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Murray Rothbard realized the present system of punishment for committing crimes is both inadequate and unjust. We need to move to a system of restitution. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/i-spent-28-years-arresting-criminals-rothbard-was-right-all-along

No matter how legitimate the reasons might seem for going to war, the results are always horrific, and wars rarely, if ever, accomplish their stated purposes. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dupes-war

After defeating the British in the American Revolution, Americans had the opportunity to set the country on a long path of freedom. They chose to empower government, instead. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/paradise-lost-government-gained

In attempts to rectify what are seen as historical wrongs against certain groups of people, western governments have embarked on programs to engage in wrongs against other groups of people. The universal principles of liberalism are supplanted by policies sure to make matters worse. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/universal-principles-liberalism-and-politics-race

The democratization of urban planning, the politicization of the environmental movement, and the no-growth movement came together to erect enormous barriers to housing construction in California. Original article: https://mises.org/misesian/how-democratic-socialism-created-californias-housing-crisis

The up and down experience with free markets in Eastern Europe following the fall of the Iron Curtain shows that free markets, while undermining the state, do not operate apart from state interference. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/domestic-agorism-eastern-europes-example-libertarianism-without-academic-guidance

For many years, some economists and politicians have painted income equality as a major threat to our economy and well-being. As usual, they understand neither inequality nor economics. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-much-inequality-there-depends-how-its-measured

The anti-slavery disunionists and the abolitionists were some of the most critical of slavery and the most serious about ending it. For them, decentralization and secession were potential solutions not problems in ending slavery. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/anti-slavery-advocates-disunion

Norway sits on large oil deposits, yet has managed to avoid the “resource curse” that has bedeviled so many nations that have abundant natural resources, but severely mismanage their economies. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-norway-built-worlds-largest-fund-and-thriving-economy-boot

While the democratic socialists are claiming to just want a society like they have in Denmark, their real aims are the seizure of all or most private property and especially private capital. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/yes-democratic-socialists-want-soviet-style-control-capital

Contemporary culture, with its fixation on careers, tends to downgrade the career of motherhood. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/you-know-how-happens-right

Most Americans, unfortunately, believe that we are still living in the constitutional republic created in 1787. That was five republics ago. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/spoiled-sons-liberty-surveillance-leviathan-americas-six-republics-and-myth-eternal-union

While many immigrants bring entrepreneurial skills, they often settle in US cities governed by leftists who are hostile to private enterprise. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/sanctuary-cities-leave-your-ambition-and-entrepreneurial-skills-border

The US government continues to drag down the economy with its reckless wars and massive debt accumulation. On the other side of the globe, China is pursuing a different path. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/quiet-rise-chinese-innovation

Why did so many American colonials take arms against the ruling British, even when the odds were stacked against them? Dr. Wanjiru Njoya looks into the competing ideological claims that go with analyzing the American Revolution. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ideology-behind-american-revolution

The growing power of the centralized state loomed as the central problem for liberalism in the early nineteenth century, and the works of these three writers are a response to it. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/constant-tocqueville-and-acton-enlightenment-liberalism-and-religion

While people claim they want the "virtuous" state with citizens to match, what we really get is realpolitik, whether we want it or not. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/evolution-politics-civic-virtue-realpolitik

While 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

Murray 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

To 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

World 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

The 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

America’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

If 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

Great 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