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Thursday · length unknown
Do Institutions Matter? Taking Another Look at the Claims of Daron Acemoglu
Nobel Prize winner Daron Acemoglu writes that western colonialism of African countries has permanently fixed their institutional direction. This ignores what we know about the history of these nations. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/do-institutions-matter-taking-another-look-claims-daron-acemoglu
Thursday · length unknown
You Are the Collateral, Forty-Three Cents on the Dollar
Keynesians claim that government debt is no problem because “we owe it to ourselves,” as though owners of US debt don’t care if they are repaid or not. Taxpayers, who actually will pay the debt, are left out of the equation. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/you-are-collateral-forty-three-cents-dollar
Thursday · length unknown
China’s Economic Miracle Has Run Out of Road
The temptation to think of China as an economic juggernaut needs a reality check. While China’s government-dominated economy has many impressive building projects, there are underlying malinvestments that the government continues to subsidize, leading to future problems. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/chinas-economic-miracle-has-run-out-road
Wednesday · length unknown
The Tragic Path of New Keynesianism
Robert Hall and Michael Woodford certainly deserve the Nobel memorial prize. Their work has had a substantial impact, yet significance is not soundness. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/tragic-path-new-keynesianism
Tuesday · length unknown
Natural Law Principles in the Conservative Tradition
A conservatism that does not recognize the efficacy of natural law is no conservatism at all. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/natural-law-principles-conservative-tradition
October 12 · length unknown
Whistling Past the Graveyard
Despite the real damage the Trump administration is doing to the economy, its cheerleaders in the Cabinet continue to insist all is well. This is beyond wishful thinking. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/whistling-past-graveyard
October 9 · length unknown
Home Sales: "High" Interest Rates Are Not the Problem. High Prices Are.
There is a simple way for housing markets to adjust to the new realities of higher interest rates. Prices need to come down. That's how markets are supposed to work. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/home-sales-high-interest-rates-are-not-problem-high-prices-are
October 9 · length unknown
“Socialism to Me”: Definition by Wishful Thinking
Many socialists define socialism by their ideal goals rather than the process—the expansion of the taking mechanism of the coercive state. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/socialism-me-definition-wishful-thinking
October 8 · length unknown
Repeal the Jones Act
Contrary to propaganda from unions and the maritime industry, the Jones Act creates hardships and is helping to drag down the US economy. The only proper outcome is to repeal it immediately. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/repeal-jones-act
October 8 · length unknown
Still the State's Greatest Enemy
Lew Rockwell revisits Justin Raimondo's great biography of Murray Rothbard. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/still-states-greatest-enemy
October 7 · length unknown
Equality Before the Law Does Not Mean Equality of Subjective Feelings
For more than a century, the Supreme Court has tried to interpret equality before the law in different and conflicting ways. While the law can divide people, it cannot be the source of bringing them together. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/equality-law-does-not-mean-equality-subjective-feelings
October 7 · length unknown
Libertarian Realism as Foreign Policy
“Libertarian Realism” in foreign policy is based upon the interests of those who actually make policy decisions, as opposed to discussing abstract ideals of a false “national interest.” Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/libertarian-realism-foreign-policy
October 6 · length unknown
Government Should Liquidate Itself
Government agents claim they are protecting us from enemies, foreign and domestic. If that is the case, then the best thing these agents can do would be to liquidate the government itself. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/government-should-liquidate-itself
October 6 · length unknown
Social Security Is Just a Transfer Payment from Workers to Retirees
There is no "trust fund" or contract. Social security is nothing more than a scheme to take money from current wage earners and hand it over to others. It is functionally a welfare program. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/social-security-just-transfer-payment-workers-retirees
October 5 · length unknown
Why Does Anyone Still Take Socialism Seriously?
Socialism's failures are well-known, but true believers abound that insist that this time we can make it work. The question is why anyone still believes in it at all. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-does-anyone-still-take-socialism-seriously
October 2 · length unknown
Conservatives: Was Ronald Reagan a Coward and Traitor?
If we’ve been at war with Iran for 47 years, Ronald Reagan was a coward and a traitor. To be consistent, mainstream national conservatives using such language about Iran ought to condemn one of their heroes; otherwise, they don’t believe their own rhetoric. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/conservatives-was-ronald-reagan-coward-and-traitor
October 1 · length unknown
Modern Monarchy Is State Privilege, Not Private Property
Norway’s new monarch may prove to be an effective leader, but we are reminded that his hereditary privilege is being financially supported by involuntary taxes. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/modern-monarchy-state-privilege-not-private-property
October 1 · length unknown
The Continuing Relevance of Rothbard’s Foreign Policy
While he was living, Murray Rothbard saw issues of war and peace as being fundamental to a free society. Nothing has changed since he made that declaration. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/continuing-relevance-rothbards-foreign-policy
October 1 · length unknown
Every Man a Slave? Huey Long as a Model for the Wrong Kind of Populism
J. D. Vance raised a few eyebrows invoking Huey Long as a populist. The problem is that the populist from people like Long and Bernie Sanders is that it is based on confiscation and destruction of wealth and property. Murray Rothbard proposed a real populism. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/every-man-slave-huey-long-model-wrong-kind-populism
September 30 · length unknown
The 1787 Constitution as Counterrevolution: America's Thermidorian Reaction
One of the most important and aspects of Murray Rothbard's work on the American Revolution is his framing of the Constitutional Convention as a counterrevolution against the radicalism of the 1770s. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/1787-constitution-counterrevolution-americas-thermidorian-reaction

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