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Tuesday · length unknown
How War Propaganda Justifies Conscription into Unjust Wars
The drive for military conscription has always depended upon the use of propaganda, since governments cannot make an honest and genuine case for the wars they start. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-war-propaganda-justifies-conscription-unjust-wars
Monday · length unknown
Government by Consent of the Governed—Later On
We are told that Americans live under a state that claims “consent of the governed,” but when does the government seek our consent for anything? Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/government-consent-governed-later
September 18 · length unknown
9/11 and the Idealized “War on Terror”
Twenty-five years after 9/11, many seek to rehabilitate the War on Terror by appealing to the horror of 9/11, the right to respond, and the ideal of fighting terrorism. Many now demand that we judge an idealized “War on Terror” by its intentions rather than the war that actually occurred. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/911-and-idealized-war-terror
September 17 · length unknown
Slavery Was Not the Difference: How Legal Innovations Made America a Superpower While Brazil Stagnated
Both Brazil and the US had slavery in the 1800s, but the US economy flourished while Brazil’s languished. If slavery was the engine for US economic growth, as leftists claim, then why didn’t Brazil's economy match that of the US? Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/slavery-was-not-difference-how-legal-innovations-made-america-superpower-while-brazil-stagnated
September 17 · length unknown
Price Inflation Has Been above the Two-Percent Target for 65 Months in a Row
The latest reminder of the Federal Reserve's record of failure, which now extends longer than five years, comes with the most recent inflation measure. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/price-inflation-has-been-above-two-percent-target-65-months-row
September 17 · length unknown
Congress Tries to Replace Anarcho-Tyranny in College Sports with Its Own Brand of Tyranny
In the name of “saving” college sports, Congress steps well past its bounds to micromanage the NCAA. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/congress-tries-replace-anarcho-tyranny-college-sports-its-own-brand-tyranny
September 16 · length unknown
The Crony Capitalists Who Financed the Bolshevik Revolution
Lenin wrote that the capitalists would provide the rope by which they would hang themselves. That certainly seems to be the case with the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which received strong financial help from the center of crony capitalism itself: Wall Street. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/crony-capitalists-who-financed-bolshevik-revolution
September 15 · length unknown
The AI "Threat" is Replacing Covid and "Global Warming"
Get ready to hear a lot about how we need government regulation to ensure that only state-approved, expensive, crony "capitalist" firms are allowed to develop AI. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ai-threat-replacing-covid-and-global-warming
September 15 · length unknown
Understanding Entrepreneurship Has Major Implications for Economic Analysis
By ignoring the entrepreneur, mainstream economists are also removing a vital part of economics theory. It is like designing a car and leaving out the engine. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/understanding-entrepreneurship-has-major-implications-economic-analysis
September 14 · length unknown
Foreign Policy Gnosticism: The Appeal to the Black Box of “Our Leaders Know More”
Ignorance is treated as a reason to trust the state rather than a reason to withhold judgment about its exercise of coercion. To assume that the state’s unknown information is correct and justifying is therefore to err on the side of violence. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/foreign-policy-gnosticism-appeal-black-box-our-leaders-know-more
September 11 · length unknown
Times Change, Principles Don't
What followed 9/11 was 25 years of systematic destruction of American liberties, and the final destruction of the Bill of Rights, all in the name of "safety" and "patriotism." Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/times-change-principles-dont
September 10 · length unknown
College Sports, LSU, and Judge Shopping: Anarcho-Tyranny Continues
The drama continues in college sports—not on the field, but in the courtrooms—thanks to judges applying antitrust law that does not permit the NCAA to be able to enforce its own rules. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/college-sports-lsu-and-judge-shopping-anarcho-tyranny-continues
September 8 · length unknown
The Real Elites vs. The Ruling Elites
Those who become "elites" through the initiation of violence, and through the looting of others, have always been frauds and imposters. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/real-elites-vs-ruling-elites
September 4 · length unknown
MMT and the Price Controls That Never Happened
Without established exchange-ratios between a currency and goods, a fiat-token cannot meaningfully serve as a unit of account because it has no referent. The only way a state could meaningfully ground such a fiat-token by political decree would be through comprehensive price controls. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmt-and-price-controls-never-happened
September 3 · length unknown
The Capture of the Constitution: How Public Sector Unions Exploited Free Speech to Suppress Black Upward Mobility
Public employee unions have used their built-in advantages to damage this country’s political economy and work hardships on taxpayers. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/capture-constitution-how-public-sector-unions-exploited-free-speech-suppress-black-upward-mobility
September 2 · length unknown
No, Flock Is Not Really a Private Company
The term that best describes the CEO of the "private" company Flock is "parasite" or "plutocrat" or "welfare queen" because his "business model" is simply finding ways to exploit the taxpayers. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-flock-not-really-private-company
September 2 · length unknown
The Ethical Foundations of the Just War Doctrine
Can fighting a war ever be just? Murray Rothbard dealt with that question and, of course, had some definitive answers. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ethical-foundations-just-war-doctrine
September 1 · length unknown
Credit Out of “Thin Air” Brings Wealth Destruction
Federal Reserve policy has been to expand credit out of nothing without regard for the real damage it does to the economy. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/credit-out-thin-air-brings-wealth-destruction
September 1 · length unknown
The High Cost of the Automated Flock-Camera Surveillance State
The future of Flock cameras: left the house during a pandemic lockdown? Expect a summons in the mail. Exceeding your "carbon footprint" by driving too much? Expect a ticket in the mail. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/high-cost-automated-flock-camera-surveillance-state
August 31 · length unknown
Trump Censorship Machine Loses Again in Court
The Trump administration’s crackdown on students protesting against Israel has once again run into the law, this time in the form of a federal court ruling against the government. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-censorship-machine-loses-again-court

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