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America’s Problem with Consumerism Is the...

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2024/12/25

The child-like obsession with buying stuff that American society is often criticized for around Christmas is a sought-after result of our government’s monetary policy.

Are the Transfer Portal and NIL Ruining College...

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2024/12/25

A common refrain among college fans is, "The Transfer Portal and NIL are ruining college sports." But are they? Before we can answer that question, we have to be able to explain what is happening, and Austrian economics provides the best analytical tools.

The State Isn’t Santa Claus, It’s the Grinch!

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2024/12/25

Like Santa, who gives free gifts to our children, people think of the state as providing services “for free.” However, the state cannot provide anything without first confiscating wealth from others—like the Grinch, who first stole all the presents in Whoville.

The Christmas Truce of World War I

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2024/12/24

Never forget the Christmas truce of World War I, when troops refused to be pawns of empire for one blessed day.

How the Third Reich Remade German Christmas in the...

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2024/12/24

The National Socialists wanted to absorb all independent Christianity under the new pagan nationalistic doctrines of the German state. Christmas was at the center of this.

End Congress’s Christmas Tradition

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2024/12/24

I am not referring to the lighting of the White House Christmas tree but to passage of a “continuing resolution” (CR) funding the government and thus avoiding a Christmastime government shutdown.

America’s Problem with Consumerism Is the...

Mises Institute ·

2024/12/24

The child-like obsession with buying stuff that American society is often criticized for around Christmas is a sought-after result of our government’s monetary policy.

The Gov't Shutdown: Don’t Fall for the Washington...

Mises Institute ·

2024/12/24

Instead of fearing another government shutdown Americans should be hoping and praying for one – and not just a five weeker. What a great Christmas gift to the entire nation that would be!

We Desperately Need Sound Money, Not Tariffs

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2024/12/24

President-elect Donald Trump has declared that he will raise tariffs his first day in office. Our economy, however, does not need government-created roadblocks to trade. Instead, we need free exchange and sound money.

The Great Ralph Raico

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2024/12/24

“There was no ‘classical’ liberalism, only a single liberalism, based on private property and the free market, that developed organically, from first to last.”

Imperialism and the Logic of War Making

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2024/12/24

As a human endeavor like any other, war making is the product of reason, purpose and choice. A proper analysis of war must take into account the goals of the war makers.

Economic Reconstruction and the Police State

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2024/12/23

Modern historians tend to view the post-Civil War Reconstruction period as a time when the victorious northern states attempted to bring law and order to the South. However, by establishing a de facto police state, the North further poisoned relationships between whites and freed slaves.

Should Central Banks Accommodate Increases in Demand...

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2024/12/23

One of the fallacies pushed by monetary economists is that a growing economy needs a growing supply of money in order to prevent deflation, which they claim is as harmful as inflation. However, as Austrians point out, there is no “optimum” amount of money in the economy, since prices adjust.

A Message from Tom DiLorenzo

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2024/12/23

We won't stop educating the future champions of freedom. We are in this together, “this” being nothing less than the battle to save Western civilization from the latest onslaught of socialist tyranny.

Is the Fed Loosening or Tightening? It's Complicated.

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2024/12/22

Thanks to the Fed's balance sheet and the Fed's policy on reverse repurchase agreements, it's hard to tell whether the Fed is being hawkish or dovish.

The French Revolution

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2024/12/21

What happens when the Department of Government Efficiency fails? Human devolution or political revolution? Or both? Mark Thornton discusses some pertinent lessons from the French Revolution.

Marxism and the Cultural Revolution

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2024/12/20

The Cultural Revolution continues apace in this country and it is aimed at all of the old Confederate symbols from statues to the Confederate Battle Flag. With leftist progressives there can be no discussion. Any symbol from the South equates to racism and nothing else.

Legalizing Drugs: How to Make America Great Again

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2024/12/14

Is marijuana the magic elixir for economic performance and a cure for the Fed’s inflation?

Nein, Mr. Gujer, Germany Should Not Raise its Debt Limit

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2024/12/14

Real Democracy Can Only Be Freedom

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2024/12/13

Democracy is the watchword with the ruling classes, yet a democratic political system does not protect individual freedoms. Indeed, democracy often has become the main road to socialism. It‘s time for some honest discussion.

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