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Audio recordings of Mises Wire articles, offering contemporary news and opinion through the lens of Austrian economics and libertarian political economy.
Without established exchange-ratios between a currency and goods, a fiat-token cannot meaningfully serve as a unit of account because it has no referent. The only way a state could meaningfully ground such a fiat-token by political decree would be through comprehensive price controls. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmt-and-price-controls-never-happened
Public employee unions have used their built-in advantages to damage this country’s political economy and work hardships on taxpayers. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/capture-constitution-how-public-sector-unions-exploited-free-speech-suppress-black-upward-mobility
The term that best describes the CEO of the "private" company Flock is "parasite" or "plutocrat" or "welfare queen" because his "business model" is simply finding ways to exploit the taxpayers. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-flock-not-really-private-company
Can fighting a war ever be just? Murray Rothbard dealt with that question and, of course, had some definitive answers. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ethical-foundations-just-war-doctrine
Federal Reserve policy has been to expand credit out of nothing without regard for the real damage it does to the economy. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/credit-out-thin-air-brings-wealth-destruction
The future of Flock cameras: left the house during a pandemic lockdown? Expect a summons in the mail. Exceeding your "carbon footprint" by driving too much? Expect a ticket in the mail. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/high-cost-automated-flock-camera-surveillance-state
The Trump administration’s crackdown on students protesting against Israel has once again run into the law, this time in the form of a federal court ruling against the government. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-censorship-machine-loses-again-court
The Federal Reserve’s fixation with “stable prices” has led to an unstable economy for the past century. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fallacy-stable-prices
The movement toward liberty has roots in two eras, neither of which saw much liberty. One lineage comes from the Enlightenment while the other emanates from ancient philosophers. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/two-lineages-liberty
Not even your Roomba vacuum cleaner is safe from state control. Time for the state to give up all economic controls across the board. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/state-coming-your-roomba
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