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Mises Daily Wednesday by Julian Adorney:

When it comes to romantic relationships, people ruthlessly discriminate and make an endless number of subjective judgments. Most agree that it is absurd to regulate these relationships while not realizing that the same is true of all business relationships as well.

David Gordon

In an excellent article for The New Republic, April 6, 2015, “Rand Paul Will Break Republican Hearts, Just Like Reagan Did,” the Canadian journalist Jeet Heer displays a knowledge of libertarianism rare among mainstream journalists.

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Congratulations to former Mises Fellow David Sanz Bas for being named the new Dean of Social Science & Law at Catholic University of Avila!

Ryan McMaken

Patrick Barron has said in an interview conducted by Merlin Rothfeld and John O'Donnell (both GEI contributors) on Power Trading Radio that he believes Germany should leave the European Union, reinstate the Deutschmark and declare itself a free-trade nation.

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Mises Daily Tuesday by Benjamin Wiegold:

The US, Russia, Canada, Denmark, and other states are racing to take control of the Arctic Ocean. Outside of a few tiny outposts, however, these states have never "homesteaded" the region, so their claims of true ownership are fanciful at best.

Ryan McMaken

Some candidates are attempting to make friends with free-market voters, but there are still plenty of voters for whom free markets are like poison. 

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Mises Daily Monday by Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna:

While not at all perfect, the classical gold standard of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century facilitated some of the greatest leaps in economic prosperity ever witnessed. Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna surveys the views of central bankers and economists of the time.

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Patrick Barron writes:
Recently a friend sent me the updated Wikipedia link about the newly formed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank that has been in the news so much, mostly gathering glowing endorsements that this is a great undertaking.

Ryan McMaken

If you use public roads or other government "services," does this mean the government can regulate everything you do?