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October 9, 2021

Mises Institute

By Ryan Mcaken

Age-Adjusted Mortality Is at 2004 Levels. Yet They Tell Us Covid Is Worse Than the 1918 Flu.

It is important to get some much needed context when examining a disease which is being used to justify unprecedented increases in state power and violations of human right.

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By Richard M. Ebeling

Biden's Bizarre Claim that Government Spending is Costless

Biden's spending plan is presumed to be costless because it will not increase the national debt, and since it will be paid for by imposing $2.1 trillion of higher taxes on those designated as "rich."

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By José Niño

The Roots of the Afghanistan War

While the US was able to give the Soviets a bloody nose by pouring billions into the mujahideen, it’s undeniable the US created a Frankenstein that ended up turning on its creator.

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MISES WIRE AND
POWER & MARKET

 
How Praxeology Helps Us Understand the Real World by David Gordon

The Afghan Scam by Murray N. Rothbard

"Shortages" Aren't Causing Inflation. Money Creation Is. by Mihai Macovei

Why Worrying about Everything Is Bad Foreign Policy by David Gordon

It's Wrong to Draft Women. It's Also Wrong to Draft Men. by Ryan McMaken

Why Does Money Have Value? Not Because the Government Says It Does. by Frank Shostak

How "Cultural Distance" between Societies Can Hamper Economic Prosperity by Lipton Matthews

Why Americans Would Benefit from a Government Default by Ryan McMaken

Why Businessmen Make Such Unimpressive Politicians by Connor Mortell

The Fed (and Central Planning) Are Fueling Substance Abuse by Doug French

Without Lockdowns, Sweden Had Fewer Excess Deaths Than Most of Europe by Ryan McMaken

Berliners in 2021 Want to Expropriate Private Housing by Thorsten Polleit

How Fiat Money Made Beef More Expensive by Kristoffer Mousten Hansen

The Postpandemic World Is One of Widespread Dependence on Government by Per Bylund

Nord Stream 2: The Value of German-Russian Cooperation by Weimin Chen
 


AUDIO MISES WIRE


Defaulting on the Debt Is the Moral Thing to Do

How the West Adopted China-Style Lockdowns

Yellen Is Wrong. The US Government Doesn't Always Pay its Debts.

Inflation-Loving Governments Are Now Blaming Private Businesses for Inflation

The Loss in Afghanistan Is Only the Latest Chapter in a Long Story of Intervention

Canada Votes for More of the Same

Too Much Inflation? Just Raise the Inflation Target!
 


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