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The Bureaucracy Problem

The EntrepreneurFree MarketsInterventionism

01/30/2019Mises Daily ArticlesDavid Osterfeld

The price system performs the crucial function of transmitting knowledge throughout the society and thereby eliminates the need for bureaucracy.

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Trump's Two Biggest Trade Myths

Big GovernmentProtectionism and Free TradeInterventionism

Blog06/23/2018Edgar Ortiz

Government stats on trade deficits tell only a tiny bit of the real story.

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Two Reasons Why The Mexican Peso Appreciated in 2017

Money and BanksMoney and Banking

11/06/2017Mises WireEdgar Ortiz

After a rough 2016, the Peso has made gains in 2017.

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Markets Provide Guns Despite Government Restrictions

Daniella Bassi

In spite of all kinds of restrictions and red tape, consumer demand for firearms remains high, and the industry has found a way to meet that demand — through "80 percent lower receivers."

The Medicaid Expansion Cheat

Gary Galles

Proponents of Medicaid expansion pioneered new ways of covering up the true costs of a government program.

After November Surge, Money Supply Growth Slows in December

Ryan McMaken

During December 2019, year-over-year growth in the money supply was at 5.53 percent. That's down from November's rate of 5.9 percent, but was up from December 2018's rate of 3.90 percent.

Secession in Virginia Would Defuse the State's Conflict over Guns

Ryan McMaken

If opponents of the current ideological winds blowing in Virginia find themselves in a permanent minority, it may very well be that the only method of defending the minority position is by leaving the state. But "exit" can theoretically be obtained in more than one way.

The True Costs of Bad Economists, Explained

Per Bylund

In terms of economics, what currently is should be of very little importance: what matters, and that we should seek to understand, is the process that brought it about and that will create what will be in its place.

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