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The “transitory” inflation swamping the country has stubbornly persisted into July.  Producer prices posted a second straight 1 percent month-over-month increase, which brought the full-year number to a record 7.8 percent. Twelve-month US export prices rose 17.2 percent, and nearly 22 percent

“You gather the idea that Mauritius was made first, and then heaven; and that heaven was copied after Mauritius.”– Mark Twain Since its rebirth as an independent state in 1968, this paradisaic island has been touted as a paragon of democratic

Aron Ravine, a self-described “nudnik,” who writes for National Review thinks so and I suspect others do as well. This thinking, however, is that of an ever-shrinking minority and it is hard to imagine the pro-legalization trend being reversed. Nevertheless, let’s

In the coming decade of heightened political tension, cartographers may have to make serious adjustments to the borders of several American states. The American Left's desire to micromanage activities ranging from people being able to defend themselves to relying on cheap,

Some think that beer's history of regulation begins with hops, but beer has been hemmed in by government red tape for much longer. Original Article: "Beer: A Short and Bitter History of Regulation" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher

“It’s five o’clock somewhere,” so the song and the story go. This phrase is used by those wishing to justify drinking alcohol at some point during the day instead of waiting until the usual evening hours. But a happy hour is

The policy response to the covid panic of 2020 in the United States was one of the most widespread direct attacks on fundamental human rights in decades. Overnight—and without any deliberation, debate, or checks and balances—millions of Americans were denied their basic rights

Gold was only included in the plans for the Bretton Woods system because of the veneer of solidity it gave. Original Article: "Bretton Woods and the Spoliation of Europe" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael

Some economists are good at political philosophy as well. Mises and Rothbard of course come to mind, but the good philosophers aren’t confined to Austrian school economists. Amartya Sen and Kenneth Arrow know what they are talking about when it

The gold standard supposed a limit to the fiscal voracity of governments, and suspending it unleashed the perverse proclivity of the states toward indebtedness and to pass the current imbalances on to future generations. Original Article: "The End of the Gold