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It's Not a Recession, It's a "Global Economic Slowdown"

Blog04/03/2019George Pickering

Pundits are hoping that instead of a crisis, we just get a "global economic slowdown." Given the damage done by central banks, a sustained slowdown would be a best-case scenario.

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It Took Six Months to Split Czechoslovakia. Why Should Brexit Take Six Years?

Decentralization and SecessionWorld History

Blog11/06/2018Martin Pánek

In a way, the separation of the Czechs and Slovaks was like Brexit and the UK’s 1980s privatizations combined, only a lot more complicated.

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Is the (Tea) Party Over?

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Blog02/27/2018Ron Paul

Now that Republicans control the White House and Congress, tea party groups have little to say about runaway government spending.

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Is North Korea Really a "State Sponsor of Terrorism"?

War and Foreign Policy

Blog11/28/2017Ron Paul

Trump's latest move on North Korea is much more about domestic politics than actual national defense.

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Inflation and the Fall of the Roman Empire

Free MarketsWorld HistoryInterventionismOther Schools of Thought

10/19/2017Mises Daily ArticlesJoseph R. Peden

At the end, the Romans welcomed the barbarians as liberators from the kleptocratic Roman state.

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.

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It's Not a Recession, It's a "Global Economic Slowdown"

It Took Six Months to Split Czechoslovakia. Why Should Brexit Take Six Years?

Is the (Tea) Party Over?

Is North Korea Really a "State Sponsor of Terrorism"?

Inflation and the Fall of the Roman Empire

My Path to the Austrian School of Economics

How California's Government Plans to Make Wildfires Even Worse

We Don't Need Sunday "Blue Laws"

The Benefits of Free Trade Are Canceled Out by Domestic Interventionism

How to Avoid Civil War: Decentralization, Nullification, Secession

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