Donald Trump is a strong believer in protective tariffs, and this is very bad news for those of us who support the free market. In Trump’s opinion, tariffs are a great idea. Here is what he said about...

The US Just Escalated its Proxy War with Russia. Rothbard Explains Why that’s a Problem.

11/19/2024 Power & Market Ryan McMaken

This week, the people who run the Biden administration escalated tensions between Russia and the US by giving the Ukrainian regime authorization to use American-made (and presumably American-funded)...

A Free-Market Guide to Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

11/19/2024 Mises Wire Ryan McMaken

President-elect Donald Trump based much of his campaign on promises to crack down on immigration and carry out mass deportations. Politically, this was likely a winning issue for Trump after social...

Gresham’s Law: Bitcoin Will Save the World!

11/19/2024 Mises Wire Mark Thornton

What explains Bitcoin? Why does it exist and why is “nothing” worth $70,000 a piece? Moreover, there are millions of owners of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and yet few real transactions take...

Post-Election Prospects for Ending DEI

11/19/2024 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

In considering the outcome of the recent elections in the United States, the question arises as to whether we can now expect to see the end of diversity, equity, and inclusion schemes which were...

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Who Should Decide What Goes into a Can of Tomatoes? Food Laws from a Voluntaryist Perspective

11/05/2020 Journal of Libertarian Studies Carl Watner

ABSTRACT: This paper recounts the history of food inspection from a voluntaryist perspective. In England and the United States, the efforts to achieve food safety have relied upon two main methods...

Do We Consent to Government by Refusing to Emigrate?

06/08/2019 Mises Wire Carl Watner

[From “’ Oh,Ye Are For Anarchy!’: Consent Theory in the Radical Libertarian Tradition” in the Journal of Libertarian Studies, Winter, 1986.] William Molyneux was an Irish friend and correspondent of...

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