Mises Institute

Dec 11 2024 500 ep. 17 mins 6.3k
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The Mises Institute, founded in 1982, is an educational institution devoted to advancing Austrian economics, freedom, and peace in the classical-liberal tradition. Our website offers many thousands of free books and thousands of hours of audio and video, along with the full run of rare journals, biographies, and bibliographies of great economists.

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Progressivism and the Murder of a Health Insurance CEO

Dec 11 2024 8 mins  
Progressives are openly cheering the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. However, it was progressive legislation that created this healthcare crisis in the first place. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/progressivism-and-murder-health-insurance-ceo Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Sound Money Movement Chalks Up Seven State Legislative Victories in 2024

Dec 08 2024 9 mins  
Not all news from the gold and monetary fronts is bad. In fact, gold made a number of advancements in seven states, including exemptions from taxes and attempts by states to restrict Federal Reserve behavior. Gold is alive and well. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Entrepreneurial Profit Follows Good Decisions, Not Exploitation | Michael Njoku

Dec 08 2024 7 mins  
Employing the Labor Theory of Value, Marx claimed that entrepreneurial profits arise from exploitation of workers. In reality, entrepreneurs earn profits when they correctly gauge markets. Exploitation has nothing to do with it. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

How the Government Created Exorbitant Insulin Prices | Isaac Deak

Dec 08 2024 6 mins  
Progressives blame the free market for insulin prices and want to impose price controls. But, government regulation is to blame. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

The Limits to Public Opinion and the Failure of Democracy | Finn Andreen

Dec 08 2024 7 mins  
The watchword among progressives this election season is: “Nothing less than our democracy is at stake.” In truth, democracy itself is not in danger, but one can accurately say that “democracy,” as practiced in the US, endangers our lives. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Contrived Scarcity and Antitrust Lawsuits—“It’s Not a Bag, It’s a Birkin”

Dec 08 2024 7 mins  
Birkin bags are pricey and the producer restricts its potential buyers. Unfortunately, disgruntled customers who don’t want to follow the company’s rules are now appealing to US antitrust law. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Discrimination and Opportunities for Women | Lipton Matthews

Dec 08 2024 4 mins  
Wage differences between men and women often are automatically attributed to sex discrimination against women. However, as research has shown time and again, other factors are at work. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

What Is Consent? | David Gordon

Dec 08 2024 6 mins  
Buchanan and Tullock‘s The Calculus of Consent influentially applies economic ideas to politics, focusing on methodological individual. However, there are a few pitfalls about which readers should be aware. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Historical Revisionism: What It Is and What It Is Not | Wanjiru Njoya

Dec 08 2024 9 mins  
Historical revisionism is nothing new, and recent attempts to label an “antiracist” approach to history have wrongly been called “revisionist.” To better understand revisionism, one must first be grounded in reality, then apply reality-based thought to studying the past. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Fiscal Folly

Dec 07 2024 8 mins  
Mark Thornton discusses why increased government spending not only explains ongoing wayward increases in the GDP, employment, and stock price numbers, but also why so many people decided to vote against the incumbent in favor of the challenger, Donald Trump. The key variable is that government spending in GDP statistics does not reflect true economic value the way your personal spe