Prevent Future Losses Like East Palestine by Reducing Regulation and Empowering Torts
On February 3, 2023, on Norfolk Southern Railway’s general merchandise freight train 32N, a suspect bearing on the twenty-third car measured at 38°F above ambient, then 103°F above ambient, then 253°F above ambient. In East Palestine, Ohio, eleven tank cars
Biden’s Wealth Tax Is a Trojan Horse Requiring Multiple Manipulations
President Biden pushes a wealth tax as a measure of "fairness." Not only is it unconstitutional, but it's also bad for the economy. Original Article: "Biden's Wealth Tax Is a Trojan Horse Requiring Multiple Manipulations" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by
Lincoln’s Main Target Was “Anarchy” and Secession, Not Slavery
In a recent column, I discussed an argument about secession made by Abraham Lincoln and sympathetically expounded by Michael P. Zuckert in his important book A Nation So Conceived. Lincoln maintained that a nation once formed could not allow secession
If at First You Don’t Secede . . .
David Gordon explores how Abraham Lincoln's stated view on secession was fundamentally Hobbesian, cynical, and violent. Original Article: "If at First You Don't Secede . . ." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Disinformation and the State: The Aptly Named SELECT Act
The RESTRICT Act (Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act) has recently been making the rounds in the media, and rightfully so. The act is truly terrifying, but more than the open tyranny that
How Government Schools Use Bad History to Promote the State
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at common American history myths baked into government school curriculums. While Republican governors have begun to prioritize removing "critical race theory" and other forms of modern "leftwing indoctrination"
Continue Work on Stablecoin Legislation or Risk Forfeiting the Financial Future
Jack Solowey The United States has long led global finance. Its institutions shaped critical financial infrastructure and saw the dollar become the world’s reserve currency—thanks to rule of law, property rights, and an innovative market economy at home. As the economic
156 Million Americans Now Live in States with Legal Recreational Marijuana
Over the past year, three US states have enacted new legislation legalizing recreational marijuana within their borders. In May 2022, recreational cannabis became legal in Rhode Island, and the same occurred in Missouri in December of last year. In the
A Pyrrhic End to 130 Years of Vicious Bad Money and Banking Crises
The original vicious circle starts with inflationary interventions in an up-to-then well-anchored monetary regime. Consequent asset inflation spawns a banking crisis. That leads to the installation of anticrisis safety structures (one illustration is a novel or enhanced lender of last
Why the Regime Needs the Dollar to Be the Global Reserve Currency
Even a partial weakening of the dollar's global demand will limit the US regime's ability to throw its weight around internationally. Yet Washington is unwilling to do what's necessary to prevent it. Original Article: "Why the Regime Needs the Dollar to Be the