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How the US Regime Subsidizes Immigration—both Legal...

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2024/03/14

Governments in the US subsidize immigration through a bevy of welfare programs. The effect of subsidization is predictable: you get more of what you subsidize. This is true for student loans, ethanol, immigrants, and more.Original Article: How the US Regime Subsidizes Immigration—both Legal and Illegal

The Supreme Court to Decide if New York Regulators...

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2024/03/08

Next month, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether New York regulatory authorities can target the NRA simply because of the organization’s political viewpoints.Original Article: The Supreme Court to Decide if New York Regulators Can Arbitrarily Target the NRA

How State-Funding of Activist Groups Makes Britain...

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2024/03/08

Activist pro-immigration groups in Great Britain, while being heavily funded by government money, are using that money to stop orderly immigrationand replace it with chaos. Taxpayers are not only on the hook to fund these groups, but alsobear the brunt of immigration failures.Original Article: How State-Funding of Activist Groups Makes Britain Less Safe

US States Have a Long History of Defaulting

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2024/03/08

As the federal government's debt approaches $35 trillion, default one way or another is inevitable. Many US states already have used that method to eliminate their debts.Original Article: US States Have a Long History of Defaulting

Biblical Critical Theory Is Not Biblical. It’s...

Audio Mises Wire ·

2024/03/08

Christianity Today and other Christian publications are touting a book that claims to be based upon “biblical critical theory.”It’s yet another version of Marxism that is neither critical nor biblical. It’s just more Marxism.Original Article: Biblical Critical Theory Is Not Biblical. It’s Watered-Down Marxism

Misunderstanding Both Lincoln and Basic Economics

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2024/03/08

Princeton “historian”Allen C. Guelzo’s newest hagiography of Abraham Lincoln focuses on Lincoln’s supposed love affair with commerce, albeit “commerce”based upon protectionism and government tariffs. As David Gordon notes, Guelzo has a problem getting his economic history correct.Original Article: Misunderstanding Both Lincoln and Basic Economics

The Awesome Verbal Punching Power of Thomas Paine

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2024/03/03

While Thomas Paine might be one of the most obscure "Founding Fathers" of this country, he was a powerful intellect who helped move people to choose liberty and independence.Original Article: The Awesome Verbal Punching Power of Thomas Paine

Hubris Runs Rampant at the Fed

Audio Mises Wire ·

2024/03/03

In a recent interview with 60 Minutes,Fed chairman Jerome Powell gave assurances that the US banking system is sound. Ben Bernanke also claimed almost twentyyears ago that real estate markets were not overextended. The hubris must be in the water at the Eccles Building.Original Article: Hubris Runs Rampant at the Fed

Does the Balance of Payments Determine Exchange Rates?

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2024/02/26

Some economists believe that the balance of payments is what determines currency exchange rates. In fact, exchange rates are always about the purchasing power of some currencies relative to others. Original Article:Does the Balance of Payments Determine Exchange Rates?

What Can We Learn from the Latest Pentagon Audit?...

Audio Mises Wire ·

2024/02/26

Another Pentagon audit, another massive failure. But the Pentagon's problems are not just simple accounting. They reflect the reality of an unaccountable rogue empire that tries to prop up the US empire. Original Article:What Can We Learn from the Latest Pentagon Audit? Both Plenty and Not Much

An Open Letter to Walter E. Block

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2024/02/18

Block’s call for total war and the indiscriminate slaughter of innocent civilians in Gaza is the complete and uninhibited rejection and renunciation of the nonaggression principle that constitutes one of the very cornerstones of the Rothbardian system. Original Article:An Open Letter to Walter E. Block

Legacies of Injustice and Racial Inequality

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2024/02/18

Progressives argue that free markets stand in the way of economic and racial equality. In fact, free markets are the only vehicle that can help make people more equal. Original Article:Legacies of Injustice and Racial Inequality

A Short History of the Right to Self-Determination

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2024/02/14

Modern international law tends to grant a right to “remedial self-determination”only inextreme cases.Unfortunately, this position accepts that statesought to be free to violate human rights so long as theabusesfall short of war crimes and genocide. Original Article:A Short History of the Right to Self-Determination

Washington’s Planned Theft of Credit Card Benefits

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2024/02/14

Congressional Democrats are trying to intervene ina complex and varied market they know little about but that consumers navigate without need of help. This will not end well. Original Article:Washington’s Planned Theft of Credit Card Benefits

Climate Deniers Deny Socialism. That's Why the Regime...

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2024/02/14

So-called climate change is really an excuse for government to do what it does worst: intervene inour economic affairs. While government efforts will not cool the planet, they willmake life more difficult for the planet’s inhabitants. Original Article:Climate Deniers Deny Socialism. That's Why the Regime Hates Them.

Are We Really All in This Together?

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2024/02/14

Whenever governing elites create a new crisis, theyinsistthat “we're all in this together.”It’s time to ignore their lies altogether. Original Article:Are We Really All in This Together?

Biden and Forgotten Federal Financial Tyranny

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2024/02/10

Under Obama and Biden, the banking sector has been weaponized against industries American leftists don't like.The Obama administration acted as if its regulatory targets did not deserve due process, and the program ravaged far and wide. Original Article:Biden and Forgotten Federal Financial Tyranny

Bastiat versus MMT

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2024/02/06

One doesn’t need to search modern economic literature to take on the MMT crowd. Just read Bastiat. Original Article:Bastiat versus MMT

Reflections on the Libertarian Role in Society

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2024/01/30

As the recent election of Javier Milei in Argentina shows us, there still is a place in the political world for libertarian thinking. Liberty is a goal still worth pursuing. Original Article:Reflections on the Libertarian Role in Society

Why Open Borders Don't Work for Small Countries

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2024/01/24

The arguments of open-borders advocates may be applicable in some corners of the developed world.However, forsmall countriesnext to larger ones, open borders bringserious geopolitical consequences. Original Article:Why Open Borders Don't Work for Small Countries

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