6+ hour, 47+ min ago  (125+ words) As we celebrate the Centennial of the birth of Murray Rothbard, we look at his commentary on the American Revolution, where it promoted liberty and where the creation of the Constitution became liberty's roadblock.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-and-american-revolution Rothbard and the…...

8+ hour, 52+ min ago  (147+ words) The current US conflict with Iran has its roots in the CIA-backed coup in 1953, which removed a democratically-elected prime minister and replaced him with the Shah. The Shah's government ultimately collapsed, leading to the current Islamic republic.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/operation-ajax-1953-cias-template-and-warnings-today…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (216+ words) When it comes to foreign policy, what matters are powerful interest groups. The ordinary voters who pay all the bills don't matter. The interest groups pushing for pro-Israel wars in the Middle East are especially powerful.Be sure to follow…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (167+ words) It has been 20 years since the Duke Lacrosse Case dominated the news media. It was a story in which false narratives of guilt pushed by corrupt police and prosecutors, radical members of Duke's faculty, and the legacy media nearly railroaded…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (222+ words) Mainstream economists want us to believe that money gains its value from state decrees. Yet, Austrian economists more than a century ago explained why money has value. Germany's "social-ecological transformation" is the political program of turning the existing social market…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1029+ words) The US president's new global trade tariffs went into effect at a 10 percent level at midnight on Tuesday, February 23, after a Supreme Court ruling struck down his so-called "reciprocal" tariffs, arguing that using emergency economic powers to impose widespread surcharges…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (178+ words) Murray Rothbard was born 100 years ago this week and his time on earth was much too short. Yet in that time he was here, he added much to the intellectual foundations of economic thinking. Mainstream economists want us to believe…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (169+ words) The US has lost nearly $2 billion worth of military equipment amid its military operations against Iran since Saturday, according to estimates and data compiled by Anadolu. Murray Rothbard was born 100 years ago this week and his time on earth was…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1563+ words) Your dollar bought less at the grocery store this year than last. The Federal Reserve added trillions to the money supply. These facts are connected, but understanding how requires grasping one of economics" deepest puzzles: why does money have value…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (163+ words) Rising oil prices are "forcing reevaluations of previous assumptions about US inflation and the Federal Reserve's path for interest rates." Murray Rothbard was born 100 years ago this week and his time on earth was much too short. Yet in that…...