Mises Institute
Friday, April 11, 2025
 
 
Trump’s “Fair Trade” Offal
James Bovard
Although he has temporarily suspended his threatened tariffs, President Trump’s demands for “fair trade” make no sense economically speaking. Trump’s demands of Vietnam alone are beyond head-scratching.
 
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The President’s Unilateral Tariff Power and the Triumph of the Executive State
Ryan McMaken
How remarkable it is that today’s conservatives are so enthusiastically committed to handing over untrammeled power to the executive to impose new taxes.
 
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The Nature of Donations
 
Guido Hülsmann explores what makes a donation genuinely gratuitous, and why intention matters more than appearances.
 
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A Brief History of Immigration Policy in America
 
In the early republic, almost everyone agreed that immigration policy was a matter for the states.
 
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Did Tariffs Really Cause the American Civil War? 
Regional conflicts went far beyond a simple dispute over taxation. For the South, the end aimed at was the preservation of slavery, and the means they employed to realize these ends was secession.
 
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How Economic Competition, Rational Economic Calculation, and Civilization Emerge from Private Property
Mises said, “The continued existence of society depends upon private property.” Private property is essential for exchange and economic calculation.
 
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A Foundation for Libertarian Ethics
Within a libertarian society, people are free to act as long as they follow a principle of non-aggression. But can a libertarian society adopt an idea of the common good? In his Friday Philosophy, David Gordon tackles that question.
 
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Why Trump Can’t (or Won’t) Abolish the IRS
 
Trump has no plans to get rid of payroll taxes, and he has no plans to make big cuts to spending.
 
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The Betrayal
of the American Right
 
Murray Rothbard tells the untold story of a lost tradition: a pro-liberty, anti-war right that was sidelined by the rise of statism, empire, and big-government conservatism.
 
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