Mises Wire

Taxation as a Weapon against Prosperity

Bureaucracy and RegulationEconomic FreedomProgressivismTaxes and Spending

Blog05/25/2023

The current regime wants to use taxation not simply as a means to collect revenue for the government, but as a weapon against economic prosperity itself.

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There Is No Moral Right to Strike

Economic FreedomEconomic PolicyLawLabor and Wages

Blog05/25/2023

American law protects what is called the "right to strike." However, Leonard Read found no moral code that permits such action.

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The Bud Light Boycott and Clueless Corporate Executives

The EntrepreneurU.S. HistorySubjectivismValue and Exchange

Blog05/24/2023

Bud Light executives thought customers wanted the beer to partner with a "transgender" celebrity. Or executives simply didn't care what customers thought. In any case, executives are now paying the price. 

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Review: Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier

SocialismWorld History

Blog05/24/2023

While George Orwell wrote magnificently against totalitarianism, his attempt to defend socialism in The Road to Wigan Pier stumbled badly.

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The Woke Cartel and Twitter's New CEO

Cronyism and CorporatismMedia and CultureProgressivism

Blog05/24/2023

With the appointment of Linda Yaccarino as Twitter's new CEO, Elon Musk is trying to appease woke advertisers to bring up his company's revenues. This will not end well.

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Three Lies They're Telling You about the Debt Ceiling

Money and Banks

Blog05/23/2023

One: the Republicans want big cuts and austerity. Two: The US has never defaulted before. Three: Default is the end of the world. 

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How Markets Self-Corrected during the 1819 and 1919–21 Recessions

Booms and BustsKeynesMonetary PolicyU.S. EconomyBusiness Cycles

Blog05/23/2023

With the US economy facing a severe downturn, we should remember that two recessions ended quickly because the government didn't intervene at all.

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Taking Notes out of Rothbard’s Taiwan Playbook

War and Foreign Policy

Blog05/23/2023

In the 1950s, Murray Rothbard took on the question of whether or not the United States should defend Formosa (Taiwan) from attack by mainland China. Rothbard was predictably red-baited for his efforts.

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