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Twenty-five years ago, in the immediate wake of 9/11, Ron Paul did not propose doing nothing. Instead, he proposed targeting Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda rather than launching a global War on Terror. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ron-pauls-2001-alternative-what-could-have-been

The federal government has poured billions of dollars into the mental health industry, and the result seems to be even more diagnosed mental illnesses with no relief in sight. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/legitimate-care-or-tax-fed-racket-mental-health-care-adolescent-girls

Cuba’s economy is collapsing in large part because the US government is engaged in illegal and immoral economic warfare against it. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-governments-shameful-economic-warfare-against-cuba

As government grows and people on most sides of the political debates demand government punish their political enemies, we are seeing an increase in political violence. Government cannot prevent this violence; government is the violence. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-leads-violent-populism

From a Misesian and Rothbardian perspective, can the absence of a unified and centralized state, under certain conditions, create greater space for political pluralism, institutional competition, and constraints on state power? Kurdistan might provide some answers. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/kurdistans-liberty-consequence-its-pre-state-condition

Instead of trying to seek peaceful relationships between southern whites and former slaves during the Reconstruction period, the Reconstruction governments armed the former slaves and helped to set off violence and strife. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-party-politics-fueled-militarization-race-relations

The free market isn’t an entity that exists in a vacuum, but a social condition that exists under a specific cultural strand that respects individuality and proportionality in regards to competition—willingness to accept loss when outcompeted.  Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/polish-golden-liberty-and-myth-multicultural-equality

Nobel Prize winner Daron Acemoglu writes that western colonialism of African countries has permanently fixed their institutional direction. This ignores what we know about the history of these nations. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/do-institutions-matter-taking-another-look-claims-daron-acemoglu

Keynesians claim that government debt is no problem because “we owe it to ourselves,” as though owners of US debt don’t care if they are repaid or not. Taxpayers, who actually will pay the debt, are left out of the equation. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/you-are-collateral-forty-three-cents-dollar

The temptation to think of China as an economic juggernaut needs a reality check. While China’s government-dominated economy has many impressive building projects, there are underlying malinvestments that the government continues to subsidize, leading to future problems. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/chinas-economic-miracle-has-run-out-road

Robert Hall and Michael Woodford certainly deserve the Nobel memorial prize. Their work has had a substantial impact, yet significance is not soundness. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/tragic-path-new-keynesianism

A conservatism that does not recognize the efficacy of natural law is no conservatism at all. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/natural-law-principles-conservative-tradition

Despite the real damage the Trump administration is doing to the economy, its cheerleaders in the Cabinet continue to insist all is well. This is beyond wishful thinking. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/whistling-past-graveyard

There is a simple way for housing markets to adjust to the new realities of higher interest rates. Prices need to come down. That's how markets are supposed to work.  Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/home-sales-high-interest-rates-are-not-problem-high-prices-are

Many socialists define socialism by their ideal goals rather than the process—the expansion of the taking mechanism of the coercive state. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/socialism-me-definition-wishful-thinking

Contrary to propaganda from unions and the maritime industry, the Jones Act creates hardships and is helping to drag down the US economy. The only proper outcome is to repeal it immediately. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/repeal-jones-act

Lew Rockwell revisits Justin Raimondo's great biography of Murray Rothbard.  Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/still-states-greatest-enemy

For more than a century, the Supreme Court has tried to interpret equality before the law in different and conflicting ways. While the law can divide people, it cannot be the source of bringing them together. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/equality-law-does-not-mean-equality-subjective-feelings

“Libertarian Realism” in foreign policy is based upon the interests of those who actually make policy decisions, as opposed to discussing abstract ideals of a false “national interest.” Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/libertarian-realism-foreign-policy

Government agents claim they are protecting us from enemies, foreign and domestic. If that is the case, then the best thing these agents can do would be to liquidate the government itself. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/government-should-liquidate-itself

There is no "trust fund" or contract. Social security is nothing more than a scheme to take money from current wage earners and hand it over to others. It is functionally a welfare program.  Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/social-security-just-transfer-payment-workers-retirees

Socialism's failures are well-known, but true believers abound that insist that this time we can make it work. The question is why anyone still believes in it at all. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-does-anyone-still-take-socialism-seriously

If we’ve been at war with Iran for 47 years, Ronald Reagan was a coward and a traitor. To be consistent, mainstream national conservatives using such language about Iran ought to condemn one of their heroes; otherwise, they don’t believe their own rhetoric. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/conservatives-was-ronald-reagan-coward-and-traitor

Norway’s new monarch may prove to be an effective leader, but we are reminded that his hereditary privilege is being financially supported by involuntary taxes. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/modern-monarchy-state-privilege-not-private-property

While he was living, Murray Rothbard saw issues of war and peace as being fundamental to a free society. Nothing has changed since he made that declaration. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/continuing-relevance-rothbards-foreign-policy