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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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The Predatory Logic of the State
2d ago00:12:12Tap to summarizeWhile we speak highly of “rule of law” and the “limited state,” the unfortunate truth is that the modern state is a law unto itself. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/predatory-logic-state
Transcribe →Rothbard’s Definition of Government as Organized Crime: The Microsoft Antitrust Case
2d ago00:14:33Tap to summarizeMurray Rothbard saw government as a predatory, criminal entity and the Microsoft lawsuit of 1998 proved to be a classic example of government organized crime in action.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbards-definition-government-organized-crime-microsoft-antitrust-case
Transcribe →The Vendée: The French War for National Liberation
2d ago00:15:36Tap to summarizeTo deny local self-determination to the Catholic Vendean rebels was to support the imperialist impulse, just as the opponents of the American revolutionaries embraced imperialism over freedom. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/vendee-french-war-national-liberation
Transcribe →The FIFA World Cup: Price Controls on Ticket Prices?
3d ago00:10:48Tap to summarizeWorld Cup tickets are a hot commodity with prices through the roof. Naturally, governments want to do what governments always do unsuccessfully: levy price controls.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fifa-world-cup-price-controls-ticket-prices
Transcribe →Foucault, Panopticism and the Carceral Society; the Rise of the Surveillance State
3d ago00:08:06Tap to summarizeThe standard narrative is that policing and imprisonment are necessary tools to keep the public safe from criminals. But it also would seem that these things are useful tools for a state that wishes to dominate its citizens.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/foucault-panopticism-and-carceral-society-rise-surveillance-state
Transcribe →America’s Gerontocracy Goes Deeper than Aging Politicians
3d ago00:09:53Tap to summarizeAmerica’s elderly political class is only the most visible symptom. The deeper problem is a government built to transfer wealth from younger Americans to a caste of older, wealthier generations.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-gerontocracy-goes-deeper-aging-politicians
Transcribe →What the Conservatives Get Wrong about the French Revolution
3d ago00:22:44Tap to summarizeIf avoiding a repeat of the excesses of the French revolution is an important goal, we need a thorough understanding of its causes. Edmund Burke and his conservative followers don't offer this. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-conservatives-get-wrong-about-french-revolution
Transcribe →The UK’s Monstrous Equality Act
4d ago00:10:18Tap to summarizeGreat Britain’s “Equality Act” is not simply a civil rights bill gone too far. It is, as Murray Rothbard would have put it, a “monstrous” piece of legislation that looks to create a social and economic equality that could never exist.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/uks-monstrous-equality-act
Transcribe →Poland: For Now It’s Still a Paper Tiger
4d ago00:11:38Tap to summarizeSince abandoning socialism 30 years ago, Poland’s economy has grown, as one would expect with a market economy. However, there could be more economic freedom there that easily would translate into a booming economy.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/poland-now-its-still-paper-tiger
Transcribe →An Austrian Perspective on Lolcows
4d ago00:12:12Tap to summarizeLolcows, part of the world of internet personalities, would seem well beyond the world of economic analysis. Yet, much of what happens can be explained by the paradigm of Austrian economics.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/austrian-perspective-lolcows
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