Harris promises to reduce prices by printing more money, reducing competition, and attacking businesses. Welcome to the U.S. version of Argentina’s “Peronism.”
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Presidential Election or Economic Illiteracy Contest?
While we experience the predictable economic consequences of bad economic policies, the two main presidential candidates seem to be competing in an unspoken contest to demonstrate profound economic illiteracy. Unfortunately, whoever wins in this contest, we lose.
The Mises-Hoiles Correspondence: What Might Have Been
From 1949 to 1962, American libertarian R.C. Hoiles and Ludwig von Mises corresponded many times, discussing issues relating to state power. While the correspondence at times was acrimonious, nonetheless, it offered valuable insight into the issues we still face.
Why State Enforcement of “Fairness” is Wrong
A recurring myth among progressives is that the state can enforce “fairness.” However, given that government cannot even effectively define fairness, one doubts that the state can “enforce” what it doesn’t know.
Past Tense | Mises Institute
Mark discusses the issues of homelessness, poverty, technology, and government in two 1995 episodes of the Star Trek series, Deep Space 9.
RFK sacrificed his ambition to save America
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken a stand for good, and against evil.
Gen Alpha slang has been banned at Australian primary school, makes parents ‘feel old’
The banning of Gen Alpha (those born between 2010 and 2025, according to Brittanica) slang at a primary school in Australia has prompted debate over how language is used to define a generation and make it somehow different from those who have come before. Many parents say trying to understand Alpha slang just makes them…
OLIVER GHORBANIFAR: To win, Trump needs to bring back the ‘mean tweets’
Trump cannot afford to be sidelined any longer.
AMY EILEEN HAMM: ‘Squirmy and Grubs’ made themselves a joke, but can’t take it
Squirmy and Grubs play both sides: they bait us for the easy attention and fame that their incongruous physicality brings, but they also want to be seen as serious activists.
The Classical Economists’ Theory of Value Was More Sophisticated than You Think
Bob quotes from David Ricardo to show that the classical economists understood that utility was essential to explaining market value, but then he also explains why the Marginalist Revolution was a scientific advancement.