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Jul 25, 2025 • 0sec
America’s Syrian Civil War
In Syria the damage is done, and future generations will continue to suffer from the cruel folly of those convinced they know how to run everyone else’s lives.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/americas-syrian-civil-war

Jul 25, 2025 • 0sec
An Honneth Effort
In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes on Alex Honneth's The Working Sovereign. While Dr. Gordon acknowledges that the author gives an "Honneth" effort, his logic and grasp of the world of work fall way short of being convincing.Original article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/honneth-effort

Jul 25, 2025 • 0sec
MMTers Love When Governments Burn Money
Even when MMT advocates are correct that colonial governments at times burned money after receiving it for tax revenues, they still manage to get both the history and the causes wrong. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmters-love-when-governments-burn-money

Jul 24, 2025 • 0sec
An Open Letter to Treasury Secretary Bessent
Dr. DiLorenzo has some words for Secretary Bessent about the true role of the Fed and its record in this open letter.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/open-letter-treasury-secretary-bessent

Jul 24, 2025 • 0sec
Private Property and Customer Safety: Starbucks Learns a Hard Lesson
The news that Starbucks is closing sixteen stores due to customer safety concerns exposes the lack of police protection in cities and the problems with allowing noncustomers to remain in stores.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/private-property-and-customer-safety-starbucks-learns-hard-lesson

Jul 24, 2025 • 0sec
Do WNBA Players Really Want to Be Paid What They Are Owed?
At the recent WNBA All-Star game, players wore T-shirts with the message, “Pay us what you owe us.” If one uses the discounted marginal revenue product as a guide, the answer to their demand would be “zero.”Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/do-wnba-players-really-want-be-paid-what-they-are-owed

Jul 24, 2025 • 0sec
The Virus That Was Born an Orphan: The Origin of SARS-CoV-2 and the Silence of Institutions
When the covid madness was imposed upon the world five years ago, the lockdown advocates claimed they were just “doing science.” In reality, they were ignoring science, lying, and just “doing totalitarian politics.”Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/virus-was-born-orphan-origin-sars-cov-2-and-silence-institutions

Jul 23, 2025 • 0sec
Will an Iran Cyber Attack Panic Usher In a New Patriot Act?
In the wake of the US bombing of Iran, media outlets are warning about Iran retaliating with cyber attacks on the West. As the public fear of attacks increases, government moves into the void to find new ways to restrict our liberties.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/will-iran-cyber-attack-panic-usher-new-patriot-act

Jul 23, 2025 • 0sec
The Democrats are Their Own Worst Enemy
The Democrats are performing an autopsy of their 2024 electoral failures, but without mentioning Biden, the Harris campaign, their alienation of certain demographics, or their polarizing positions.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/democrats-are-making-costly-unserious-attempt-find-out-why-they-lost

Jul 22, 2025 • 0sec
Secession Is Inevitable. War to Prevent It Is Optional
The answer lies not in doubling down on political unity, maintained through endless violence or threats of violence. Rather, the answer lies in peaceful separation.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/secession-inevitable-war-prevent-it-optional