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Historian Charles Beard championed continentalism—keeping America out of foreign wars. David Gordon explores Beard’s forgotten warnings and their lasting lessons on liberty and foreign policy.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on May 16, 2025.

Why did the South lose the Civil War? Mark Thornton argues Vicksburg—not Gettysburg—was key, revealing how Confederate economic failures sealed their fate.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on May 16, 2025.

How did the state grow from Machiavelli to World War I? Hunt Tooley reveals how artillery, arms dealers, and bankers turned war into profitable, prolonged carnage.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on May 16, 2025.

Endless wars abroad destroy liberty at home. Scott Horton explains how US foreign policy disasters—from NATO expansion to Ukraine—threaten peace, prosperity, and freedom.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on May 16, 2025.

Revisionist history isn't denial—it's the pursuit of truth. Tom DiLorenzo exposes the dangerous "Treasury of Virtue" that justifies endless wars and imperialism.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on May 16, 2025.

Ilana Mercer addresses Israel’s "Hasbara" myths, exposing harsh truths behind Gaza’s suffering—and the moral complicity of America in enabling atrocities.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on May 16, 2025.

Political Scientist Joseph Solis-Mullen joins Ryan McMaken to review Ralph Raico's newly published lectures on politics in the West. We recommend this book for all who want a pro-freedom history of political thought.

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While Trump has not yet turned to price controls to address America‘s absurdly high drug prices, Monday‘s executive order suggests that he soon may. Price controls would only worsen the problem with the drug market. Here are three things he can do instead.

Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-trump-can-lower-drug-prices-without-price-controls

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A free market economy does not generate jobs or money. Instead, it creates wealth through exchange and production. Government intervention, contrary to what mainstream economists believe, does not enhance wealth, but instead destroys it.

Original article: Wealth Generation and the Market Economy

The recent BEA "Advance Estimate" for 1q GDP growth showed a lackluster drop of 0.3 percent, but it included unusually large swings in private inventories and imports, as well as a drop in federal expenditures. Some MAGA fans have argued that once you account for these misleading figures, the report signifies a healthy economy. Murphy mostly disagrees, and shows why the report--taken at face value--does indeed signify poor economic performance. 

• Peter St. Onge, "GDP Goes Negative. And it's Glorious.": Mises.org/HAP499a
• The GDP Report: Mises.org/HAP499b
• Human Action Podcast on Unpacking Trumps Tariff Strategy: Mises.org/HAP499c
• Bob's Mises Daily Article, "Inventories Don't Kill Growth — People Kill Growth": Mises.org/HAP499d
• Bob's Article, "Sorry MAGA, the GDP Report Is Not Rosy": Mises.org/HAP499e

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