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While Tax Freedom Day is mid-April, Rothbard’s measure of the government's fiscal burden reveals that Americans don’t truly start working for themselves until June 5, over seven weeks later. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/tax-freedom-day-underestimates-how-long-you-work-government

It took centuries to end the idea that taxes kept the privileged class in comfort and financed their wars. But now we're told taxes = civilization. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/taxation-robbery

There is no shortfall of liquidity in financial markets. In fact, there is so much that inflation has become a way of life for market participants. This is not a good thing. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/artificial-liquidity-brings-inflation-shocks

In this time of war and uncertainty, we should expect to see the prices of precious metals rise and fall and the only certainty will be uncertainty. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/precious-metals-work

All too often, judges allow sentiment to override the Constitution. While they might refer to a “living Constitution,” what they really mean is that they don’t permit the law to get in the way of their worldviews. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/danger-allowing-good-intentions-override-constitution

Mises described the problem, Hayek proposed the direction, Kirzner explains why the market will not stop. And the market, as so many times before, has already found the first step. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ex-nihilo-no-more

John Williamson, who passed away five years ago, is known for creating what was called the “Washington Consensus,” which was an attempt to bring a liberal economic order to poor countries looking to transition from socialism to capitalism. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/memory-creator-washington-consensus

As the Marxians do not admit that differences of opinion can be settled by discussion and persuasion or decided by majority vote, no solution is open but civil war. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/marxism-vs-majority

Late last year, German lawmakers passed new legislation paving the way for military conscription. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/germany-restricts-emigration-prevent-young-men-escaping-military-draft

People readily line up on one side or another of great economic debates. How do they choose which side to take? Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/why-i-side-ludwig-von-mises

President Trump’s current war with Iran not only is creating economic havoc around the world, but it is also bleeding US taxpayers. There are no good outcomes here. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/state-wars-bleed-nation-death

In studying history, it is key to avoid definitional anachronism—failing to note how a word has changed over time and assuming the present meaning was the same in the past. This is often the case with the word currency as used in colonial America. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/note-currency-colonial-america

The New York Times claims that the "administrative state"—that is, governance by unelected bureaucrats—protects our country and enhances democracy. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/turns-out-elites-administrative-state-better-democracy

Over the centuries, many academic institutions and publications have played their role in the good work of defending freedom. The Mises Institute does this today.  Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-mises-institute-and-battle-ideas

The US finds itself once again in an undeclared overseas war. Republicans in Congress, however, are unwilling to hold Trump to the Constitution. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/donald-trump-another-bismarck

The old saw that when one has a hammer, everything else is a nail certainly applies to a new book by Oliver Bullough on so-called money laundering. Joakim Book sets the readers straight. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/money-laundering-and-oliver-bulloughs-new-pearl-clutching-book

Before J. M. Keynes and Stephanie Kelton, there was John Law. The promise of free money never seems to die. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/irresistible-promise-john-law

What happens when a corporation resists a government edict because company leaders believe the policy to be morally wrong? The ordeal of Anthropic is a current case in point. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-corporations-resist-state-ethics-ai-and-limits-government-power

One of the legacies of Keynesian thought is the belief that war is “good for the economy.” While war may help enable employment, nonetheless, its overall legacy is destructive, and even the jobs war “creates” are economically undesirable. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-wont-die-war-good-economy

However one may turn the matter, one cannot discover any reason why an ideological distortion of truth should be more useful to the bourgeoisie than a correct theory. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/ideological-impregnation-thought

Despite the claims of the chartalists and modern monetary theory advocates, early American monetary history tells a much different story. In fact, much of the historical evidence illustrates Menger’s theory. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/barter-media-exchange-and-colonial-america

Government corruption isn’t an anomaly. It is part of the system itself. We should expect government to be corrupt. Free markets are the antidote to this corruption. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/corruption-system

The existence of the arsenal makes the State of Israel ineligible for US aid under US law. This is a problem for US supporters of military and economic aid to the State of Israel.  Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-us-regime-pretends-israels-nuclear-weapons-dont-exist

The real founders of economic science actually wrote hundreds of years before Adam Smith.  Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/true-founders-economics-school-salamanca

By opposing justice and throwing aside the facts of hard science, the Duke faculty and administration damaged all of higher education during the infamous lacrosse hoax. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/duke-faculty-and-administration-damaged-intellectual-foundations-higher-education