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Mises Daily Thursday by David Gordon: 

George Kateb's new book, Lincoln's Political Thought , is an important addition to Lincoln scholarship. Kateb appears to understand that Lincoln was more of a nationalist than a moral crusader, although Kateb's conclusions about the Civil War inspire skepticism.

Recently in the Wall Street Journal,

There’s an interesting story in the news

Mises Daily Wednesday by Brendan Brown 

Milton Friedman once compared monetary stimulus to daylight saving time. But while daylight saving has an ending date, current monetary stimulus has no end in sight, and we’re just moving the clock ahead repeatedly without ever moving it back.

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The Austrian Economics Research Conference begins Thursday morning. Listen LIVE. 

The GOP’s problem of establishing itself as the party of limited government has much more to do with action not rhetoric, framing, or sound bites. Actual actions speak much louder than words. The Republican power elite still remains, by action, a party committed to what is now called crony capitalism but should be more appropriately recognized as modern mercantilism, the unvanquished foe of liberty.

Mises Daily Monday by Logan Albright: 

The neo-mercantilist Export-Import Bank is being pushed with bipartisan support yet again. We’re being told that the Ex-Im Bank is good for private enterprise. It’s no doubt good for some private companies, but there’s a difference between private enterprise and free enterprise.