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Nationality: You Belong to the State
There are two types of nationality. The first, as defined by Ludwig von Mises, involves people united by common languages and customs. The second is defined by the state. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/nationality-you-belong-state
Thursday · length unknown
Three Reasons Why the French Revolution Was So Different from the American Revolution
In America, French-style violence was simply unnecessary for the revolutionaries to win, and we will never know if the Americans might have resorted to greater violence in different circumstances. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/three-reasons-why-french-revolution-was-so-different-american-revolution
Wednesday · length unknown
The Wealth Tax Revival Is Repeating a Failed Experiment
California is looking to impose a new wealth tax to fleece the state's billionaires. While supporters of the tax claim it will raise more than $100 billion, if passed, it likely will crash in the same manner that wealth taxes in other countries like Sweden and Colombia have done. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/wealth-tax-revival-repeating-failed-experiment
Tuesday · length unknown
The Penal Leviathan: What Wacquant and Rothbard Reveal About Modern Punishment
The modern way of dealing with criminal behavior has been mass incarceration, yet crime abounds. Murray Rothbard believed that restitution and other methods were superior to the present state-run system. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/penal-leviathan-what-wacquant-and-rothbard-reveal-about-modern-punishment
Tuesday · length unknown
The Importance of Teleology in Understanding Economic Inequality
As long as the explanation for human behavior seems logical and fits their worldview, people can carry on mistakenly believing that they can identify causal relations from studying group disparities. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/importance-teleology-understanding-economic-inequality
Tuesday · length unknown
Rothbard vs. the Conservatives on the American and French Revolutions
Contained within Rothbard's multi-volume history of the American Revolution, Conceived in Liberty, is an extended argument against the dominant conservative narrative on the American Revolution and the French Revolution. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-vs-conservatives-american-and-french-revolutions
August 21 · length unknown
Why the French Revolution Was Not a Libertarian Revolution
A common misconception about the French Revolution is that it was some sort of classical liberal or libertarian revolution. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-french-revolution-was-not-libertarian-revolution
August 20 · length unknown
Jason Arday and the DEI System that Just Won't Die
After the death of Jason Arday, it is appropriate to examine the academic system in higher education and see why we should not expect it to change. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/jason-arday-and-dei-system-just-wont-die
August 18 · length unknown
The Seen and the Unseen Cost of a Government Grocery Discount
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stated plans for five city-owned grocery stores to compete with private stores in NYC. However, as Henry Hazlitt and Frederic Bastiat before him have pointed out, the unseen costs in an initiative like this will outweigh the “seen” benefits. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/seen-and-unseen-cost-government-grocery-discount
August 18 · length unknown
The Innovation Mirage: Why DeepSeek and Kimi 3 Do Not Settle the Question of Chinese Technological Supremacy
There is no doubt that Chinese firms have made many advances in AI technology, but how far they can go in the future still is an open question. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/innovation-mirage-why-deepseek-and-kimi-3-do-not-settle-question-chinese-technological-supremacy
August 17 · length unknown
The Imaginary World of Fed "Independence"
The rhetoric of independence allows the Treasury and the Fed to cooperate when convenient and deflect blame when something goes wrong. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/imaginary-world-fed-independence
August 14 · length unknown
The Return of Economic Gaslighting
Democrats learned the hard way that voters don’t like being told the economy is great when they’re struggling to afford everyday life. Now Republicans have chosen the same strategy. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/return-economic-gaslighting
August 7 · length unknown
The Declaration and Dinesh D’Souza’s “Revisionist History”
Dinesh D’Souza—a self-proclaimed opponent of “revisionist history”—reinterprets the Declaration of Independence through anachronism and equivocation, reading modern concepts of nationhood and equality back into 1776. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/declaration-and-dinesh-dsouzas-revisionist-history
August 6 · length unknown
When Death Is Cheaper Than Care: Mutual Aid for the Developing World
Mutual aid societies once were an important part of the US social landscape. Africans can benefit from the same movements—provided their governments get out of the way. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-death-cheaper-care-mutual-aid-developing-world
August 6 · length unknown
The US Supports the Mass Migration of Moroccans into Spanish Territory
In spite of the GOP's feigned dismay over Morocco's weaponization of migrants against Spanish exclaves in North Africa, US policy supports Moroccan expansionism in the region. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-supports-mass-migration-moroccans-spanish-territory
August 5 · length unknown
Inflation and Statistics: Economics Explains Them, Not the Other Way Around
Statistics can be interesting and informative, but only if one can properly understand them through sound economic theory. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-and-statistics-economics-explains-them-not-other-way-around
August 4 · length unknown
What Would Happen if Spain Had an Open Border with Morocco
Last week, more than 50,000 people illegally entered the Spanish exclave city of Ceuta, which normally has a population of only 80,000. Why not just open the border permanently? Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-would-happen-if-spain-had-open-border-morocco
July 29 · length unknown
I Spent 28 Years Arresting Criminals. Rothbard Was Right All Along
Murray Rothbard realized the present system of punishment for committing crimes is both inadequate and unjust. We need to move to a system of restitution. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/i-spent-28-years-arresting-criminals-rothbard-was-right-all-along
July 28 · length unknown
The Dupes of War
No matter how legitimate the reasons might seem for going to war, the results are always horrific, and wars rarely, if ever, accomplish their stated purposes. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dupes-war
July 27 · length unknown
Paradise Lost, Government Gained
After defeating the British in the American Revolution, Americans had the opportunity to set the country on a long path of freedom. They chose to empower government, instead. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/paradise-lost-government-gained

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