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The first English settlers in America learned a hard lesson about socialist economics in the early years of their new colonies as they faced starvation. Once they embraced free enterprise, however, t…
Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Families Are the Key to Building Alternatives to the State
From the perspective of the state, the ideal society is one composed of single parents raising a small number of children in irreligious households.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fami…
Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Thanksgiving: Celebrating the Birth of American Free Enterprise
In the wilderness of the New World, the Plymouth Pilgrims had progressed from the false dream of communism to the sound realism of capitalism.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgivi…
Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Minarchism: The Worst Kind of State Idolatry
Is minarchism an antidote for the growing statism and socialism infecting our body politic? Think of it as “statism lite.”
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/minarchism-worst-kind-state-id…
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Government Intervention, Not BlackRock, Is To Blame For The Housing Crisis
The rent is too high. However, government interference into rental markets has been the main reason rents are so high in the first place.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/government-inte…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Why I Won’t Be Mourning Dick Cheney
Cheney was an architect of both Iraq wars, and he was a perennial supporter of the American surveillance state, torture, and more.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-i-wont-be-mournin…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Origins of the Welfare State in America
We must realize that the two most powerful motivations in human history have always been ideology and economic interest, and that a joining of these two motivations can be downright irresistible.
Orig…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
The Road to De-Civilization: Inflation and the Moral Erosion of Society
Inflation is not just an economic phenomenon. It also undercuts the foundations of a civilization, leading to the breakdown of society itself.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/road-de-ci…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Roger Williams: Exemplar of America’s Soul
Roger Williams, the Baptist minister whose libertarian views ran afoul of the Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities, should be honored as one of this country’s early libertarians.
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Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago
The Meaning of Revolution
The revolutionaries include the pamphleteer writing in his study, the journalist, the agitator, the organizer, the campus activist, the theoretician, the philanthropist.
Original article: https://mis…
Published on 1 month ago