Navigating the Judicial System can be a difficult endeavor for those unfamiliar with, untrained in, and inexperienced with legalistic language, court procedures, or even the resources for attorneys who are. This mixed with the often broad nature of the law makes the United States a highly litigious society with legal fees and spending on legal
The most recent protests in Cuba against the current regime have once again brought us to a multi-sided debate on “what should be done” about Cuba. The Left claims that we should actually be emulating Cuba, praising it as a paradise with higher literacy rates and higher, life expectancy than Americans as if either is the end of all measuring
Supporters of the state often point to the idea that the “state is the oldest institution in human history” as a defense of the state’s existence. This is an insanely false claim debunked expertly by the Institute’s own Ryan McMaken at this year’s Mises University. The actual oldest institution in human history is the family unit. Even
Peyton Gouzien: Welcome to Repeal the 20th Century . I have a very special guest, Jeff Deist. For those who do not know, Jeff Deist is the president of the Mises Institute and hosts the Institute’s Human Action Podcast . I wanted to have you on, Mr. Deist, because I’ve seen you talk about how illiberal the twentieth century was, and as you know,
After the leaking of a draft opinion from the Supreme Court on “Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,” it seems clear that the precedent set in Roe v. Wade and upheld by Planned Parenthood v. Casey is being overturned. In the document, confirmed by Chief Justice Roberts , Justice Alito plainly says that the majority opinion is “that Roe
The Left is often assumed to be a major force against war and intervention to the point that many on the Right and Libertarians try to appeal to the left based on the agreement on the issue. This assumption ignores how the left’s opposition to war has mostly been when politically beneficial. While leftists can point to a few left-wing idealogues
COVID-19 is not really a “national” issue. It has affected different areas in very different ways. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Original Article: “ New York: The Corona Crisis Shows the Benefits of Localism Yet Again
As of the week of April 1, there have been 11,591 fatalities due to COVID-19 reported in Italy. This is as the number of cases in the country has skyrocketed to 101,739. Of those affected, 29,761 have been hospitalized, 3,732 of whom are in an ICU. These numbers are only expected to climb, as experts fear a rapid rise in cases in southern Italy.
One unintended effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been to highlight the state’s ineptitude in dealing with pandemics. Specifically, it shows the dramatic consequences that one-size-fits-all measures have for areas whose specific needs are not properly addressed by the approach or where the problems being addressed are not present. Federal
The main reason that the socialists have had the staying power that has, luckily, eluded the Nazis is the argument that these self-acclaimed socialist regimes were “not real socialism.” One influential intellectual responsible for popularizing this argument is philosopher Noam Chomsky , who postulates that socialist regimes, the USSR specifically,
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