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Back to SearchNew Rothbard Letters Show His Early Opposition to both Nixon and Reagan
“I see that you are preparing the groundwork for supporting Nixon,” Rothbard wrote Meyer. “Again, for shame! Is this what conservative principles are coming down to...?"
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Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
What Will the Next Gold Bust Look Like?
There have been four gold busts under the fiat dollar money regimes since the “freeing” of the gold price in March 1968. Will the current gold boom end in a similar bust?
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Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Yes, Tariffs Reduce Imports, but They Also Reduce Exports
Episode 522
In this episode of the Human Action Podcast, Bob unpacks Lerner’s Symmetry Theorem—the classic result that, under tight conditions, an import tariff is equivalent to an export tax. He applies the fra…
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How Progressives Broke the Constitution and Praised Themselves for It
The US Constitution as originally written and understood no longer exists. The first wave of “progressives” reinterpreted it to their liking before later generations of progressives finished the job.…
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Popular Media, Romanticism, and the Statist Insinuation
Popular views of capitalism and free markets are not shaped by the facts, but rather by anti-capitalist intellectuals and the media.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/popular-media-romant…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Silver’s $50 Moment
Episode 135
Mark Thornton shares a timely conversation from the Liberty & Finance podcast with Elijah K. Johnson. Mark explains why $50 silver is a psychological barrier, and how decades of tech shifts, by-produ…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
AI, Automation, and the Human Advantage
Episode 521
This week, Bob tackles growing concerns about artificial intelligence, automation, and mass unemployment. Using the principles of marginal productivity and comparative advantage, he shows how the sta…
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Monetary Metals 101: How Gold and Silver Work in a Free Market
Episode 135
Mark Thornton lays the groundwork for understanding gold and silver before politics gets involved. Mark explains why monetary metals emerge from market “evolution,” how their non-consumptive use crea…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Taxes, War, and the State are Freedom's Biggest Enemies
Episode 227
Ryan and political scientist Joseph Solis-Mullen talk about how taxes, war, and the state are all part of a centuries-old formula for impoverishing the productive class while enriching the government…
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Economics and the Infantilization of Culture
The yearning for a state-controlled system is not born of compassion for others but rather of infantile selfishness.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-and-infantilization-culture
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago