Mises Institute
Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Real ID Is Not About Keeping You Safe
Connor O’Keeffe
With the deadline for obtaining the federal government’s Real ID technically upon us, it’s important to understand that this is not an irritating but necessary program to keep Americans safe. It’s the latest example of the government using 9/11 as an excuse to grab more power.
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US Trade Account Balance and the Imposition of Tariffs
Kristoffer Mousten Hansen
Mainstream economists have been obsessed with finding “optimal” tax rates, and Nicholas Kaldor’s 1940 formalization of the “optimal” tariff is no exception. Austrian economists, however, know that there is no such thing as an “optimal” tax, given the harm taxation causes.
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Libertarian Applications to Current Problems:
The Problems
Government “solutions” create bigger problems.
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The REAL ID Means a Real Leviathan
In this 2021 article, Jim Fedako warns that REAL ID is about expanding Leviathan’s grip.
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Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of Political Divide
Free markets and free minds must push back against the mercantilist and populist policies associated with current Keynesians. One common error is that trade is zero-sum.
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David Hume’s Insights Explain America’s Economic Decline
The Trump White House has enacted tariffs in the belief that other countries are “cheating,” but the US has engaged in dollar manipulation through inflation.
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Inflation: Looking Beyond Aggregates
Mainstream economists define inflation as the increase in an imaginary “price level” that is relatively neutral in its effects. However, the effects of inflating the money supply are anything but neutral.
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Real ID Is Not About Keeping You Safe
Real ID is the latest example of the government using 9/11 as an excuse to grab more power.
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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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