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October 30, 2024 at 7:00 PM

What “Capitalism” Really Means

Mises Daily Email   Wednesday, October 30, 2024     What “Capitalism” Really Means Owen Ashworth Capitalism is characterized by the private ownership of capital, coming from Lockean homesteading principles, and not from state coercion and force. …
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October 29, 2024 at 7:25 PM

Nine Months of Javier Milei in Argentina: A Critical Assessment

Mises Daily Email   Tuesday, October 29, 2024     Nine Months of Javier Milei as President of Argentina: A Critical Assessment Antony P. Mueller Argentina belongs to the large group of countries that have been systematically ruined by their own gov…
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October 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Income-Tax “Reform”

Mises Daily Email   Monday, October 28, 2024     Trump’s Latest Tariff Plan Just Replaces One Tax with Another Ryan McMaken Trump says he wants to abolish the income tax and replace it with a tax on imports. That’s just rearranging deck chairs on t…
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October 28, 2024 at 3:17 PM

Educating for Liberty: Mises in Tampa

Educating for Liberty: Mises in Tampa On Saturday, February 22, 2025. View this email in your browser Join us in Tampa on Saturday, February 22, 2025 …
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October 26, 2024 at 11:15 AM

Minsky Meltdowns and Modern Monetary Theory

Mises Daily Email   Saturday, October 26, 2024     Minsky Meltdowns and Modern Monetary Theory Jonathan Newman What enables risky investment? What encourages excessive borrowing? What keeps interest rates low, even while there is a frenzy to borrow…
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October 25, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Gold’s Future Depends Crucially on China

Mises Daily Email   Friday, October 25, 2024     Gold’s Future Depends Crucially on China Brendan Brown Gold prices are being driven by demand in Asia, and savers in East Asia are only too aware of risks stemming from the China-US economic war.  …
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October 24, 2024 at 7:02 PM

Crypto, Silver, and Our Modern-Day Bryanites

Mises Daily Email   Thursday, October 24, 2024     Today’s Pols Are All Bryanites Douglas French In his failed 1896 presidential campaign, inflationist William Jennings Bryan declared that he would ”not crucify mankind on a cross of gold.“ But at l…
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October 23, 2024 at 8:00 PM

It’s Good to be Skeptical of Elections

Mises Daily Email   Wednesday, October 23, 2024     It’s Good to be Skeptical of Elections Connor O’Keeffe As with any other government-controlled institution, a high level of public skepticism about elections is healthy.   READ MORE +   …
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October 22, 2024 at 8:30 PM

New Issue of The Misesian Out Now

New Issue of The Misesian Out Now View this email in your browser   New Issue Now Available! Find out how you can receive The Misesian in your mailbox.   The Mises Institute's print…
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October 22, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Capitalists Were the First Victims of Federal Lawfare

Mises Daily Email   Tuesday, October 22, 2024     If Republicans Are Against Lawfare, They Shouldn’t Have Unleashed It William L. Anderson Had Republicans not vastly expanded federal criminal law during the infamous Wall Street prosecutions 40 year…
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October 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Money-Supply Growth Hit a 23-Month High, and the Fed Wants More

Mises Daily Email   Monday, October 21, 2024     Money-Supply Growth Hit a 23-Month High, and the Fed Wants More Ryan McMaken Money-supply growth accelerated year over year in August by the largest amount in 23 months. The days of falling money sup…
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October 19, 2024 at 11:15 AM

No Central Bank or Government Wants to Stop Price Inflation

Mises Daily Email   Saturday, October 19, 2024     No Central Bank Wants to Stop Price Inflation Daniel Lacalle No interventionist government or central bank wants lower prices because inflation allows the government to increase its power while slo…
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October 18, 2024 at 8:15 PM

Elections and the Economy: Do They Really Matter?

Elections and the Economy: Do They Really Matter? Mises Circle Saturday, November 9 in Fort Myers. View this email in your browser Elections and the Eco…
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October 18, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Is the Federal Reserve a Private Bank? It Doesn’t Matter.

Mises Daily Email   Friday, October 18, 2024     Is the Federal Reserve a Private Bank? It Doesn’t Matter. Ryan McMaken Does it matter if a central bank is privately owned? No, it makes no difference. Public or private, central banks give the state…
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October 18, 2024 at 5:15 PM

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October 17, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Beware of War Hawks in “America First” Clothing

Mises Daily Email   Thursday, October 17, 2024     Beware of War Hawks in “America First” Clothing Connor O’Keeffe Throughout the Trump years, many of the worst war hawks have abandoned the GOP. However, others are trying to rebrand the same old ne…
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October 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM

The Federal Reserve and the Regime Are One and the Same

Mises Daily Email   Wednesday, October 16, 2024     The Federal Reserve and the Regime Are One and the Same Ryan McMaken Over and over, the Federal Reserve “coordinates” its policies with the Treasury to ensure that the regime gets what it wants fr…
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October 15, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Bovard: Politicians’ Toxic Definition of “Freedom”

Mises Daily Email   Tuesday, October 15, 2024     Will Politicians Toxify Freedom Forever? James Bovard The Harris-Walz campaign has adopted “freedom” as its watchword slogan, but it is a version of freedom that is more fitting for something from o…
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October 14, 2024 at 7:18 PM

Young Males Say the Status Quo Isn't Working

Mises Daily Email   Monday, October 14, 2024     Ignore The New Power Demographic at Your Own Risk: Young Male Voters Wendy McElroy As American culture becomes dominated by militant feminism, a new voting group of dissenters is arising: young male …
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October 12, 2024 at 11:14 AM

How Bankers Outfoxed Politicians and Created the Fed

Mises Daily Email   Saturday, October 12, 2024     How the Bankers Outfoxed the Politicians George Ford Smith When the bankers called for a central bank in the US, they claimed to only want a way to stop bank runs. It turns out that they wanted—and…
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October 12, 2024 at 10:00 AM

Our New Documentary Is Now Live

Our New Documentary Is Now Live View this email in your browser Playing with Fire: A New Documentary about the Federal Reserve Almost ev…
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October 11, 2024 at 6:00 PM

No Matter the Form, Easy Money Is Always a Fraud

Mises Daily Email   Friday, October 11, 2024     No Matter the Form, Easy Money Is Still a Fraud Jane L. Johnson A recent fraudulent check-kiting scheme featured on TikTok bears resemblance to some of the “free money” schemes that have been coming …
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October 10, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Bovard: The Mirage of Honest Government

Mises Daily Email   Thursday, October 10, 2024     The Mirage of Honest Government James Bovard America is always on the verge of finally having “honest government.” Of course, what passes for “honest government” is a government that efficiently ta…
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October 9, 2024 at 8:20 PM

Hurricanes Are Not Going Away

Mises Daily Email   Wednesday, October 9, 2024     Hurricanes Are Not Going Away; We Must Double Down on What’s Making Them More Survivable Connor O’Keeffe Storms like Helene and Milton ought to drive us to recommit to and expand the very instituti…
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October 8, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Keynes was Wrong: We Can't Spend Our Way to Prosperity

Mises Daily Email   Tuesday, October 8, 2024     The Keynesian Multiplier Fairy Tale Frank Shostak One of the myths of Keynesian theory is that through monetary injections and government purchases, an economy can spend itself into prosperity. While…
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October 7, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Can America Survive Global De-Dollarization?

Mises Daily Email   Monday, October 7, 2024     Can America Survive Global De-Dollarization? Daniel Kowalski While the US dollar is the world’s “reserve” currency—at least for now—the reckless spending and money creation policies of the US governme…
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October 5, 2024 at 11:14 AM

The Economy Is Being Nationalized in Slow Motion

Mises Daily Email   Saturday, October 5, 2024     This Is a Slow-Motion Nationalization of the Economy Daniel Lacalle As real wages decline and middle-class savings are depleted, the government expands its influence, garnering support from a substa…
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October 4, 2024 at 8:30 PM

Elections and the Economy: Do They Really Matter?

Elections and the Economy: Do They Really Matter? Mises Circle Saturday, November 9 in Fort Myers. View this email in your browser Elections and the Eco…
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October 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Is the Dockworkers Union a Corporate Tool?

Mises Daily Email   Friday, October 4, 2024     Is the Dockworkers Union a Corporate Tool? Thomas J. DiLorenzo The dockworkers strike will increase prices while generally acting “in restraint of trade.” This, we are told, is exactly what big corpor…
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October 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM

The Fed’s Two-Percent Inflation Target Is Meaningless

Mises Daily Email   Thursday, October 3, 2024     Why the Fed’s Two-Percent Inflation Target Is Meaningless Ryan McMaken In recent years we have repeatedly seen how the Federal Reserve’s much-touted two-percent price-inflation goal is little more t…
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October 2, 2024 at 7:00 PM

America Doesn’t Need More “Efficient” Government

Mises Daily Email   Wednesday, October 2, 2024     America Doesn’t Need More “Efficient” Government Connor O’Keeffe If the true aim of our political system is not to solve the problems facing Americans but to transfer wealth to the government and p…
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October 1, 2024 at 9:31 PM

Why the Feds Say that Homeownership Is the American Dream

Mises Daily Email   Tuesday, October 1, 2024     Homeownership Is Not the American Dream Artis Shepherd Home prices continue to rise as the government tries to further intervene into the housing markets, all in the name of the “American Dream.” How…
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September 30, 2024 at 7:00 PM

JD Vance Is Right: Car-Seat Mandates Reduce Fertility Rates

Mises Daily Email   Monday, September 30, 2024     Yes, Car-Seat Laws Reduce the Birth Rate Ryan McMaken Thanks to increasingly broad car-seat laws, a third child often requires the purchase of a larger, more expensive vehicle. At the margins, this…
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September 29, 2024 at 11:59 AM

Celebrate Mises's Birthday — 20% Off All Items!

Celebrate Mises's Birthday — 20% Off All Items! Sale ends Sept. 30 — Donate $5 and receive a copy of Anatomy of the State View this email in your browser Today is Ludwig von Mises's 143rd birthday. Celebrate with a 20% discount! …
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September 28, 2024 at 11:14 PM

Ludwig von Mises, Hero

Mises Daily Email   Saturday, September 28, 2024     Ludwig von Mises, Hero Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. “In 1998, Murray Rothbard wrote a great monograph called Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero. I'd like to concentrate today on the third of …
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September 27, 2024 at 6:55 PM

What Does ChatGPT Know about Money?

Mises Daily Email   Friday, September 27, 2024     What Does ChatGPT Know about Money? George Ford Smith More than one might think. George Ford Smith asks the AI program some questions about money and gets some surprising answers.   READ MORE +…
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September 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Our Vampire Fiat Money System

Mises Daily Email   Thursday, September 26, 2024     The Vampire Fiat Money System: How It Works and What It Means for Your Wealth Thorsten Polleit Governing elites believe that the fiat money system is the height of “sophisticated” finance. In rea…
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September 25, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Covid Tyrants Partied While Demanding Lockdowns for Everyone Else

Mises Daily Email   Wednesday, September 25, 2024     Covid Tyrants Partied While Demanding Lockdowns for Everyone Else James Bovard Remember when progressive governments outlawed church gatherings but sanctioned sex orgies? Yes, it really happened…
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September 24, 2024 at 7:02 PM

The Fed Cut the Interest Rate to Bail Out the Treasury

Mises Daily Email   Tuesday, September 24, 2024     The Fed Cut the Interest Rate to Bail Out the Treasury Daniel Lacalle Lowering rates is a tool to rescue the government. If you make it easy for governments to borrow, they will gladly do it and c…
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September 23, 2024 at 7:05 PM

The State’s Cargo Cult Economics

Mises Daily Email   Monday, September 23, 2024     The State’s Cargo Cult Economics Justin Murray Watching the Federal Reserve’s inflationary “strategy” of enacting repeated “stimulus” and creating asset bubbles, one is reminded of the “Cargo Cult”…
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September 23, 2024 at 3:15 PM

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September 23, 2024 at 1:01 PM

Our Fall Campaign Starts Today!

Our Fall Campaign Starts Today! Join us and get our free Anatomy of the State book by Murray Rothbard View this email in your browser The mission of the Mises Institute is simple. We want to spread the ideas of …
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September 21, 2024 at 11:14 PM

Politics Breeds Conflict while the Market Brings Peace

Mises Daily Email   Saturday, September 21, 2024     Politics Breeds Conflict while the Market Brings Peace Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. The market always tends to bring people together in peace, neither compelling nor forbidding exchanges. This is w…
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September 20, 2024 at 7:17 PM

An Unprecedented Monetary Destruction Is Coming

Mises Daily Email   Friday, September 20, 2024     An Unprecedented Monetary Destruction Is Coming Daniel Lacalle If the government really believed you would be better off and more prosperous with their policies, they would encourage free speech be…
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September 20, 2024 at 4:30 PM

Tom DiLorenzo, Mark Thornton, Murray Sabrin, and More in Florida

Tom DiLorenzo, Mark Thornton, Murray Sabrin, and More in Florida On Saturday, November 9 in Fort Myers. View this email in your browser Elections and th…
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September 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM

The Fed Hits the Panic Button and Slashes the Fed Funds Rate

Mises Daily Email   Thursday, September 19, 2024     The Fed Hits the Panic Button and Slashes the Fed Funds Rate Ryan McMaken The Fed is desperate for you to think that “this time is different.” Unfortunately, Powell can’t seem to come up with an …
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September 18, 2024 at 7:33 PM

Why Marx Was Wrong about Workers and Wages

Mises Daily Email   Wednesday, September 18, 2024     Why Marx Was Wrong about Workers and Wages Allen Gindler Marx built his infamous labor theory of value on the premise that labor itself was a commodity. However, as Mises and other Austrians hav…
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September 17, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Smashing the Western Illusion of Democracy

Mises Daily Email   Tuesday, September 17, 2024     Smashing the Western Illusion of Democracy Finn Andreen When our ruling classes speak of “believing in democracy,” they are speaking of a romantic version of a form of governance that, in real lif…
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September 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Do Financial Markets Immediately Provide All Relevant Information?

Mises Daily Email   Monday, September 16, 2024     Do Financial Markets Immediately Provide All Relevant Information? Frank Shostak The Perfect Market Hypothesis claims that all movements in the market can be considered as random, as market players…
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September 14, 2024 at 11:14 AM

The Rise of the Western Nuclear Family and the “European Miracle”

Mises Daily Email   Saturday, September 14, 2024     The Rise of the Western Nuclear Family and the “European Miracle” Ryan McMaken The rise of the nuclear family in Western Europe fostered the creation of private and independent “corporations” tha…