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Saturday, January 24, 2026

The Mises Institute has an international audience, and this fact often reminds us that we need a view of freedom beyond what is merely a “constitutional right.” This is certainly true with “the right to bear arms” and today Marisa Jarquin from Guatemala delves into the universal natural rights of self-defense.

And, in case you missed them, here are the most popular articles for the week:

Ryan McMaken, Editor-in-Chief

Guns Against the State

Marisa Jarquin

Statists denounce self defense as “vigilantism,” declaring that only the “defense” services provided by the state are legitimate. Yet, self defense has always been a fundamental right.

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Israel and Its Relationship to the Islamic State

While claiming to fight terrorism and identified as America’s “greatest ally,” Israel has had a more complicated relationship with the Islamic State than is often admitted.

Why Have Homes Become So Unaffordable?

Housing prices in the US are off the charts. But why is that the case, as it wasn’t that long ago that homes were affordable? Like all other economic crises, this one has its roots in government policies.

Keynes’s Intellectual Dishonesty and Chartalism

A. Mitchell Innes—a chartalist pioneer—wrote a pamphlet “What Is Money?” (1913) which found a credulous and ideologically sympathetic audience in J. M. Keynes.

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Billionaires, Workers, and the Exploitation Theory

Bob Murphy addresses claims that billionaires like Elon Musk must have “stolen” their wealth from workers.

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Greenland:
Trump’s Folly

Even hawkish foreign policy scholars admit that changing the US security setup in Greenland is unnecessary.

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In the Company of Mavericks: Mark Thornton on the Austrian Comeback

Mark Thornton shares an in-depth interview with Jeremy McKeown.

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Davos Calls For A
New World Order

Davos spin, Greenland drama, and transatlantic political fallout.

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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.