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Why Does Anyone Still Take Socialism Seriously?

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2026/10/05

Socialism's failures are well-known, but true believers abound that insist that this time we can make it work. The question is why anyone still believes in it at all.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-does-anyone-still-take-socialism-seriously

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Conservatives: Was Ronald Reagan a Coward and Traitor?

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2026/10/02

If we’ve been at war with Iran for 47 years, Ronald Reagan was a coward and a traitor. To be consistent, mainstream national conservatives using such language about Iran ought to condemn one of their heroes; otherwise, they don’t believe their own rhetoric.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/conservatives-was-ronald-reagan-coward-and-traitor

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Modern Monarchy Is State Privilege, Not Private Property

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2026/10/01

Norway’s new monarch may prove to be an effective leader, but we are reminded that his hereditary privilege is being financially supported by involuntary taxes.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/modern-monarchy-state-privilege-not-private-property

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Every Man a Slave? Huey Long as a Model for the Wrong...

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2026/10/01

J. D. Vance raised a few eyebrows invoking Huey Long as a populist. The problem is that the populist from people like Long and Bernie Sanders is that it is based on confiscation and destruction of wealth and property. Murray Rothbard proposed a real populism.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/every-man-slave-huey-long-model-wrong-kind-populism

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The 1787 Constitution as Counterrevolution: America's...

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2026/09/30

One of the most important and aspects of Murray Rothbard's work on the American Revolution is his framing of the Constitutional Convention as a counterrevolution against the radicalism of the 1770s.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/1787-constitution-counterrevolution-americas-thermidorian-reaction

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Wildfires and Collectivism: Why They Are Related

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2026/09/25

As state control over forests and brushlands continues apace both in Spain and the US, the dangers of wildfires grows worse. Environmentalists, naturally, blame capitalism.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/wildfires-and-collectivism-why-they-are-related

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Mainstream Economics: Money as Medium of Exchange,...

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2026/09/25

Mainstream economics does a disservice when students are taught that money is a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a unit of account without explainingwhy andhow money came to function in those categories.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/mainstream-economics-money-medium-exchange-unit-account-and-store-value

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California’s New Tire Rule will Result in Higher...

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2026/09/24

The California Energy Commission is mandating that starting in 2029, California drivers must purchase environmentally approved tires that are less safe than current tires. The results are predictable: higher costs for drivers and more fatal accidents.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/californias-new-tire-rule-will-result-higher-costs-and-more-highway-deaths

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Covid Was a Praxeological Test. Too Many Libertarians...

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2026/09/24

No, covid was not the exception to the rule that liberty comes first. Just because the CDC insisted we give up our freedom for what turned out to be a false security did not justify the government’s heavy-handed approach, something that libertarians should have understood all along.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/covid-was-praxeological-test-too-many-libertarians-failed

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Government by Consent of the Governed — Later On

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2026/09/21

We are told that Americans live under a state that claims “consent of the governed,” but when does the government seek our consent for anything?Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/government-consent-governed-later

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9/11 and the Idealized “War on Terror”

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2026/09/18

Twenty-five years after 9/11, many seek to rehabilitate the War on Terror by appealing to the horror of 9/11, the right to respond, and the ideal of fighting terrorism. Many now demand that we judge an idealized “War on Terror” by its intentions rather than the war that actually occurred.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/911-and-idealized-war-terror

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Slavery Was Not the Difference: How Legal Innovations...

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2026/09/17

Both Brazil and the US had slavery in the 1800s, but the US economy flourished while Brazil’s languished. If slavery was the engine for US economic growth, as leftists claim, then why didn’t Brazil's economy match that of the US?Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/slavery-was-not-difference-how-legal-innovations-made-america-superpower-while-brazil-stagnated

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Price Inflation Has Been above the Two-Percent Target...

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2026/09/17

The latest reminder of the Federal Reserve's record of failure, which now extends longer than five years, comes with the most recent inflation measure.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/price-inflation-has-been-above-two-percent-target-65-months-row

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Congress Tries to Replace Anarcho-Tyranny in College...

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2026/09/17

In the name of “saving” college sports, Congress steps well past its bounds to micromanage the NCAA.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/congress-tries-replace-anarcho-tyranny-college-sports-its-own-brand-tyranny

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The Crony Capitalists Who Financed the Bolshevik...

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2026/09/16

Lenin wrote that the capitalists would provide the rope by which they would hang themselves. That certainly seems to be the case with the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which received strong financial help from the center of crony capitalism itself: Wall Street.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/crony-capitalists-who-financed-bolshevik-revolution

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Understanding Entrepreneurship Has Major Implications...

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2026/09/15

By ignoring the entrepreneur, mainstream economists are also removing a vital part of economics theory. It is like designing a car and leaving out the engine.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/understanding-entrepreneurship-has-major-implications-economic-analysis

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Foreign Policy Gnosticism: The Appeal to the Black...

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2026/09/14

Ignorance is treated as a reason to trust the state rather than a reason to withhold judgment about its exercise of coercion. To assume that the state’s unknown information is correct and justifying is therefore to err on the side of violence.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/foreign-policy-gnosticism-appeal-black-box-our-leaders-know-more

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Times Change, Principles Don't

Audio Mises Wire ·

2026/09/11

What followed 9/11 was 25 years of systematic destruction of American liberties, and the final destruction of the Bill of Rights, all in the name of "safety" and "patriotism."Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/times-change-principles-dont

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College Sports, LSU, and Judge Shopping:...

Audio Mises Wire ·

2026/09/10

The drama continues in college sports—not on the field, but in the courtrooms—thanks to judges applying antitrust law that does not permit the NCAA to be able to enforce its own rules.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/college-sports-lsu-and-judge-shopping-anarcho-tyranny-continues

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The Real Elites vs. The Ruling Elites

Audio Mises Wire ·

2026/09/08

Those who become "elites" through the initiation of violence, and through the looting of others, have always been frauds and imposters.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/real-elites-vs-ruling-elites

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