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Splinter the CIA into a Thousand Pieces and Scatter It to the Winds
by Jacob G. Hornberger on May 13, 2021
Last night I delivered the concluding presentation in our conference “The National Security State and the Kennedy Assassination.” We’ll be posting it online within a few days. If you missed it, I would invite you to watch it. It is […]
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The Dystopian Future in Which Almost No One Owns a Car
by Zachary Yost on May 13, 2021
By this point readers are more than familiar with the previously unthinkable infringements on our traditional rights and liberties due to “health and safety” lockdowns that the state has inflicted upon us over the last year. While […]
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Excess Mortality in The US Has Plummeted to Pre-Covid Levels
by Ryan McMaken on May 12, 2021
In any given year during the past decade in the United States, more than 2.5 million Americans have died—from all causes. The number has grown in recent years, climbing from 2.59 million in 2013 to 2.85 million in 2019. This has been due […]
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The Media Wants You to Trust Washington Again Now That Trump Is Gone
by James Bovard on May 12, 2021
Former CNN White House correspondent Michelle Kosinski declared on Twitter last week that American journalists would “never expect … Your own govt to lie to you, repeatedly” and “Your own govt to hide information the […]
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Why Fungibility Is Important in Understanding Money and Crypto
by Michael Milano on May 12, 2021
As the decentralized revolution gains momentum and cryptocurrency adoption reaches new heights, concerns pertaining to the quality of money are too often ignored. According to a Crypto.com report, the number of bitcoin owners surpassed 71 million in […]
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No, Conservatives Should Not Embrace MMT
by Ron Paul on May 12, 2021
Instead of trying to spin conservative justifications for disastrous monetary policy, conservatives should join libertarians and classical liberals in working to limit government power while restoring sound money and greater market freedom. Original […]
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3 Ways the Tech Oligarchs' New Subsidy Is Ripping You Off
by Ryan McMaken on May 12, 2021
Billionaire plutocrats at Apple, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, and other tech companies don’t spend all their time deciding whether or not to boycott your state or lecture you on the “correct” voting laws. No, sometimes they have […]
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Tobacco Smokers: America's Most Persecuted Minority
by Murray N. Rothbard on May 12, 2021
If today they come for the smoker, tomorrow they will come for you. Neo-Prohibitionism has been long on the march. Original Article: "Tobacco Smokers: America's Most Persecuted Minority" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by […]
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A Woke CIA … or a Free, Peaceful, and Prosperous Society?
by Jacob G. Hornberger on May 12, 2021
There is a battle currently going on over whether the CIA should be woke or not. The battle was apparently incited by a recent segment of a social media series issued by the CIA entitled “Humans of CIA.” According to an article in […]
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Boom to Bust: How Inflation Turns into Deflation
by Frank Shostak on May 12, 2021
In order to understand the effects of inflation it is helpful to understand that inflation is not a general rise in prices as such, but an increase in the supply of money which then sets in motion a general increase in the prices of goods and […]
MESSAGE FROM THE CIRCUS:
A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society.
– Ludwig Von Mises