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When a politician says "do the right thing," what he means is "do what I say, or else." Original Article: "What They Really Mean When They Say 'Do the Right Thing'" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated

Thanks to private property, trade, and the Industrial Revolution, there isn't much to be gained from wars among rich countries anymore. But things are different in the developing world. Original Article: "War Has Declined in the West Because War Isn't "Worth

The Fed is dumping cash into Fannie and Freddie which is helping investors buy up more trailer parks.  Original Article: "The Fed Is Helping Facilitate Trailer Park Evictions" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

The European Central Bank announced a tapering of the repurchase program on September 9. One would imagine that this is a sensible idea given the recent rise in inflation in the eurozone to the highest level in a decade and the allegedly

In the view of most economic illiterates, speculators do not bake bread; they do not supply medicines; they are AWOL when it comes to working on the shop floor; they don't teach math or the cello. They are thus parasites

The official line on vaccines is that they are extremely effective at protecting against serious illness. And yet these same people are also claiming that the unvaccinated are a major threat to the vaccinated. More specifically, President Biden claimed on September 10

Biden's vaccine mandates are yet another dangerous frontier in using a perceived or real crisis to justify an immense expansion in state power and control over the population.  Original Article: "Biden's Vaccine Mandates: It's about Power​" This Audio Mises Wire is generously

Chandran Kukathas is one of the best contemporary political philosophers, and one of the few sympathetic to libertarian views. Unlike Murray Rothbard, he does not consider self-ownership fundamental but instead defends libertarianism from a different standpoint that is skeptical of

For the foreign-policy non-interventionist, some schools of thought in international relations are much better than others. "Liberal hegemony" (the favored school of neoconservatives) has long supported endless war and intervention by the US regime worldwide. We discuss how we can

As long as Big Pharma wants it, and if there's a profit to be made, apparently our government will be there to provide lots of taxpayer funding. Actual healthcare is apparently a secondary concern.  Original Article: "A Legacy of Corruption in