On Secession and Small States
[This article was adapted from a talk delivered at the 2022 Supporters Summit in Phoenix, Arizona.] The international system we live in today is a system composed of numerous states. …
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The Fraudulent Social Contract of Bad Money Regimes
[This article is adapted from A Guide to Good Money: Beyond the Illusions of Asset Inflation by Brendan Brown and Robert Pringle (2022, Palgrave Macmillan).] Bad money regimes base themselves on a …
An Economic Perspective on Accusing Political Opponents of Racism
Allegedly, Republicans appeal to racism via “dog whistles” or the “Southern Strategy” and the like, but that brings up the question, “Do Republicans have an economic incentive to appeal to …
Environmental and Political Elites Are Destroying Food Production for “Climate” Goals
In the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, a special thematic part was dedicated to anticipating the future on earth in the winter of 2022. The visitors had the …
Eat or Heat: Europeans Already Are Facing Previously Unthinkable Dilemmas
The European elites that imposed disastrous covid-19 restrictions, along with “green energy” regimes and sanctions against Russia are now seeing the results of their policies. Original Article: “Eat or Heat: …
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The Mises Institute sends a big THANK YOU to everyone who already donated to our Fall Campaign this week. Your support helps us continue to make the sound economic principles …
What Drove the Industrian Revolution in Britain? It Wasn’t Slavery
The link between the transatlantic slave trade and industrial growth in Britain is a recurring theme in public discussions. There is a widespread assumption that the profitability of the slave …
Do People Accept Money Because Government Endorses It?
Why does money have value? Typical economists claim that money is valuable because the government declares it so. But that is impossible, given the true origins of money, which are best …
The “Stunning Success” of the Green Revolution Is Yet Another Progressive Myth
An enduring progressive myth is that thanks to Western technologies and compassionate NGOs, American agricultural scientists saved the developing world via the Green Revolution. Not surprisingly, the truth is found elsewhere. …
Seeing the Student Loan Crisis as a Form of Boom and Bust
Conservatives have missed the point that it is not students particularly that are at fault for the student loan crises, but the entire bureaucratic economic-political system. Original Article: “Seeing the …