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Has anyone besides Murray Rothbard made a compelling case for state-free anarchy? In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon extols Libertarian Anarchy by Gerard Casey, which he says provides excellent arguments for doing away with the state.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/excellent-casey-anarchism

In this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton revisits a prophetic 1970s address by Nobel laureate F.A. Hayek that laid the intellectual groundwork for Bitcoin. Delivered during the depths of stagflation, Hayek’s “International Money” lecture critiques central bank monopoly, exposes the failure of Keynesian inflationism, and calls for the denationalization of money. Mark unpacks how Hayek’s radical proposal for competing private currencies was decades ahead of its time, and why it matters more than ever in today’s age of government-managed inflation and crypto crackdowns.

Choice in Currency by F. A. Hayek (based on his address, "International Money"): https://mises.org/MI_127_A

The Denationalisation of Money by F. A. Hayek: https://mises.org/MI_127_B

"Hayek Predicting Bitcoin" (excerpted from the May 1, 1984, interview with James Blanchard at the University of Freiburg): https://mises.org/MI_127_C

"The Last Days of Satoshi: What Happened When Bitcoin’s Creator Disappeared" by Pete Rizzo (Bitcoin Magazine): https://mises.org/MI_127_D

"Bitcoin" (1440): https://mises.org/MI_127_E

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Modern historians depend heavily upon sweeping narratives and their take on the US War of Secession is no exception. Yet, the use of methodological individualism allows one to avoid sweeping judgments like claiming the Confederacy was founded upon belief in white supremacy.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/methodological-individualism-historical-analysis-0

Governments have so corrupted money that we forget that sound money, by providing both fungibility and privacy, has been a defense against overreaching governments. While sound money is in the interests of citizens, governments have managed to destroy it.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/privacy-and-fungibility-forgotten-virtues-sound-money

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Pope, he took the name of Pope Leo XIV. Leo XIII authored Rerum Novarum, which is the basis for Catholic social teaching and is friendlier to private property and free markets than anything the Vatican has produced since then.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/leo-xiv-and-rerum-novarum

The British complained of unfair competition from goods supplied by the American colonists. So the state intervened to manage trade and make it “fair.” But the American revolutionaries saw protectionism for the scam it was, and still is.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-was-free-trade-revolution

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/return-first-principles-end-wars-middle-east

When the American Revolution broke out, the American colonies were perhaps the least-taxed place on earth. How did this country move from that position to the colossus it has become today? Joshua Mawhorter provides some sobering July 4 reading to find the answer.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-independence-and-seeds-big-government

The Declaration of Independence is about radical opposition to state power. The Declaration takes a stand against political vices like unity, loyalty, and centralized power.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/spirit-declaration-independence-secession-division-disloyalty

Regardless of Oval Office revisionism, Americans should never forget that their nation was forged in resistance to political slavery and claims by distant masters to unlimited power.

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/1775-two-step-led-american-independence