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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
 
 
The Spanish Blackout Shows Why the Green Dream Is Unsustainable
Joakim Book
Although government officials and true believers in “green energy” are denying it, the collapse of the electric grid in Spain and Portugal proves that reliance on renewables for electric production is doomed to failure. Whether people listen is another story.
 
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US Trade Account Balance and the Imposition of Tariffs
Frank Shostak
Although politicians, pundits, and the media claim that a trade deficit is harmful to a country, the reality is much different. In a free economy, individuals interact with each other in mutually beneficial exchanges. As Murray Rothbard noted, free exchanges do not produce winners and losers.
 
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The Method Behind Real Economic Thinking
 
Jonathan Newman joins Bob Murphy to explore what economics really is and why it matters.
 
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What Is the Skyscraper Curse?
 
Why do record-breaking skyscrapers often precede economic crashes?
 
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Google’s Antitrust Breakup Trial: Government Overreach
The antitrust lawsuit against Google by the Department of Justice is nothing but an overreach that shatters the very pillars of a free and competitive marketplace.
 
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Understanding The Importance of Justice

When people speak of “social justice,” they are not speaking of justice in any historical form but rather an imaginary state of affairs in which the state enforces a progressive view of equality.

 
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Tariffs Are Sanctions
In a 1999 article, William L. Anderson addresses Pat Buchanan’s simultaneous protectionism and his position that sanctions are counterproductive. A simple insight is needed: tariffs essentially are sanctions.
 
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Trump’s First 100 Days: The Good and the Bad
 
Ryan McMaken and Chris Calton discuss the upsides and the downsides of Trump’s first 100 days.
 
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The Misesian
 
Rothbard’s “Anatomy of the State” introduces the state as a unique, coercive institution, distinct from society. The latest Misesian expands on this view, examining historical commentary on the state’s emergence and its central role in modernity.
 
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