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Environmentalism is Anti-Humanism

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2026/01/09

Anti-impact environmentalists want you dead; they will settle, in the short term, for you to feel guilty for existing, producing and consuming, and willing to comply with any degree of central planning and freedom curtailment to “save the planet”from you.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/environmentalism-anti-humanism

“The Warmth of Collectivism”: Beginning the Mamdani Era

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2026/01/08

In his inaugural speech, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared an end to “rugged individualism” and the embrace of “the warmth of collectivism.” New Yorkers are about to find out that collectivism will not produce what they need to have better lives.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/warmth-collectivism-beginning-mamdani-era

The Venezuelan War is a Racket

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2026/01/07

Donald Trump’s war against Venezuela is truly a racket, as it looks to be little more than an attempt to loot the nation of Venezuela’s natural resources in the name of “liberation.”Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/venezuelan-war-racket

The Panic of 1893: An Austrian View

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2026/01/02

From an Austrian perspective, the Panic of 1893 provides key lessons, but this consequential panic has not received as much direct attention as it deserves.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/panic-1893-austrian-view

The Illogic of Reparations: Historical Standards,...

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2026/01/02

Demands for Americans to pay reparations to descendants of chattel slavery in America have been growing. The case for reparations, however, has always been weak and illogical.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/illogic-reparations-historical-standards-selective-memory-and-logic-victory

In the New Year, We Will Hear Even More Environmental...

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2026/01/02

A wearisome part of modern life is the incessant chants of “doomsday” from intellectual, academic, political, and media elites. That their six decades of predictions all have been wrong only leads them to double down on the volume of their claims.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/new-year-we-will-hear-even-more-environmental-doom-because-doomsday-industry-never-rests

The Constitution as a Weak Reed

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2025/12/31

In theory, the Constitution should safeguard individual liberty by giving citizens a bulwark against state tyranny. However, the Constitution actually advanced federal government power or failed to ultimately prevent it.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/constitution-weak-reed

Reclaiming the Antistate Roots of Christmas

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2025/12/24

Shortly after hearing about the birth of Jesus, Herod the king tried to have the child murdered. Indeed, Herod's oppressive rule and the predations of the Roman state play a huge role in the Christmas story.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/reclaiming-antistate-roots-christmas

Was Scrooge the Victim in A Christmas Carol?

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2025/12/23

Scrooge was never mistreated by his nephew, by Cratchit, or by those seeking charitable donations. Scrooge was always free to refuse them all.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/was-scrooge-victim-christmas-carol

How the Soviets Replaced Christmas with a Socialist...

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2025/12/22

Father Frost (the Soviet Santa Claus) asks: "To whom do we owe all the good things in our socialist society?,” to which, it is said, the children chorus the reply, "Stalin."Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/how-soviets-replaced-christmas-socialist-winter-holiday

Home Prices and Sales Fall. Can Sellers Count on...

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2025/12/22

With employment fundamentals so weak, the real way to increase home sales is to cut prices further. That, of course, is not what sellers want to hear.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/home-prices-and-sales-fall-can-sellers-count-lower-interest-rates

Zohran Mamdani’s Socialism Flunks Basic Economics

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2025/12/02

New York’s mayor-elect believes he can implement socialist policies through sheer rhetoric, as though mere words can make socialism work. However, economics involves real things and reality will hit New Yorkers soon enough, and they won’t like it.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/zohran-mamdanis-socialism-flunks-basic-economics

Thanksgiving Is a Celebration of Free Enterprise

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2025/11/27

The first English settlers in America learned a hard lesson about socialist economics in the early years of their new colonies as they faced starvation. Once they embraced free enterprise, however, they had something to be thankful for.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgiving-celebration-free-enterprise

Rothbard: World War I as the Triumph of Progressive...

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2025/11/13

November 11 was once known as Armistice Day, the day set aside to celebrate the end of WWI. In this essay Rothbard discusses the war as the triumph of several Progressive intellectual strains from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-world-war-i-triumph-progressive-intellectuals

Dystopia Misdiagnosed: How the Rich Drive Health...

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2025/11/07

The dystopian futuristic movie Elysium portrays a terrible future in which only the rich have medical care while the poor suffer on an overpopulated, polluted planet. The film’s theme—that only huge wealth transfers can bring medical care to low-income people—is fundamentally flawed.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dystopia-misdiagnosed-how-rich-drive-health-innovation

Hobbes’s Accidental Case Against the State

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2025/11/07

If Hobbes is right about human nature, then he is wrong about the state as a solution. Ironically, his key argumentsfor the state are actually key reasons against it.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/hobbess-accidental-case-against-state

The Election of Mamdani: What It Means – And What It...

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2025/11/06

While giddy socialists are proclaiming that Zohran Mamdani's electoral victory is the beginning of a socialist takeover of the U.S., the Democratic Socialists of America have a long way before they can complete their stated mission.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/election-mamdani-what-it-means-and-what-it-doesnt-mean

By All Means, Elect Mamdani and Watch His Socialist...

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2025/10/30

Henry Hazlett wrote in Economics in One Lesson that each generation has to relearn economic fallacies that government employs when implementing bad policies. New Yorkers are about to learn a lot of new lessons.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/all-means-elect-mamdani-and-watch-his-socialist-laboratory-work

The Myth of the “Robber Barons”: James Hill versus...

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2025/10/24

As a true market entrepreneur, as opposed to a political entrepreneur, James J. Hill successfully built a transcontinental railroad, outcompeting his government-subsidized competitors.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-robber-barons-james-hill-versus-crony-competitors

America Hurts Farmers and Discounts China's Soy...

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2025/10/23

Once again, the Trump administration’s “dealmaking” on international trade has blown up, this time pulling the rug from under US soybean farmers. This isn’t the first trade policy fiasco, nor will it be the last.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/america-hurts-farmers-and-discounts-chinas-soy-imports-while-providing-crutch-argentina

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