Hedge fund titan Ray Dalio is just the latest billionaire to call for government to save us from guys like him. It’s not pretty. Dalio’s recent article titled “ Why and How Capitalism Needs to be Reformed “ is a mess, though to be clear it’s a thoroughly well-intentioned and heartfelt mess. It’s a mix of self-effacement (I’m just a lucky guy
I recently saw the documentary They Shall Not Grow Old , an account by English soldiers of their experiences in the Great War of 1914-1918. Culled from hundreds of hours of colorized actual wartime footage, it’s a beautiful and heart wrenching film. It’s also a superb antiwar film, simply through its graphic and accurate depiction of mass death
Daniel McCarthy, editor of Modern Age and editor at large for The American Conservative, recently published an essay on the Spectator USA site titled “ Why Libertarians are Wrong .” It merits a response because Mr. McCarthy is friendly and sympathetic toward libertarianism, and despite the infirmities of his article ought to be seen as
Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. Presidential aspirant Kamala Harris promises to compel private companies with more than 100 employees to disclose what they pay employees to the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission. Companies that don’t pay women “enough” will pay fines until they demonstrate an acceptable level of gender
Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. Readers of a certain generation will remember the seminal 1980s rock band X , featured in Penelope Spheeris’s great documentary The Decline of Western Civilization. Punk and alternative bands in the Tipper Gore era struggled to get record deals, radio airplay, or even hire venues for gigs
Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. 100 years ago, Ludwig von Mises literally wrote the book on socialism. But 25 years later, in 1946, Henry Hazlitt wrote the primer. Economics in One Lesson remains a classic. It may be the most important book about economics ever written for laymen. It’s a perennial best seller in our
Can the increasing politicization of life in America be stopped, or even slowed? To be sure, average Americans do not want this. Most people prefer not to lead overly political lives, beyond perhaps voting once in a while and grumbling about taxes or potholes. Most people prefer to focus on work, family, hobbies, sports, or a million other
2020 is right around the corner, and it promises to be a brutal year of politics and crazed economic proposals. The candidates will promise the stars and the moon, all with your money. Several now openly label themselves socialists. They won’t talk about the Fed, or endless wars, or debt and entitlements. But they will suggest more taxes on your
Pipeline Observer Magazine recently interviewed Jeff Deist on the subject of tribal land and sovereignty in North America. Interview by Clayton Reeder, originally published in May 2019. Pipeline Observer: The Ludwig von Mises institute in Alabama is the world’s most popular free market think tank, promoting the “Austrian School” of economics.
The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics by Michael Malice All Points Books/St. Martin’s Press 2019 307 pages This review appears in forthcoming September/October issue of The Austrian Conservatism, Michael Malice famously remarks, is progressivism driving the speed limit. Malice’s latest book, aptly titled The New Right: A
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