Mises Institute
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Trump’s people are applying more pressure against the Fed in Trump’s quest to get even more easy money for his runaway spending. Compared to Trump, Jerome Powell looks relatively reasonable, but in this fight between two inflationists, there is no good guy ([link removed]) .
With 2026 being the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we remember the Articles of Confederation which, unlike the 1787 Constitution, reflected the true spirit ([link removed]) of the Revolution.
Ryan McMaken, Editor-in-Chief
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Trump’s Justice Dept. Launches Criminal Probe against the Fed’s Powell
Ryan McMaken
This feud is little more than two factions within the Federal government fighting over how exactly to use the Fed’s many powers to inflate, exploit, and help fund an ever-expanding federal government.
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Did the Articles of Confederation Fail? Probably Not
Larsen Plyler
The standard explanation for the Constitutional Convention was that the Articles of Confederation were a failure. However, the Articles actually worked the way they were supposed to work. Unfortunately, the advocates of a strong central government ultimately got their way.
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Rothbardian Analysis of the Constitution
Dr. Patrick Newman explains how the Constitution was crafted to centralize power and protect elite economic interests.
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The Aristotelian-Thomistic Roots of Austrian School
The Austrian School of economics is rooted in logical thought.
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The Question: A MAGA Mea Culpa
When it comes to supporting the Trump administration, there is room for some honest self-reflection: What did I know and when did I know it?
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Cheap Credit Doesn’t Create Economic Growth – It Makes Us Poorer
Firms use Net Present Value (NPV) to allocate resources, but it can be misleading when interest rates are influenced by inflation.
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Hyperinflation in Germany, 1914–1923
What the witch was to medieval man, what the capitalist is to socialists and communists, the speculator is to most politicians and statesmen: the embodiment of evil.
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Theory and History
Dr. David Gordon at Mises U 2017.
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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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