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Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of Political Divide

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2025/05/07

Free markets and free minds must push back against the mercantilist and populist policies associated with current Keynesians; we must draw upon the foundational ideas of economists such as Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Israel Kirzner, and Murray Rothbard.

Understanding The Importance of Justice

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2025/05/06

When people speak of “social justice,” they are not speaking of justice in any historical form but rather an imaginary state of affairs in which the state enforces a progressive view of equality. F.A. Hayek wrote that “social justice” is “wholly devoid of meaning or content.”

The Fallacy of Optimal Tariffs

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2025/05/06

Mainstream economists have been obsessed with finding “optimal” tax rates, and Nicholas Kaldor‘s 1940 formalization of the “optimal” tariff is no exception. Austrian economists, however, know that there is no such thing as an “optimal” tax, given the harm taxation causes.

Trump keeps claiming gas prices are at $1.98 per gallon.

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2025/05/06

One of Trump's more bizarre claims recently is that gasoline now costs less than $2 per gallon. As every casual observer knows, the price is closer to $3.

Alberta says it could vote on separation from Canada...

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2025/05/06

Unlike the US, Canada (at least on paper) recognizes a legal right to secession. Alberta gov't now says it may vote on secession next year.

Coming May 15-17: 9th Austrian Economics Meeting Europe

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2025/05/06

Food stamps have always been a subsidy for...

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2025/05/06

The government loads $328 billion of your tax care money on the EBT cards for SNAP recipients, and they go into the stores and they buy Coca Cola products, Frito Lay products, Pepsi products.

David Hume’s Insights Explain America’s Economic Decline

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2025/05/06

The Trump White House has enacted tariffs in the belief that other countries are “cheating” by enacting tariffs against US goods and “manipulating” their currencies. However, with the US dollar being the world's reserve currency, the US has engaged in dollar manipulation through inflation.

India is now at war with Pakistan.

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2025/05/06

India claims it is attacking "terrorist infrastructure." Both countries have nuclear weapons.

DiLorenzo on the Bitcoin Standard Podcast

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2025/05/06

President of the Mises Institute Tom DiLorenzo joins Saifedean Ammous on The Bitcoin Standard Podcast to discuss his work on US history and economics, and the increasing influence of the Mises Institute and Austrian school economics.

Google’s Antitrust Breakup Trial: Government Overreach

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2025/05/06

The antitrust lawsuit against Google by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) seeks to dismantle the tech giant on the grounds that it has “monopolized the internet search market.” This is nothing but an overreach that shatters the very pillars of a free and competitive marketplace.

The Magic Coin

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2025/05/06

This slim book engagingly written encapsulates the basic lessons of money and of how it is deformed by government and central banking in a magical story that will charm and enlighten young readers.

Reclaiming Our Sovereignty from State Power

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2025/05/05

Have Americans forgotten how to be free? When warfare erupted between American colonists and the British government, the colonists believed that they had God-given rights that protected them against state power. Would that Americans today believed the same thing.

The Method Behind Real Economic Thinking

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2025/05/05

Jonathan Newman joins Bob Murphy to explore what economics really is, why it matters, and how the revamped Mises Academy is helping teach it the right way.

The Spanish Blackout Shows Why the Green Dream Is...

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2025/05/05

Although government officials and true believers in “green energy” are denying it, the collapse of the electric grid in Spain and Portugal proves that reliance on renewables for electric production is doomed to failure. Whether people listen is another story.

US Trade Account Balance and the Imposition of Tariffs

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2025/05/05

Although politicians, pundits, and the media claim that a trade deficit is harmful to a country, the reality is much different. In a free economy, individuals interact with each other in mutually-beneficial exchanges. As Murray Rothbard noted, free exchanges do not produce winners and losers.

The Inspiring Legacy of Anti-War Conservatism

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2025/05/05

Brandan Buck explores how some conservative America Firsters have long challenged U.S. interventionism in the Middle East and questioned the alliance with Israel.

A Taxing Cut for IRS: Free Tax Filing Option to be Ended

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2025/05/05

The Trump administration announced that the IRS will end its free Direct File (DF) program that taxpayers have used on the IRS website to file their own tax returns.

How Would Anarchy Work?

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2025/05/04

We eliminate the main problem that plagued "limited government": we are relying on the government — a monopoly agency — to police itself.

A Moral Argument for Free Trade

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2025/05/03

Murray Rothbard believed that the right to engage in voluntary exchange has long been understood as a natural right, not just a good, practical idea. Tariffs and other trade barriers violate that right.

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