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Aug 13, 2025 • 0sec
The Silent War for Latin America: How the Foro de São Paulo Subverted Liberty from Within
From seminary classrooms to Supreme Courts, a network redefined justice, democracy, and freedom in the name of social control. Many goals of the Foro de São Paulo, launched in 1990 by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Fidel Castro, sadly, are being realized.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/silent-war-latin-america-how-foro-de-sao-paulo-subverted-liberty-within

Aug 13, 2025 • 0sec
The Trump-Putin Meeting: How We Got Here
When presidents Trump and Putin meet this Friday, the political and military landscape is much different than it was when war broke out more than three years ago and Putin was willing to talk about a real cease fire. Thanks to western dishonesty, Ukraine's future is bleak.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-putin-meeting-how-did-we-get-here

Aug 12, 2025 • 0sec
Harry Truman: Founding Father of the National Security State
Following World War II, President Truman helped produce the modern national security state by creating the Central Intelligence Agency. Only later did Truman regret what he did, as the CIA turned into a monster that could never be tamed.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/harry-truman-founding-father-national-security-state

Aug 12, 2025 • 0sec
You Created Jobs for Robots?
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/you-created-jobs-robots

Aug 12, 2025 • 0sec
The Meaning of Coercion in Hayekian Philosophy
How do we define liberty? Hayek saw it as the absence of most (but not all) coercion, but that depends upon how one defines “coercion.” Murray Rothbard believed that Hayek was too willing to accept forms of coercion that were anti-freedom.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/meaning-coercion-hayekian-philosophy

Aug 11, 2025 • 0sec
Can Econometric Models Fulfill the Role of an Economic Laboratory?
Mainstream economists claim that they can use econometric models to emulate human action and, thus, create an economic laboratory. These models, however, cannot tell us about cause-and-effect, which is vital to understanding praxeology and economic behavior.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/can-econometric-models-fulfill-role-economic-laboratory

Aug 11, 2025 • 0sec
Jamaica’s Beaches and Property Rights
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/jamaicas-beaches-and-property-rights

Aug 11, 2025 • 0sec
Will Jamaica Become a Republic?
Long a constitutional monarchy with ties to Great Britain, many in Jamaica are looking to end the old relationship and become a republic. But is this movement simply a reaction to anti-colonialism, and what kind of constitution would the new republic create? So far, no answers.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/will-jamaica-become-republic

Aug 9, 2025 • 0sec
US Travel Restrictions for Cuba Violate the Freedoms of Americans and Cubans
A relic of the Cold War, the US embargo and travel restrictions to Cuba violate American freedoms and they accomplish nothing to end Cuba's communist regime or win freedom for Cubans. Yet, this failed policy has persisted for nearly 65 years with no end in sight.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-travel-restrictions-cuba-violate-freedoms-americans-and-cubans

Aug 9, 2025 • 0sec
Equality under the Hayekian Rule of Law
What do we mean by equality? F.A. Hayek believed that equality under law and the socialist belief of material equality were opposed to each other. Furthermore, he held liberty to be necessary for civilization itself to flourish.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/equality-under-hayekian-rule-law