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Bob sits down with macro researcher Luke Gromen of Forest for the Trees to discuss the cascading supply chain consequences of a closed Strait of Hormuz. They also touch on why gold is already supplanting the dollar as the world's premier reserve asset, and what the surge in U.S. gold exports over the past five months tells us about where the global monetary order is heading.

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Ludwig von Mises Mises argues in Nation, State, and Economy that nationalism is compatible with economic and political liberty if it is peaceful, based on self-determination as an individual right.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/peaceful-nationalism-foundation-economic-liberalism

Economics has its own four-letter words. Although they are not obscene, socialists and statists would find them so.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/four-letter-economic-words

On this Minor Issues episode, Mark Thornton shares his recent interview with "Pinnacle Digest" host Aaron Hodnett. Mark uses Austrian business cycle theory to explain how “cheap money” distorts investment and leaves a fragile financial system that eventually has to correct. They dig into timing and market signals, what might finally expose the long-running “papered-over” boom, and how the Federal Reserve and policymakers typically respond when the cycle turns.

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Joseph Solis-Mullen joins Ryan McMaken to talk about the real history of the libertarian movement, and its origins. 

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VRIC Media host Darrell Thomas interviews Henry Hazlitt Research Fellow Dr. Jonathan Newman on the US fiscal spiral, war spending, and why deficits keep growing under a Fed-backed debt regime. Jonathan walks through public choice incentives, the Fed’s role as a de facto financier of federal deficits, and why “Fed independence” functions mainly as political cover. He closes with an Austrian case for ending the Federal Reserve.

The original interview is online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OiIPVjXILU

Those who invoke Jesus for socialism face a tension: if the power to end suffering creates a moral obligation, then the Jesus who healed many but not all appears, by that standard, either unwilling or unable.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/jesus-and-christian-socialists-problem-evil

As the socialistic Canadian medical system runs aground, the government actively promotes physician-assisted suicide as a way to save the system and promoting “die with dignity” at the same time.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/assisted-suicide-logical-outcome-government-controlled-medical-care

On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Tho, and Connor discuss Fed drama, plummeting consumer sentiment, and how the American economy is becoming increasingly like a casino. 

Why The Crash Was Delayed by Robert Aro

The Trump administration continues its bellicose war against Iran, destroying opportunities for prosperity through meaningful commerce along the way.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/war-and-trade-restrictions-fallacious-paths-national-security-and-prosperity