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Jul 15, 2025 • 0sec
The Propaganda War Against Capitalism
The most popular method of deprecating capitalism is to make it responsible for every condition which is considered unsatisfactory.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/propaganda-war-against-capitalism

Jul 15, 2025 • 0sec
Hayek on the Difference between Science and Scientism
Modern progressive governance claims it has science on its side. Hayek‘s Nobel speech punctured that viewpoint.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/hayek-difference-between-science-and-scientism

Jul 15, 2025 • 0sec
Why Government Lands Burn
Progressives blame all the recent wildfires on "climate change," but the real culprit is government mismanagement of public forests and grasslands. The recent fire at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is yet another example.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-government-lands-burn

Jul 15, 2025 • 0sec
Bolivia Held Hostage: The Tyrant’s Return
When socialist Evo Morales was elected president of Bolivia, he received favorable press from the western media. Like most socialists, however, his government turned tyrannical. Disqualified from office, he and his followers now seek to stage a coup to return him to power.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/bolivia-held-hostage-tyrants-return

Jul 15, 2025 • 0sec
Why Hayek Rejected “Mere Legality”
A government that rules by imposing politically-oriented statutes upon its citizens cannot lay claim to governing by “rule of law.” Hayek understood that claiming “legality” to anything the state does is a sure road to tyranny.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-hayek-rejected-mere-legality

Jul 15, 2025 • 0sec
My 46 Years of Contempt of Congress
Although most political attention is focused on the US presidency, James Bovard pleads guilty to contempt of Congress. This is the Congress that is spending and borrowing the country into financial oblivion, but never taking the blame for the results.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/my-46-years-contempt-congress

Jul 14, 2025 • 0sec
Robert Reich’s Blind Spots: The Elephant in the Progressive Left’s Room
Reich, Elizabeth Warren, and other leftists never address the root cause of what they correctly diagnose as excessive corporate power: the Federal Reserve.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/robert-reichs-blind-spots-elephant-progressive-lefts-room

Jul 14, 2025 • 0sec
Intellectual Property: Innovation Should Serve Consumers, Not Producers
Innovations aren‘t very useful unless they serve consumers in the marketplace. Otherwise, we‘re pursuing innovation for its own sake, and that isn‘t progress.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/intellectual-property-innovation-should-serve-consumers-not-producers

Jul 14, 2025 • 0sec
The Putrid Underbelly of Woke Capitalism
American corporations are lavishing billions of dollars on leftist groups in the name of “equity.” But many of them are also donating to even more questionable people and causes.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/putrid-underbelly-woke-capitalism

Jul 14, 2025 • 0sec
Do Financial Markets Operate Upon Superior Knowledge?
The Efficient Market Hypothesis claims that financial markets process information immediately and correctly. However, since the EMH is based upon unrealistic assumptions, we also have to question the efficacy of this hypothesis, especially when central banks intervene in the markets.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/do-financial-markets-operate-upon-superior-knowledge