Mises Institute
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
 
 
There’s Only One Possible Cause of the Next Recession, and It Isn’t Tariffs
Connor O’Keeffe
While President Trump’s tariffs certainly are causing economic harm, they alone could not cause a recession had there not already been years of artificial credit expansion.
 
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Nineteenth Century Wisdom in the 21st Century: Bastiat on Tariffs and USAID
Paul F. Cwik
Frederic Bastiat is an often unsung hero of 19th-century economic thought. His lessons on freedom and trade are timeless and what he wrote nearly two centuries ago is still relevant today.
 
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The Classical-Liberal Roots of Marxist Class Analysis
 
Ralph Raico reveals how Marxists owe a surprising debt to classical liberal thought.
 
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The Delusions of World Planning
 
Mises explains how unchecked government power turns every conflict into a fight for survival.
 
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Why We Need the Rule of Law
The presidency is the sum total of American tyranny. The other branches of government, including the presidentially-appointed Supreme Court, are mere adjuncts.
 
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Tariffs, Capital Heterogeneity, and the Real Costs of Intervention: The Aluminum Example
Tariff supporters often fail to notice that many people depend upon imports for work, as seen in Canadian aluminum imports.
 
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GDP is a Poor Measure of Economic Health
A closer look at the popular GDP measure tells us that it is biased toward consumer spending and fails to give a true measure of the value of capital.
 
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Tariffs, Trade, and the Path to Prosperity
 
Tom DiLorenzo breaks down the real impact of Trump’s tariff policies.
 
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The Bastiat Collection
 
Claude Frédéric Bastiat was an economist and publicist of breathtaking intellectual energy and massive historical influence. The bulk of his remarkable writing career that so inspired the early generation of English translators—and so many more—is contained in this collection.
 
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