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How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Misunderstands American Poverty

Blog07/18/2018Andrew Moran

The poor are certainly poor compared to the rich. But they have more than the middle class of just one generation ago.

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The First Battle of Bull Run, Part 4: Henry Hill

U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy

07/18/2018Audio/VideoChris Calton

After a bloody day of fighting, the tide begins to turn for the Confederates.

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How A Central Bank Caused One of History's Biggest Cons

World History

Blog07/18/2018George Pickering

Perhaps no lesson from history better illustrates the dangers of credit expansion-fuelled business cycles than the story of the imaginary country of Poyais.

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The Fantasy Behind Marx's Historical Materialism

Free MarketsWorld HistoryInterventionismOther Schools of Thought

07/17/2018Mises Daily ArticlesMurray N. Rothbard

There is nowhere Marx is fuzzier or shakier than in the concept of historical materialism, the key to the inevitable dialectic of history.

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Brexit: May’s Way Is Not The Only Way

Global Economy

Blog07/17/2018Daniel Lacalle

The UK's economy is stronger than the EU and never collapsed as a result of the Brexit vote — as was predicted — but the UK is oddly acting like it needs the EU.

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Who is Ludwig von Mises?

BiographiesHistory of the Austrian School of Economics

07/17/2018Audio/VideoJörg Guido Hülsmann

Guido Hülsmann highlights the life and work of Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973), arguably the greatest economist of all time.

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The EU’s New Data Protection Rules Are Already Hurting Europeans

Global Economy

Blog07/17/2018Kai Weiss

Europe's new tech regulations are especially damaging to small companies, thus helping tech giants like Google.

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The Police State Abolishes the Trial

Legal SystemThe Police State

07/16/2018Mises Daily ArticlesLlewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Thanks to plea bargains and endless lists of new laws, American prisons are filled with innocent people.

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How the UK Can Escape Angela Merkel and the EU

Money and BanksMoney and Banking

Blog07/16/2018Brendan Brown

Turning toward sound money and freer trade with the US could help free Britain from Brussels and Berlin.

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Medicare Part D and the Opioid Crisis

Big GovernmentHealthcare

07/16/2018Power & MarketMark Thornton

Medicare Part D is a relatively new "entitlement" program that provides a subsidy to retirees for prescription drugs. It is supposedly designed to help seniors, but is the drug companies that benefit most. Started in 2006, it was expected to cover 11 million, but that figure was 24 million after...

Mises U: "A Week Unlike Any Other"

Zachary Yost

Zachary Yost explains why Mises U is a program unlike any other.

Politicians Should Need a Supermajority to Raise Taxes

Daniel J. Mitchell

Allowing lawmakers to raise taxes with a 50% + 1 vote is a recipe for disaster.

Venezuela Turns to Barter

Joseph T. Salerno

As planned by Chavez, barter is indeed replacing currency transactions throughout the economy but with hardly the results the late socialist envisioned.