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The Bolognese Jurists behind the Proto-Austrians of the Salamanca School
The Salamanca School is known for important contributions to free-market economics and the Austrian School. The Bolognese jurists also made key contributions…
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The Rebellious Old Right
What Murray Rothbard used to call the "Old Right" stood for liberty, freedom of speech, and a free economy. Most importantly, they stood for peace, all in…
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The Stewards of History Desperately Need Mises
Academic historians and archivists have been captured by the hard left and the DEI industry. Not only will the current trends make them bad historians, but it…
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“Paper or Plastic?” How One Market Intervention Requires Another to “Correct” the Original One
California's 2014 ban on “single-use” plastic bags was supposed to lead to less waste of plastic, which hasn't happened. Now environmentalists are demanding…
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Warren Buffett, Dave Ramsey, and John Maynard Keynes Are Wrong!
This week kicks off the Mises Institute's Fall Campaign. Make a $100+ donation or a recurring donation of $5 or more, and Mark will send you a signed copy of…
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Has "Neo-Liberalism" Failed in the United States?
Donate $5 today to support our Fall Campaign and receive a physical copy of Anatomy of the State: Mises.org/HH5 David R. Henderson is a research fellow with…
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Why the Regime Hates Homeschooling
Ryan, Tho, and Jonathan Newman look at how the state and the media treat homeschooling and why parents are increasingly looking to homeschooling as an…
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Conceptual Clarity in Dismantling Economic Jargon
Keynesians are known for using obscure and jumbled jargon to explain their fallacious ideas. The hope being that, the more confusing the language, the greater…
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Debunking Alarmism over Artificial Intelligence
As AI continues to develop, so does the hysteria that AI will soon take over and relegate us to a dystopian future. We need to realize that, like so many other…
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Diego Garcia and Cocos Islands: Another Example of US Imperialism
The US Armed Forces expand their footprints in the Indian Ocean, not to defend this country, but to expand military power. The Diego Garcia base has left a…
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Governments Had a Major Role in Sustaining Slavery
Despite claims from progressive historians that US slavery was a natural outgrowth of a free market economy, the reality is that slavery would have been much…
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How to Contradict Yourself about Rights
What is the source of our rights, natural Law or the state? Unfortunately, too many people who should know better choose the latter. David Gordon makes short…
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Is Artificial Intelligence the Next Easy-Money Bust?
While the world is abuzz over artificial intelligence (AI), present technologies are limited more than most people want to believe. The situation is ripe for…
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Is GDP an Accurate Measure of Reality?
Mainstream economists speak of GDP as though it is the economy itself, however, GDP is not a good measure of economic reality. Instead, it presents a distorted…
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The Folly of Criminalizing “Hate”
Yet another discouraging trend in law in the UK, Europe, and the US has been the criminalization of what authorities call “hate speech.” However, much of what…
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The Fed Hits the Panic Button
The Fed is desperate for you to think that "this time is different." Unfortunately, Powell can't seem to come up with an explanation of why that is the case…
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Can Technology Make Us Free?
Technology, like any tool, can be used for good or ill. Combined with good ideas, we can find new and better ways to use technology to promote liberty, free…
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Families, Churches, Schools: How to Replace the State
Building up non-state institutions is a key factor to being free in an unfree world. Presented in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Saturday, September 14, 2024.
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The Second Trump Shooter Believed Exactly What the Establishment Media Wanted Him to Believe
After Trump narrowly escaped another assassination attempt, the establishment seems uninterested in the motives of the would-be shooter. Perhaps that’s because…
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How Government Propped Up Slavery
In this episode of the Human Action Podcast, Bob welcomes guest Joshua Mawhorter to discuss his recent article on the role of government in sustaining slavery…
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Is the Skyscraper Curse Dead?
There is good evidence that the Skyscraper Curse is dead. But what does that mean? Mark Thornton digs down to the foundations to see what the ramifications…
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America Can't Afford Global Hegemony
The US government says that there are no limits on its ability to militarily dominate every corner of the globe. Ryan, Zach, and Tho talk about why that's a…
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Does Any Daylight Remain between Monetary and Fiscal Policy?
Contrary to myths of “Fed independence,” the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department work closely together to keep monetary inflation going nonstop…
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Education: Labeling vs. Tailoring
Despite opposition from government at every turn, homeschooling has developed into an industry with astounding resources and high-quality results. Contrast the…
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Free Speech and Legislative Bans on DEI
The TSA's record for incompetence is astounding, even for a government agency. Any complaints, as this article shows, will be seen as subversion. Original…
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Harris-Walz: The Ticket of Covid Tyranny
While the Harris-Walz campaign doesn't publicize the candidates’ records on the Covid-19 lockdowns and mask mandates, voters should know what they did. Not…
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Praxeology and Robert Malone’s “Surveillance Capitalism”
How do we guard against misinformation when business firms join with government to promote things that simply are false? As Murray Rothbard noted, people still…
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TSA Tyranny Goes Cutesy
The TSA's record for incompetence is astounding, even for a government agency. Any complaints, as this article shows, will be seen as subversion. Original…
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The Mises-Hoiles Correspondence: What Might Have Been
From 1949 to 1962, American libertarian R.C. Hoiles and Ludwig von Mises corresponded many times, discussing issues relating to state power. While the…
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The Regime’s War on Cash Could Destroy the Economy
Progressive and even many mainstream economists believe that cash is a relic from the past and should be replaced with digital money. There are many good…
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It’s Also “Disinformation” When Our Government Does It
As our government officials crack down on what they call “foreign disinformation,” allegedly meant to influence the 2024 election, it’s worth remembering that…
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Why Trump Won the Debate
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Connor O'Keeffe joins Tho Bishop to talk about last night's debate. How should we think about the political circus? Will any…
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ESG Undermines Social Welfare
Politicians and hedge funds that push “Environmental, Social, and Governance” (ESG) scores and investing do so with the notion of improving social welfare…
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Ireland, Authenticity, and the European Union
While recent European Parliament elections have raised questions about Ireland’s role in the EU, the truth is that Ireland’s historical role in civilizing…
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Rothbard on Liberty and Free Will
Modern egalitarians play down the idea of free will, claiming that free will is relevant only if individuals have no interference with their choices. Murray…
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The Dark Spectacle of Maduro: Elon Musk, Lula, and Electoral Fraud
Socialist regimes tend to follow the same playbook: promise much, deliver little, and, in the end, blame capitalism. Venezuela is the latest socialist entity…
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The Euro Is a Frankenstein-Currency
It may not have been created in the lab of a mad scientist, but the euro is still a manufactured, cobbled-together currency made from a number of national…
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The Wisdom of Herbert Butterfield
Herbert Butterfield, who taught history at Cambridge, had many insights on the sea changes brought about by World War I and the collapse of the Old World…
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America Now Has Fewer Employed Workers than It Did a Year Ago
The total number of employed persons has fallen by 66,000 since August of 2023. Moreover, the new job growth is almost all in part-time jobs. Be sure to follow…
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Where Will All the Money Go?
The Federal Reserve seems to have finally publicly committed to its rate-cutting cycle—specifically the federal funds rate or policy rate. The Fed wanted to…
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The Origin of Money: Menger vs. Graeber
Bob goes solo to explain the contributions of Carl Menger and Ludwig von Mises to monetary theory. He then deals with the critique of David Graeber, who argues…
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From Brazil to the US: The Global War on Free Speech
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop talk about Zuckerberg's recent letter from Congress, Elon Musk's showdown in Brazil, and the…
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American Peronism: Kamala’s Plan to Ruin America’s Economy
Harris promises to reduce prices by printing more money, reducing competition, and attacking businesses. Welcome to the US version of Argentina's “Peronism.”…
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Diplomacy, Distrust, and Nuclear War
It has been nearly 80 years since US aircraft dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities, but today, nations stockpiled with nuclear weapons engage in…
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FISA: How a Watergate-Era “Reform” Turned into a Mechanism of Massive State Surveillance
The flurry of post-Watergate “reforms” supposedly were passed to counteract government abuse of citizens. Not surprisingly, the FISA program, which was aimed…
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Natural Law and Rothbardian Liberty
Modern mainstream economics bases its theories on utilitarianism. Murray Rothbard, on the other hand, saw economic law as based in natural law. Furthermore, he…
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Presidential Election or Economic Illiteracy Contest?
While we experience the predictable economic consequences of bad economic policies, the two main presidential candidates seem to be competing in an unspoken…
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Review: Bitcoin: The Inverse of Clown World
While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies can boggle the mind with their complex relationships, nonetheless, we are witnessing the development of a parallel…
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The Fable of the Economic “Soft Landing”
Keynesians believe that if there is a bout of inflation, central banks can slowly guide the economy to a “soft landing” which minimizes unemployment and income…
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What the Media Says about Homeschooling
Even though homeschooling is growing in this country and the educational results are overwhelmingly positive, US progressive journalists naturally believe…
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Why the Crony Class Loves Artificially-Low Interest Rates—And Why You Shouldn’t
A few years ago, the leftist publication The Intercept claimed that inflation only hurts the “one percent,” but is “good” for everyone else. The truth is much…
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Why the Political Establishment Won’t Touch the Chronic Disease Issue
Despite all the money spent on US healthcare, an astounding number of Americans suffer from chronic illnesses. Yet the political establishment has shown no…
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Rising Prices Are Caused by Monetary Inflation, Not Greed
Price inflation is never caused by greed. It's always caused by a growing money supply. The money supply has grown big-time since 2020, and now we pay a lot…
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Old School Economics
The phrase, old school economics, is often used positively or approvingly by many, but it's rarely explained. What is this school and where is it located? You…
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Does Advanced Econ Justify Kamala Harris on Price Gouging?
Dr. Jonathan Newman joins Bob to analyze Kamala Harris's proposals against price gouging, and how some mainstream economists defend Government price controls…
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Be Prepared to Hear More about Taxes, Taxes, Taxes
With the US government engaged in out-of-control spending, we are looking at tax increases in the coming years. And even if Congress does not pass official tax…
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Is There a Praxeological Ethics?
David Gordon reviews J.W. Rich's new book, Praxeological Ethics: An Inquiry into the Nature and Foundation of Ethics and finds much to like about this volume…
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Republicans Declare War on the American Economy
By appealing to tariffs and other forms of economic regulation, Republicans have tossed aside any commitment to free market economics. Unfortunately, their…
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Tax the Rich? Not a Good Idea
Taxing "the rich" won't make life more affordable for ordinary people. The true cause of the affordability crisis is inflation caused by central banks…
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The Fed’s Fiat Money Is the Real Cause of Price Inflation
Politicians say "greedflation," and profits are what fuels rising prices, but the real culprit is fiat money creation fueled by the central bank. Original…