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Michael Dioguardi

Michael Dioguardi is a residential property manager and independent blogger writing under the title Seeker of Liberty. Drawing on years of dedicated study of the U.S. Constitution, the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, landmark court decisions, and Austrian School economics, he analyzes contemporary challenges to individual liberty, institutional accountability, and economic stability.

His blog, Seeker of Liberty, explores a wide range of topics including critiques of federal agencies like the FBI, the institutional risks of unconstrained sovereign credit, and bold proposals for constitutional and criminal justice reform.

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Why Sovereign Debt Is Structurally Insulated from Market Discipline

03/28/2026 Mises Wire Michael Dioguardi

Government debt is junk investment, but the markets treat it as gold. That is because government greases the skids, keeping its paper from the market discipline that private investments experience.

The Senate and the Loss of “Mixed Government”

02/19/2026 Mises Wire Michael Dioguardi

Few Americans today realize that until the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913, US senators were appointed by their state legislatures, not by popular vote. This development had an unfortunate effect upon US politics, further damaging the original federalist governing arrangement.

Sovereign Credit, Affordability, and the Crisis Ratchet

01/12/2026 Power & Market Michael Dioguardi

What if the affordability crisis is not a failure of markets at all? What if it is the predictable outcome of how modern governments finance themselves?

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The Senate and the Loss of “Mixed Government”

02/19/2026 Michael Dioguardi

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