Mises Institute
Thursday, January 22, 2026



Sovereign states depend a lot on the propagandistic idea that you can join but you are never allowed to leave. This is why the USA was sold to the people as a voluntary union but quickly became based on the idea that “if you try to leave we’ll kill you.” That latter statement is the foundational premise of state monopoly and dominion ([link removed]) . Some people still call this “freedom.”

Also: Jonathan Yen examines how jihadists serve ([link removed]) as a convenient ally of the US regime and its most powerful interest group, the Israel lobby.

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State “Dominion” versus Property Rights
Rudolph Kohn
Perhaps the most insidious power seized by the state is the power of dominion over all lands in its territory. There is no escaping state dominion.

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Israel and Its Relationship to the Islamic State
Jonathan Yen
In the so-called world of strategic alliances, things often are not what they seem to be. It is that way with the Islamic State or ISIS, which supposedly is a deadly enemy of Israel. However, Israel has a symbiotic relationship with Jihadist groups that we cannot ignore.

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Dr. Mark Thornton Warns “Fiat Is in the ICU” and Central Banks Do Not Trust Each Other

Mark appears on Kitco News.

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Bureaucracy Within
a Democracy

State meddling replaces market discipline with bureaucratic control.

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Germany’s Latest War on Freedom
The German media are gung-ho for government censorship of average Germans.

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Using Your Tax Dollars to Support Terrorists and Nazis
States often fund monsters while claiming to fight them.

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Böhm-Bawerk’s Critique of the Exploitation Theory of Interest
Böhm-Bawerk was Marx’s worst enemy.

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The Founding of the Federal Reserve

Murray Rothbard presented this speech at the Mises Institute’s 1984 “Seminar on Money and Government.”

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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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