Joshua Mawhorter

Joshua Mawhorter is assistant editor of Mises.org. He was a summer fellow at the Mises Institute (2023) and a government/economics and US history teacher since 2016. Josh has a bachelor’s degree in political science from California State University, Bakersfield, a master’s in political science from Southern New Hampshire University, and a master’s in Austrian economics from the Mises Graduate School (2023). He has self-published a few books, including The First Constitution: The Articles of Confederation, Tyrannosaurus Debt: The Student Loan Crisis and How to Survive, and “An Austrian Critique of Modern Monetary Theory”, his thesis. He also enjoys teaching in the areas of theology, the Old Testament, church history, apologetics, and philosophy.

Articles

The 1990s: A Pivotal Foreign Policy Decade

09/19/2025 Mises Wire Joshua Mawhorter

While the American people may have been ignorant of the foreign policy history of the 1990s to their detriment, and politicians—whether sincere or not—expressed bewilderment, many understood the direct link between foreign policy interventionism and terrorist attacks.

September 12, 2001: Looking Back Ten Years

09/12/2025 Mises Wire Joshua Mawhorter

From September 12, 2001—armed with a simple knowledge of the publicly-available foreign policy history of the 1990s—9/11 was a tragedy, and a terrible crime that demands justice, but it should not have been a surprise.

A Note on Taqiyya: Was Bin Laden Telling the Truth about His Objectives?

09/10/2025 Power & Market Joshua Mawhorter

What indicates that bin Laden was telling the truth about his motives and strategies in facilitating suicide terrorism? What about his Muslim constituency?

Media

9/11, Charlie Kirk, and Political Violence Everywhere

09/11/2025 Connor O'Keeffe Joshua Mawhorter Ryan McMaken

From interstate wars to local stabbings, violence is the ultimate expression of political action.

Intel, MAHA, and Trump’s Similarities with Richard Nixon

08/29/2025 Connor O'Keeffe Tho Bishop Joshua Mawhorter

Assistant editor Joshua Mawhorter joins Tho Bishop and Connor O’Keeffe on the Power and Market Podcast. The three discuss Trump’s acquisition of a stake in Intel, consider how monetary policy contributes to a lot of the national health problems MAHA is focused on, and react to Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech.

You Can’t Yell “Chicken Jockey” in a Crowded Theater (Except When You Can)

08/15/2025 Joshua Mawhorter

The hackneyed argument for government regulation of speech -- yelling "FIRE" in a crowded theater -- has always been a red herring. As Murray Rothbard wrote, private property rights should be front-and-center when dealing with free speech issues.