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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.
The US “celebrates” its 250th birthday today, but not everyone is celebrating. We bring back a classic from 10 years ago that is even more relevant today.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/its-fourth-july-why-am-i-sad
In the deepest sense, the American Revolution was a conscious majority revolution on behalf of libertarianism and against power.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-libertarian-revolution
Jean-Luc Mélenchon—the leader of the French far-left party “La France Insoumise”—says it's no problem that the French government's debt now tops more than 100% of GDP.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/french-far-left-downplays-government-debt-order-spend-even-more
Many largely accept Jefferson’s statements about rights, liberty, consent, criminality, and the role of government, however, many come short of adopting Jefferson’s radical libertarian political convictions.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/tracing-jeffersons-libertarian-thought-declaration-independence
The dangers posed by a paper fiat currency were well-known even in the early days of the U.S. republic.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/patriotism-shouldnt-apply-debauched-dollar
As technology and AI grow more sophisticated, people commonly believe that they also are eliminating uncertainty. Nothing could be further from the truth.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-history-refuses-stay-planned
The modern state has become not only the guardian of political order but also the architect of cultural identity. We must separate culture from the state.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/culture-state-and-problem-liberty
Despite the eternal promises of members of Congress, government office space is rapidly deteriorating. Unfortunately, Congress has no plans to deal with the problem. All of this is easily explained by Austrian economics.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/surprise-surprise-government-capital-stock-deteriorating
This decision—as with birthright citizenship in general—will increase political conflict over the presence of foreign nationals—both legal and illegal—within the United States.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/birthright-citizenship-ruling-will-create-more-conflict-over-immigration
Money did originate from the state, no matter how many times contemporary monetary theorists might claim otherwise.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/backwards-history-money
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