The Front Lines of the Language Wars
Language is the perfect instrument of empire.—Antonio de Nebrija, bishop of Ávila, 1492 The bishop was correct, in his time and ours. Spain proceeded to become the most powerful empire in the world over the following century, spreading her mother tongue
Obama’s Forgotten Child Hunger Debacle
Barack Obama promised to "end child hunger" by 2015. Michelle Obama promised to end childhood obesity. Unfortunately, both increased in large part because of the Obama programs. Today, President Biden will declare war on "hunger in America." Stay tuned. Original Article:
Government Malinvestment Is Endemic and Ceaușescu’s Socialist Romania Excelled in It
Today’s intellectual framework considers government spending to be the solution to any economic and social problem. Be it helicopter money to households and businesses during the pandemic, subsidies for electric cars, or debt forgiveness to students, the government generosity must
Peter Klein: Why Managers Still Matter
Entrepreneurial businesses embrace adaptiveness and change, and continuous innovation enabled by flexible and responsive organizations, empowered at every level. That doesn’t mean there’s no role for managers. Inside the corporation, entrepreneurial management co-ordinates the business flow of responding to changing
Genuine Recovery Is Up to Investors, Producers, and Consumer Choice
Recovery is genuine only when it reaches the masses of individuals. And recovery comes only from the actions of individuals acting in a free market. Original Article: "Genuine Recovery Is Up to Investors, Producers, and Consumer Choice" This Audio Mises Wire is
We Are Not the Government, but America Is No Longer Anything More than the Government
We must, therefore, emphasize that “we” are not the government; the government is not “us.” The government does not in any accurate sense “represent” the majority of the people. Murray Rothbard wrote this in his popular Anatomy of the State. His
Environmental and Political Elites Are Destroying Food Production for “Climate” Goals
In the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, a special thematic part was dedicated to anticipating the future on earth in the winter of 2022. The visitors had the opportunity to vote for the topic they find important and
When Class Identity Overpowers Other Identities: Some Lessons from Slavery
The upswing in identity politics has cannibalized the media landscape in a relatively short time because it is fashionable to believe that social ties are built solely on racial and cultural solidarity. Notions of identity have become so ghettoized that
Social Analysis of Three Early 19th Century French Liberals: Say, Comte, and Dunoyer
Abstract: The topic of this paper is the class theory of Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832). Charles Comte (1782–1838) and Charles Dunoyer (1786–1862). However, in order to be fully accurate, this title should be qualified in several respects. First, the thinking of
Eat or Heat: Europeans Already Are Facing Previously Unthinkable Dilemmas
The European elites that imposed disastrous covid-19 restrictions, along with "green energy" regimes and sanctions against Russia are now seeing the results of their policies. Original Article: "Eat or Heat: Europeans Already Are Facing Previously Unthinkable Dilemmas" This Audio Mises Wire is