Mises Institute
Saturday, March 1, 2025
 
 
Trump’s Slush Fund
Vincent Cook
President Trump has announced his intentions for the government to set up a sovereign wealth fund. However popular the idea might be, it runs headlong into the realities of economic calculation and would soon deteriorate another government slush fund.
 
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Celebrate Murray’s 99th Birthday with Us!
Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Join us in celebrating Murray Rothbard with copies of Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure, originally published in 1969, and Nations by Consent, originally published in 1994.
 
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The Gold In Fort Knox Does Not Back the Dollar or Anything Else
The US government’s gold stockpile is not supporting the US dollar. The demand for US debt and currency is largely based on the state’s taxation power.
 
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Nazism, Fascism, and Communism: Warring Sons to a Common Father
Progressives claim Nazism and Communism were opposites—but both stem from the same collectivist roots.
 
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Why the Bureaucracy Keeps Getting Bigger
Lacking a true merit test in serving consumers, bureaucrats measure success by expanding their staff and budgets, prioritizing growth over efficiency and accountability.
 
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Featured Audio
 
The Case for Immediately Closing the Central Bank
Ryan McMaken and Kristoffer Hansen discuss what would have happened if Javier Milei had immediately shut down Argentina’s central bank.
 
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Would DOGE Dividend Checks Stoke Inflation?
Is Elon Musk’s DOGE taxpayer dividend proposal simply returning savings from government spending cuts?
 
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Is Amazon a Union-Busting Leviathan?
Amazon faces endless criticism—some fair, some absurd. Is it really an anti-worker behemoth, or is the union fight just another sign of its success? Mark breaks it down.
 
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Understanding Money Mechanics
 
Bob Murphy on the theory, history, and practice of money and banking in the United States.
 
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The Misesian
 
The success of the American Revolution struck a heavy blow against the mercantilist system. But unfortunately, the wound was not mortal.
 
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