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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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Why Rothbard Sided with the American Revolutionaries
Jul 700:16:50Tap 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
Jul 700:10:24Tap 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
Jul 700:08:08Tap 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
Jul 700:11:47Tap 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?
Jul 400:14:32Tap 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
Jul 400:27:30Tap 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
Jul 300:10:47Tap 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
Transcribe →Tracing Jefferson’s Libertarian Thought in the Declaration of Independence
Jul 300:19:50Tap to summarizeMany 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
Transcribe →Patriotism Shouldn’t Apply to the Debauched Dollar
Jul 300:12:36Tap to summarizeThe 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
Transcribe →Why History Refuses to Stay Planned
Jul 200:14:14Tap to summarizeAs 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
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