Mises Wire

Sound Money Can Prevent What Representative Democracy Does Not

Economic FreedomThe FedMonetary Policy

Blog08/29/2022

For all of the talk about "our democracy," there is a better way to protect the lives and property of people than just electing politicians. It is called sound money.

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Should Libertarians Get behind States Waging "Humanitarian" Wars?

War and Foreign Policy

Blog08/19/2022

Fernando R. Tesón is all mixed up. He thinks libertarians' principled nonaggression ties their hands in the face of violence against others and that this limitation extends to good-guy states.

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Surveys or Specifics: Do Economies Respond to Consumer Expectations or the Facts at Hand?

Free MarketsRationalismBusiness Cycles

Blog08/06/2022

Much is made of surveys determining consumer confidence in the economy. Expectations, however, must line up both with proper economic theories and the information at hand.

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Blog07/20/2022

When you sign up for our new weekly podcast email, we will send you a free audiobook version of Hans-Hermann Hoppe's Democracy: The God That Failed.

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SCOTUS Attacked Indian Tribe Sovereignty in Castro-Huerta, and That's a Bad Thing.

U.S. History

Blog07/07/2022

Indian tribe sovereignty has long been a much neglected, yet important, tool in decentralizing and limiting government power in the US. 

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Slowing Money Supply Growth in 2022 Points to Recession

Money Supply

Blog06/13/2022

During April 2022, year-over-year money supply growth was at 7.23 percent. That's down from March's rate of 7.41 percent and April 2021's rate of 36.8 percent.

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Stagflation Comes from Exorbitant Money Creation and Unhampered Government Spending

Economic PolicyInflationKeynesMonetary Theory

Blog05/11/2022

The Keynesian "stimulus" policies were suppose to reinvigorate the economy. Instead, they have brought stagflation.

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Student Loans and Government Subsidies: Another Government "Benefit" Creates Financial Chaos

Big GovernmentTaxes and Spending

Blog05/09/2022

Since the Obama administration nationalized the student loan program, we have seen student debt metastasize. Unfortunately, the Biden administration looks to make things even worse.

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