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The New York Times claims that the “administrative state”—that is, governance by unelected bureaucrats—protects our country and enhances democracy.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/turns-out-elites-administrative-state-better-democracy

The US finds itself once again in an undeclared overseas war. Republicans in Congress, however, are unwilling to hold Trump to the Constitution.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/donald-trump-another-bismarck

This war is not just making energy more expensive, it’s knocking out the higher order goods the global structure of production depends on. This has already locked in dangerous shortages in critical industries like healthcare, food production, and much more.

Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-destruction-trumps-war-goes-far-beyond-high-gas-prices

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The old saw that when one has a hammer, everything else is a nail certainly applies to a new book by Oliver Bullough on so-called money laundering. Joakim Book sets the readers straight.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/money-laundering-and-oliver-bulloughs-new-pearl-clutching-book

John Denson argues wars are sold with patriotic myths—then used to centralize power—and that honest history is the antidote to the “imperial presidency” and permanent war.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, in June 2001.

Over the centuries, many academic institutions and publications have played their role in the good work of defending freedom. The Mises Institute does this today.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-mises-institute-and-battle-ideas

Before J. M. Keynes and Stephanie Kelton, there was John Law. The promise of free money never seems to die.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/irresistible-promise-john-law

What happens when a corporation resists a government edict because company leaders believe the policy to be morally wrong? The ordeal of Anthropic is a current case in point.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-corporations-resist-state-ethics-ai-and-limits-government-power

In this lecture from the 2026 Libertarian Scholars Conference, Ryan McMaken looks at how the old classical liberal program of democracy and constitutions has failed, and why we need a more realist view of the state and its many crimes.

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On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton shares his interview with Charlotte McLeod of Investing News Network, unpacking the sharp swings in gold and silver since late 2025. Mark connects the selloffs to a tightening business cycle and a growing liquidity crunch, and explains how Middle East conflict and changing energy settlement patterns threaten the petrodollar narrative.

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