. What could go wrong?

We Don't Need Sunday "Blue Laws"

Ryan McMaken

Advocates for "blue laws" want to impose more laws on shopkeepers. These moral crusaders should instead start by setting a good example, and stop watching football games, ordering pizzas, or filling up on gas on Sunday.

The Benefits of Free Trade Are Canceled Out by Domestic Interventionism

Carmen Elena Dorobăț

Trade agreements have thus become obsolete tokens of negotiation in larger geopolitical disputes, protectionist tools for managing and interfering with global trade flows.

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.