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The Theory of Interest
Dr. Jeffrey Herbener explains how time preference shapes interest rates, production, and investment, making time central to economic coordination and…
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Rethinking Sociology with Mises: A New Austro-Libertarian Framework for Understanding Society
Is Austrian Economics compatible with modern sociology, which is presently dominated by collectivists? However, it is possible to apply praxeology to sociology…
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The Silent Guardian of Liberty: Hans F. Sennholz and the Seed of Mises in America
The biography of Hans F. Sennholz reads like a paradoxical novel—as if the protagonist had journeyed backward through the twentieth century. Original article…
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Understanding the Doctrine of States’ Rights
What do we mean by “states‘ rights”? Mises scholar, Wanjiru Njoya, takes us through the discussion to show us how different people have tried to define and…
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Banking
David Howden reveals how banking, especially fractional reserves and central bank manipulations, creates instability and inflation. He also explains why a 100%…
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Money
Dr. Sandy Klein walks through the origins and essential functions of money, showing how barter’s pitfalls led to the spontaneous emergence of money as a medium…
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Subjective Value and Market Prices
Jeffrey Herbener explains how Austrian price theory reveals the logic of voluntary exchange and subjective value, and why market prices emerge not from…
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Praxeology
"The word praxeology can be used in two different ways. One is for a science of human action, as developed by Ludwig von Mises and his successors, principally…
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The Birth of the Austrian School
Professor Salerno traces the birth of the Austrian School to Carl Menger’s revolutionary insight: prices emerge from human wants, choices, and the subjective…
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The Questionable Role of Quantitative Methods in Economics
Austrian economics veers sharply from the economic mainstream over the use of mathematics and quantitative measures. Instead, Austrians build upon irrefutable…
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Selling the Public Lands
Some in Congress are floating the idea of selling government land -- especially in the West -- as a way to pay down federal debt and free more land for…
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Austrian Economics in the Age of MAGA
The right dismisses economics at its peril. Tom Woods shows why Austrian economics holds the key to solving the very cultural and economic crises that MAGA…
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Why Jay Powell’s Fed Will Not Cut Interest Rates
In this episode, Mark Thornton breaks down the political pressure from Trump, market demands for cheap money, and the Federal Reserve’s real fears: a…
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The Economic Success of Singapore and Hong Kong
While it is tempting to see the economic success of Singapore and Hong Kong as similar, there really are stark differences between them. Hong Kong has…
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Understanding the Causes of Lincoln’s War
Why did North and South go to war with each other in 1861? The standard narrative is that slavery caused the war while more thoughtful people realize that the…
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America-First Foreign Policy Is Dead
After promising to end the Ukraine war immediately, and to stay out of Middle East wars, President Trump has instead doubled down on intervening in both…
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An Actual Plan to Close the Fed and Tie the Dollar Back to Gold
This week, Bob returns to the topic of how the United States could practically abolish the Federal Reserve and transition to a stable monetary system backed by…
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The Federal Reserve is Building the Most Expensive Building in DC History?
On this episode of Power and Market, the group looks at the continued attacks on Powell, how the media wants to blame everything on tariffs, and why Federal…
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The Axiom of Action and the Inescapability of Liberty
Socialists despise individual liberty because they believe that allowing humans to make free choices supposedly leads to selfish and anti-social behavior…
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The Invasion of the Spatializers
Jesús Huerta de Soto has published a series of lectures on Austrian Economics, and Dr. David Gordon in Friday Philosophy reviews his Lectures in Austrian…
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In Their Own Words: Revolutionary Voices on Inflation
This article is dedicated to some of the quotes, especially from key participants and primary sources, about inflation and its consequences during the American…
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Why Mises University Matters
Mises University begins Sunday, July 20, and given that misinformation abounds about the economy, it is good to have a forum where students can learn economic…
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Subsidies to Amtrak and Siemens: A Pathway To Cronyism For The Few
Despite assurances from Amtrak's administrators that profitability is just around the corner, Amtrak remains a huge money loser. However, even given the long…
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Democratic Socialism IS Totalitarianism
The word "democratic" is supposed to soften the blow of socialism, with Zohran Mamdani's campaign being the latest to fool the voters. In reality, there is no…
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The Split over Epstein Tells Us Something Important about the MAGA Movement
When President Trump declared the Epstein case closed, many of his supporters in MAGA objected, believing that the government is still hiding the truth. But…
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Trump’s Election-Interference Tariff
Like a child with his new favorite toy at Christmas, President Trump is using tariff taxes not only to attempt to centrally plan the pricing of thousands of…
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Is New York City Doomed?
There are real concerns regarding Mamdani. Mamdani is a self-described socialist, and socialism has failed disastrously everywhere it's been tried. Original…
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Mistrusting Government about Epstein and More
Exposing such lies is key for restoring liberty. The good news is that the more mistrust of government grows, the easier it will be to find people receptive to…
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Josh Hawley Proves That Republicans Still Don’t Understand Economics
By introducing legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is demonstrating that while Republicans like to talk…
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Thomas Paine Slaps Congress with His Résumé
Perhaps no publication contributed more to the Colonials' drive for independence from Great Britain than Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense." But what if he…
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The Split over Epstein Tells Us Something Important about the MAGA Movement
When President Trump declared the Epstein case closed, many of his supporters in MAGA objected, believing that the government is still hiding the truth. But…
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The Fallacies of Conservative Protectionists
In its attempt to claim that the concept of free trade is full of fallacies, The American Compass builds its anti-free trade case upon fallacies. Original…
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The Propaganda War Against Capitalism
The most popular method of deprecating capitalism is to make it responsible for every condition which is considered unsatisfactory. Original article…
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Hayek on the Difference between Science and Scientism
Modern progressive governance claims it has science on its side. Hayek‘s Nobel speech punctured that viewpoint. Original article…
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Why Government Lands Burn
Progressives blame all the recent wildfires on "climate change," but the real culprit is government mismanagement of public forests and grasslands. The recent…
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Bolivia Held Hostage: The Tyrant’s Return
When socialist Evo Morales was elected president of Bolivia, he received favorable press from the western media. Like most socialists, however, his government…
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Why Hayek Rejected “Mere Legality”
A government that rules by imposing politically-oriented statutes upon its citizens cannot lay claim to governing by “rule of law.” Hayek understood that…
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My 46 Years of Contempt of Congress
Although most political attention is focused on the US presidency, James Bovard pleads guilty to contempt of Congress. This is the Congress that is spending…
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3 Central-Banking Myths that Fed Critics Believe
There are many reasons for disliking the Federal Reserve. However, many critics of the Fed attack the Fed for the wrong reasons. Be sure to follow the Loot and…
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Robert Reich’s Blind Spots: The Elephant in the Progressive Left’s Room
Reich, Elizabeth Warren, and other leftists never address the root cause of what they correctly diagnose as excessive corporate power: the Federal Reserve…
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Intellectual Property: Innovation Should Serve Consumers, Not Producers
Innovations aren‘t very useful unless they serve consumers in the marketplace. Otherwise, we‘re pursuing innovation for its own sake, and that isn‘t progress…
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The Putrid Underbelly of Woke Capitalism
American corporations are lavishing billions of dollars on leftist groups in the name of “equity.” But many of them are also donating to even more questionable…
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Trump Is Wrong about Interest Rates
Let's look at some of the reasons why President Trump and his supporters are so obsessed with demanding that the Federal Reserve force down interest rates even…
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Do Financial Markets Operate Upon Superior Knowledge?
The Efficient Market Hypothesis claims that financial markets process information immediately and correctly. However, since the EMH is based upon unrealistic…
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The Guillotine and the Lyre: What Andrea Chénier Reveals about the French Revolution
The poet, the opera, and the Terror: when art dares to confront the violence of power. How one artist portrays the French Revolution and the political terror…
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A Comprehensive Case for Ending the Fed
Bob goes solo to make a comprehensive case for abolishing the Federal Reserve and explains what life afterward would look like. He dives into the Fed’s marked…
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Who Invented Money?
In the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton unpacks a deceptively simple question and follows its answer deep into the heart of economic history and…
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Social Engineering under the Fourteenth Amendment
Murray Rothbard called egalitarianism a "revolt against nature," and he believed that the egalitarianism inherent in the Fourteenth Amendment was socially…
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Debunking the Myth of “Market Fundamentalism”
Critics of free markets such as Oren Cass claim that Austrians and other supporters of the free economy are engaged in “market fundamentalism.” However…
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More War and No Epstein Files: MAGA’s Rough Few Weeks
The P&M group discusses Trump’s reversals, capitulations, and outright failures to fulfill popular campaign promises, and what Trump supporters should take…
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The Forces of Centralization and the Struggle for Freedom
Throughout history, decentralization and secession have helped pave the way for more individual freedom. Naturally, political elites want to centralize…
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Jürgen Habermas: The Philosopher as Marxist Propagandist
When does philosophy degenerate into simple propaganda? In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon examines the writings of Jürgen Habermas, concluding…
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The Libertarian Silence in Japan
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/libertarian-silence-japan
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The 12 Day War was a Political Disaster for America and Israel
Despite the chaos and nonsense coming from the different factions involved, neocons and enemies of peace and freedom in America have been revealed. Original…
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Are Pro-Natalists the Real Malthusians?
Both many Pro-Natalists as well as their critics have a Malthusian view of the world in which humans seem to be impervious to incentives and changing…
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Israeli Restrictions on Reporting Impact Sites is Government Censorship
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/israeli-restrictions-reporting-impact-sites-government-censorship
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Why Is Every Natural Disaster Being Politicized?
In the wake of the flooding disasters in Texas, a number of leftists made inflammatory remarks on social media, celebrating the death of flood victims. Our…
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The Texas Floods and Political Opportunism
As the Texas floodwaters receded, politicians like Chuck Schumer twisted facts about the tragedy to score a political win. Examining what went wrong to prevent…
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What Trump Should Tell Netanyahu
If President Trump really wanted to help Israel he would inform Netanyahu this week that not another US dollar would be sent to prop up his government…
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The Bid-Ask Spread in Housing and “Pulte’s Law”
As the latest housing bubble pops, home sellers are asking for unreal prices for their homes, while buyers are waiting for the prices to fall. Bill Pulte…