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  • September 29 · length unknown

    How Conflicting Interpretations of Dred Scott Undermine State Sovereignty

    The 1857 Dred Scott case remains one of the most controversial Supreme Court decision in US History. However, overlooked is the fact that it elevated federal sovereignty above sovereignty of the states. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-conflicting-interpretations-dred-scott-undermine-state-sovereignty

  • September 25 · length unknown

    Wildfires and Collectivism: Why They Are Related

    As state control over forests and brushlands continues apace both in Spain and the US, the dangers of wildfires grow worse. Environmentalists, naturally, blame capitalism. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/wildfires-and-collectivism-why-they-are-related

  • September 25 · length unknown

    Mainstream Economics: Money as Medium of Exchange, Unit of Account, and Store of Value

    Mainstream economics does a disservice when students are taught that money is a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a unit of account without explaining why and how money came to function in those categories. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/mainstream-economics-money-medium-exchange-unit-account-and-store-value

  • September 24 · length unknown

    California’s New Tire Rule will Result in Higher Costs and More Highway Deaths

    The California Energy Commission is mandating that starting in 2029, California drivers must purchase environmentally approved tires that are less safe than current tires. The results are predictable: higher costs for drivers and more fatal accidents. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/californias-new-tire-rule-will-result-higher-costs-and-more-highway-deaths

  • September 24 · length unknown

    Covid Was a Praxeological Test. Too Many Libertarians Failed.

    No, covid was not the exception to the rule that liberty comes first. Just because the CDC insisted we give up our freedom for what turned out to be a false security did not justify the government’s heavy-handed approach, something that libertarians should have understood all along. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/covid-was-praxeological-test-too-many-libertarians-failed

  • September 22 · 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

  • September 21 · 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 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

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