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  Media Wars: The Battle to Shape Our MindsWalter Donway and Vinay KolhatkarIndependently Published, 2020, 330 pp. William L. Anderson (banderson@frostburg.edu) is professor of economics at Frostburg State University. Even the sunniest optimist would admit that the year 2020 was extremely challenging with

President Biden’s ridiculously high spending proposals require equally ridiculous tax proposals. Among the craziest proposals is a massive increase in the capital gains tax rate. According to the Tax Foundation, Biden’s proposal would raise the top federal rate on capital

As the force of the New Deal reached its heights, both foreign and domestic, during World War II, a beleaguered and tiny libertarian opposition began to emerge and to formulate its total critique of prevailing trends in America. Unfortunately, the

While the US has its problems, future global Chinese supremacy won’t be one. Far from being in a position of overwhelming strength, China and its Communist leadership face imminent multifront domestic crises that will threaten the existence not only of the Chinese

GPS. The internet. Airbags. These wonders of modernity have something in common. Without government, many commentators hold, they wouldn’t exist. And perhaps these voices are right. Take GPS, developed by the Department of Defense to enhance coordination among military units. At first the sole

I have three goals. First, I want to clarify the nature and function of private property. Second, I want to clarify the distinction between “common” goods and property and “public” goods and property, and explain the construction error inherent in

Some may have heard of Home Town Takeover, but for those who have not, it’s an HGTV show in which a couple from the town of Laurel, Mississippi, take on renovation projects in the hopes of rejuvenating their hometown and

Macron says vaccines are not compulsory for the general public for now, but they are essentially required for anyone who wants to live a normal life. Original Article: "Forced Vaccinations in France Bring Both Repression and Protest" This Audio Mises Wire is

For the libertarian, the way forward is not joining in left-right political boxing matches, but secession. The success of libertarianism is independence from the state’s influence. Original Article: "Getting to Galt's Gulch: Everyday Secession" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by

Exchange Creates Value Different from Adam Smith who presumed in his Wealth of Nations that the division of labor was caused by the “propensity to truck, barter, and exchange” as a part of human nature, Carl Menger explains the practice of