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Audio recordings of Mises Wire articles, offering contemporary news and opinion through the lens of Austrian economics and libertarian political economy.
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Group interests and the ‘good of the whole’
Progressives promote civil rights viewpoints as being “good for the whole” of society. Yet most of the modern civil rights movements and accompanying legislation simply promote the "good" of one group at the expense of others.
Original Article: Group interests and the ‘good of the whole’
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Woodrow Wilson and Freedom
For all of his freedom-loving rhetoric, it is clear that Woodrow Wilson was one of the most antifreedom presidents in U.S. history.
Original Article: Woodrow Wilson and Freedom
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Biden’s student loan gift SAVE is simply a wealth transfer
The Biden administration is determined to do an end run around the courts and ram through yet another student loan forgiveness plan. It is not real “loan forgiveness” but just a massive wealth transfer from lower-income to higher-income groups.
Original Article: Biden’s Student Loan Gift SAVE Is Simply a Wealth Transfer
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Praxeology and Animals
Utopians are not satisfied with imposing DEI on humans. They also want the state to treat animals as “oppressed” minorities with positive rights.
Original Article: Praxeology and Animals
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Anarchy in the UK
With political turmoil creating anxiety in Great Britain, The Economist chose to describe the political situation as “anarchy.” In reality, this is political chaos, not anarchy, since anarchy is based upon social cooperation and peaceful resolution of conflicts.
Original Article: Anarchy in the UK
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Though popular, nationalizations ruin economies
When governments seize private firms in the name of nationalization, the moves are usually politically popular. However, it doesn't take long for the nationalized firms to turn into a financial black hole.
Original Article: Though popular, nationalizations ruin economies
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So informative and every entry surprises you with something new.
Crushes progressivism with every shot…
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This is the mindset that changes economies into more flourishing and financially sound, stable environments.
Writings are professional, but have someone like Michael Stack
For all the professional writings, I prefer Stack as the narrator to Quinteros, the latter of whose narration appears to struggle with the inflection in sentences and pronunciation. In particular, he should learn how to pronounce words that contain “wh,” which is supposed to be enunciated as /hw/ instead of a simple /w/. “Whine,” for example, is not a homophone of “wine.”