Mises Wire

Beware the Troop-Withdrawal Bait and Switch

War and Foreign Policy

Blog01/18/2021

Foreign policy apparatchiks are adept at gaslighting the public into believing they’re bringing troops back home when in reality they’re either shifting troops around or just biding their time until a new round of "boots on the ground."

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Biden’s Covid "Supply Commander" Is Bad Medicine

CapitalismProduction Theory

Blog12/02/2020

Joe Biden thinks a centrally planned supply chain for healthcare supplies is necessary, because "We can no longer leave this to the private sector." There are many reasons why this is so very wrong. 

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Being Pro-union Means Being Antiworker

Blog11/23/2020

The problem with Biden’s Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act is that it would help unions at the expense of the vast majority of American workers.

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Both Theory and Praxis: Rothbard's Plan for Laissez-Faire Activism

Blog11/13/2020

It should be self-evident that a just and moral political regime can only exist in the long term if a sufficiently large number of people actually believe in it.

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Bankruptcies Rise Despite Trillions in New Liquidity

Booms and BustsInflationFinancial Markets

Blog09/07/2020

Liquidity only disguises risk; it does not resolve solvency issues driven by collapsing cash flows while costs remain elevated.

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Buchanan and Anarchism

Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory

Blog07/31/2020

Economist James Buchanan thinks that a state is necessary, because people wouldn't be able to agree on the boundaries of their rights.

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Beware Washington's Latest Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Scheme

Blog06/29/2020

The Democrats want trillions spent on infrastructure for a "Green New Deal." The GOP wants a trillion for roads and bridges. They're likely to find a way to "work together" to spend trillions either way.

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