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Fannie and Freddie Are Just Government Agencies. They’re Likely to Stay That Way.
Fannie and Freddie were long quasi-government corporations that typified the corrupt union between the feds and corporate America. But now...
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A Defense Against Attacks on Negative Liberty
ABSTRACT: Isaiah Berlin made the distinction between negative liberty and positive liberty. Since then, prominent contemporary philosophers including Charles Taylor...
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Carl Menger Explains the Nature of Goods
With the publication of his Principles of Economics in 1871, Carl Menger (1840–1921) laid the groundwork for the Austrian school. His...
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Canadian Healthcare: A Half Century of Broken Promises
“People primordially fear illness and death, and physicians, from shaman to modern scientists, have always been perceived as holding a...
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The Ideas Taught at Mises U Are the Greatest Threat to the Establishment
In 2020, for the first time, the Mises Institute had a video removed by YouTube. The video was a lecture...
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Governments Are Failing at Their Most Basic Duties—While Promising Free Stuff
Political candidates are offering endless government spending and "free stuff" for everyone. But at the same time, governments appear incapable...
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Will the Feds Try Price Controls to “Fix” Price Inflation?
As it began rapidly expanding the money supply early in 2020, the Fed confidently assured the public there would be...
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The Problem of Security: Historicity of the State and “European Realism”
forbids private murder, but itself organizes murder on a colossal scale. It punishes private theft, but itself lays...
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Sound Money versus Fiat Money: Effects on the Boom-Bust Cycle
An increase in the supply of money does not necessarily cause the boom-bust cycle. It is only when more money...
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Review: Sohrab Ahmari’s New Attack on Laissez-Faire Liberalism
Sohrab Ahmari’s new book The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in An Age of Chaos is so disappointing...
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