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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.
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Fireworks for the Regime: What July 4th Actually Celebrates
1w ago00:11:13Tap to summarizeEvery July 4th, politicians climb podiums, flags wave, a hundred million dollars’ worth of fireworks scatter across the sky, and somewhere between the hot dogs and the stadium-rock anthems, it becomes easy to confuse the theater of freedom with the substance of it.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fireworks-regime-what-july-4th-actually-celebrates
Transcribe →The Senate Isn’t His Oyster, After All. Graham Platner’s Socialist Vessel Turned Out to Be Leaky
1w ago00:15:44Tap to summarizeThe media tells us that the rape allegations that brought down Graham Platner’s Senate campaign just came to light. Actually, the media had those allegations for months, but sat on them to protect Platner’s campaign.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/senate-isnt-his-oyster-after-all-graham-platners-socialist-vessel-turned-out-be-leaky
Transcribe →The War System
1w ago01:43:56Tap to summarize"The main aim of American foreign policy is to impose the will of our ruling elite on the rest of the world." Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/war-system
Transcribe →Why Rothbard Sided with the American Revolutionaries
1w ago00:16:50Tap to summarizeContrary to a common—and incorrect—critique of Rothbard, he was not a fanciful purist who refused to support any political movement that failed to be perfectly libertarian in every way. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-rothbard-sided-american-revolutionaries
Transcribe →Consolidating Federal Power under the Civil Rights Act 1957
1w ago00:10:24Tap to summarizeMost readers are familiar with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. They are less familiar with the 1957 Civil Rights Act.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/consolidating-federal-power-under-civil-rights-act-1957
Transcribe →Don't Confuse the Declaration of Independence with the Constitution
1w ago00:08:08Tap to summarizeSome people seem to think the Constitution of 1787 is pretty much the same thing as the Declaration of Independence. They're wrong.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dont-confuse-declaration-independence-constitution
Transcribe →No Paine, No Declaration
1w ago00:11:47Tap to summarizeIn celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we remember names like Jefferson and Washington. Unfortunately, the man probably most responsible for push this nation to independence, Thomas Paine, is mostly forgotten.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-paine-no-declaration
Transcribe →It’s the Fourth of July! Why Am I Sad?
2w ago00:14:32Tap to summarizeThe 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
Transcribe →America's Libertarian Revolution
2w ago00:27:30Tap to summarizeIn 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
Transcribe →The French Far-Left Downplays Government Debt in Order to Spend Even More
2w ago00:10:47Tap to summarizeJean-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
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