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No, covid was not the exception to the rule that liberty comes first. Just because the CDC insisted we give up our freedom for what turned out to be a false security did not justify the government’s heavy-handed approach, something that libertarians should have understood all along. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/covid-was-praxeological-test-too-many-libertarians-failed

The drive for military conscription has always depended upon the use of propaganda, since governments cannot make an honest and genuine case for the wars they start. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-war-propaganda-justifies-conscription-unjust-wars

We are told that Americans live under a state that claims “consent of the governed,” but when does the government seek our consent for anything? Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/government-consent-governed-later

Twenty-five years after 9/11, many seek to rehabilitate the War on Terror by appealing to the horror of 9/11, the right to respond, and the ideal of fighting terrorism. Many now demand that we judge an idealized “War on Terror” by its intentions rather than the war that actually occurred. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/911-and-idealized-war-terror

Both Brazil and the US had slavery in the 1800s, but the US economy flourished while Brazil’s languished. If slavery was the engine for US economic growth, as leftists claim, then why didn’t Brazil's economy match that of the US? Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/slavery-was-not-difference-how-legal-innovations-made-america-superpower-while-brazil-stagnated

The latest reminder of the Federal Reserve's record of failure, which now extends longer than five years, comes with the most recent inflation measure. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/price-inflation-has-been-above-two-percent-target-65-months-row

In the name of “saving” college sports, Congress steps well past its bounds to micromanage the NCAA. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/congress-tries-replace-anarcho-tyranny-college-sports-its-own-brand-tyranny

Lenin wrote that the capitalists would provide the rope by which they would hang themselves. That certainly seems to be the case with the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which received strong financial help from the center of crony capitalism itself: Wall Street. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/crony-capitalists-who-financed-bolshevik-revolution

Get ready to hear a lot about how we need government regulation to ensure that only state-approved, expensive, crony "capitalist" firms are allowed to develop AI.  Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ai-threat-replacing-covid-and-global-warming

By ignoring the entrepreneur, mainstream economists are also removing a vital part of economics theory. It is like designing a car and leaving out the engine. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/understanding-entrepreneurship-has-major-implications-economic-analysis

Ignorance is treated as a reason to trust the state rather than a reason to withhold judgment about its exercise of coercion. To assume that the state’s unknown information is correct and justifying is therefore to err on the side of violence. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/foreign-policy-gnosticism-appeal-black-box-our-leaders-know-more

What followed 9/11 was 25 years of systematic destruction of American liberties, and the final destruction of the Bill of Rights, all in the name of "safety" and "patriotism." Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/times-change-principles-dont

The drama continues in college sports—not on the field, but in the courtrooms—thanks to judges applying antitrust law that does not permit the NCAA to be able to enforce its own rules. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/college-sports-lsu-and-judge-shopping-anarcho-tyranny-continues

Those who become "elites" through the initiation of violence, and through the looting of others, have always been frauds and imposters.  Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/real-elites-vs-ruling-elites

Without established exchange-ratios between a currency and goods, a fiat-token cannot meaningfully serve as a unit of account because it has no referent. The only way a state could meaningfully ground such a fiat-token by political decree would be through comprehensive price controls. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmt-and-price-controls-never-happened

Public employee unions have used their built-in advantages to damage this country’s political economy and work hardships on taxpayers. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/capture-constitution-how-public-sector-unions-exploited-free-speech-suppress-black-upward-mobility

The term that best describes the CEO of the "private" company Flock is "parasite" or "plutocrat" or "welfare queen" because his "business model" is simply finding ways to exploit the taxpayers. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-flock-not-really-private-company

Can fighting a war ever be just? Murray Rothbard dealt with that question and, of course, had some definitive answers. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ethical-foundations-just-war-doctrine

Federal Reserve policy has been to expand credit out of nothing without regard for the real damage it does to the economy. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/credit-out-thin-air-brings-wealth-destruction

The future of Flock cameras: left the house during a pandemic lockdown? Expect a summons in the mail. Exceeding your "carbon footprint" by driving too much? Expect a ticket in the mail. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/high-cost-automated-flock-camera-surveillance-state

The Trump administration’s crackdown on students protesting against Israel has once again run into the law, this time in the form of a federal court ruling against the government. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-censorship-machine-loses-again-court

The Federal Reserve’s fixation with “stable prices” has led to an unstable economy for the past century.  Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fallacy-stable-prices

The movement toward liberty has roots in two eras, neither of which saw much liberty. One lineage comes from the Enlightenment while the other emanates from ancient philosophers. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/two-lineages-liberty

Not even your Roomba vacuum cleaner is safe from state control. Time for the state to give up all economic controls across the board. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/state-coming-your-roomba

There are two types of nationality. The first, as defined by Ludwig von Mises, involves people united by common languages and customs. The second is defined by the state. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/nationality-you-belong-state