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If President Trump really wanted to help Israel he would inform Netanyahu this week that not another US dollar would be sent to prop up his government. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/what-trump-should-tell-netanyahu

As the latest housing bubble pops, home sellers are asking for unreal prices for their homes, while buyers are waiting for the prices to fall. Bill Pulte, Trump's Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is demanding the Fed force down interest rates to restart the unsustainable boom. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/bid-ask-spread-housing-and-pultes-law

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/iran-everything-you-need-know-were-too-afraid-israel-lobby-ask

While we often speak of measurements of inflation (such as "inflation went up by three percent"), in reality, one cannot accurately measure it, given official measurements consist of arbitrary weighted averages. It is better to see inflation as qualitative, not quantitative. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fallacy-measuring-inflation

As the Texas floodwaters receded, politicians like Chuck Schumer twisted facts about the tragedy to score a political win. Examining what went wrong to prevent such tragedies from happening again is the right thing to do. But that involves looking at the actual facts. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/texas-floods-another-disaster-another-false-narrative

Now is the time to admit that easy-money policy and corporate bailouts—imposed in the name of increasing homeownership—has only made housing more unaffordable. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/homeownership-rate-lower-now-it-was-45-years-ago

President Trump cracked down on the latest version of the LA riots by calling in the National Guard. However, much of the violence that accompanied those riots came courtesy of government actors. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/riots-are-symptom-statist-disease

Don‘t kid ourselves. The federal government is hurtling toward disaster with its destructive activities underwritten by the Federal Reserve System. It‘s best that we know how to protect ourselves from the consequences. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/political-machine-rolls-regardless

Twentieth and twenty-first century monetary history shows us how our government, step-by-step, removed the monetary gold standard and introduced their fiat paper currency dollar to fund their increasing political power. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/what-if-we-were-gold-standard

A central belief of collectivists is that people think collectively, too. Whether one is a member of a class, religious group, or ethnic group, collectivism holds that each group has distinct interests that determine how individuals in the group think. Mises would have disagreed. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/mythology-methodological-collectivism

Although President Trump has claimed that tariffs will ultimately raise our standard of living, they really are taxes on consumers. Furthermore, tariffs also deny consumers the choices they want to make. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/tariffs-destroy-consumer-choice

Monetarists have long believed that the Fed should pursue policies of low inflation in order to counter the effects of lower prices through enhanced productivity. Thus, they reason, overall prices will remain stable. Such policies actually promote economic instability. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/futility-price-stability-policies

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/israels-nuclear-arsenal-controversial-reality

Mixed martial arts is a brutal, imperfect, occasionally ugly sport. But it’s also one of the most honest epistemic systems we have when dealing with self-defense, and each individual has the right to defend himself against aggressors. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rights-fights-and-economy-self-defense-why-mma-facilitates-right-self-defense

Has anyone besides Murray Rothbard made a compelling case for state-free anarchy? In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon extols Libertarian Anarchy by Gerard Casey, which he says provides excellent arguments for doing away with the state. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/excellent-casey-anarchism

Modern historians depend heavily upon sweeping narratives and their take on the US War of Secession is no exception. Yet, the use of methodological individualism allows one to avoid sweeping judgments like claiming the Confederacy was founded upon belief in white supremacy. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/methodological-individualism-historical-analysis-0

Governments have so corrupted money that we forget that sound money, by providing both fungibility and privacy, has been a defense against overreaching governments. While sound money is in the interests of citizens, governments have managed to destroy it. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/privacy-and-fungibility-forgotten-virtues-sound-money

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Pope, he took the name of Pope Leo XIV. Leo XIII authored Rerum Novarum, which is the basis for Catholic social teaching and is friendlier to private property and free markets than anything the Vatican has produced since then. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/leo-xiv-and-rerum-novarum

The British complained of unfair competition from goods supplied by the American colonists. So the state intervened to manage trade and make it “fair.” But the American revolutionaries saw protectionism for the scam it was, and still is. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-was-free-trade-revolution

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/return-first-principles-end-wars-middle-east

When the American Revolution broke out, the American colonies were perhaps the least-taxed place on earth. How did this country move from that position to the colossus it has become today? Joshua Mawhorter provides some sobering July 4 reading to find the answer. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-independence-and-seeds-big-government

The Declaration of Independence is about radical opposition to state power. The Declaration takes a stand against political vices like unity, loyalty, and centralized power. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/spirit-declaration-independence-secession-division-disloyalty

Regardless of Oval Office revisionism, Americans should never forget that their nation was forged in resistance to political slavery and claims by distant masters to unlimited power. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/1775-two-step-led-american-independence

June's job growth was hailed in the media as proof of a strong economy. Except there's a problem: fully half of these new jobs were government jobs.  Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/half-junes-job-growth-was-government-manufacturing-jobs-fall

The American Revolution wasn’t a polite disagreement with Britain. It was a people-powered upheaval that shattered empires, inspired global revolutions, and rewrote the rules of liberty. Original article: https://mises.org/articles-interest/was-american-revolution-radical