Mises Institute
Saturday, January 10, 2026
In case you missed them, be sure to check out our most popular articles this week:
* Edward Fuller on the dishonest anti-capitalism of Charles Dickens ([link removed]) .
* Lipton Matthews questions the regime ([link removed]) narrative in Ukraine.
* Carlos Boix looks at ([link removed]) Britain’s ruinous economic policies.
Plus new articles on the problem with slavery reparations ([link removed]) , and why Rothbard beats Friedman ([link removed]) on foreign policy.
Ryan McMaken, Editor-in-Chief
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The Illogic of Reparations: Historical Standards, Selective Memory, and the Logic of Victory
Lipton Matthews
Demands for Americans to pay reparations to descendants of chattel slavery in America have been growing. The case for reparations, however, has always been weak and illogical.
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Assessing Libertarian Foreign Policy: Rothbard vs. Friedman
David Gordon
In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon assesses the “libertarian” foreign policy prescriptions of Murray Rothbard and David Freidman. Naturally, Rothbard’s view—built upon principles of natural law—stands above Freidman’s less-principled “pragmatism.”
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Three Key Lessons from the US’s Venezuela Intervention
The US’s bombing of Caracas reiterates three key foundations of American foreign policy: the Constitution is dead, democracy is irrelevant, and the “rule of law” doesn’t matter.
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American Indians: Separating Truth from Fiction
Depending upon the narrative, American Indians were either noble creatures who were victims of a genocide by rapacious European settlers or were bloodthirsty savages. The truth is more nuanced.
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The Panic of 1893: An Austrian View
From an Austrian perspective, the Panic of 1893 provides key lessons, but this consequential panic has not received as much direct attention as it deserves.
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Why Vivek Is So Wrong about the Founding of the United States
Ramaswamy promotes a fictional version of American history.
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There Are No Good Outcomes in Trump’s Latest Attempt at Regime Change in Venezuela
Trump’s Venezuela gambit offers only bad options.
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History of Hyperinflation
Hyperinflation isn’t ancient history. It’s a recurring policy failure with war-level damage.
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The Donroe Doctrine and Its Consequences
What’s next for Venezuela? What’s DC’s next target? Does America really need a $1.5 trillion defense budget?
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The Misesian
The latest issue of The Misesian discusses why, without private property, there is no way to plan for the future, and one’s goods are always subject to confiscation from the more powerful. In other words, a world without private property is a lawless world.
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