5 MAY. 2024 · A common knock on libertarianism is that it is so individualistic that it rejects the concept of community. (Think of the political cartoon in which the libertarian lifeguard let people drown.) In truth, strong communities also need free individuals.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/does-libertarianism-reject-communities-libertarianism-actually-strengthens-them  

5 MAY. 2024 · People often stubbornly hold to false beliefs, one of them being that government regulation of driving prevents chaos. However, the opposite seems to be true: government involvement in anything, including driving a car, creates the chaos we claim we want to avoid.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/privatize-drivers-licenses  

5 MAY. 2024 · Economists use time preference to explain the existence of interest, but the ability of people to postpone some present consumption in order to save for the future has much broader social ramifications. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/low-time-preference-leads-civilization  

5 MAY. 2024 · Individual rights originated in Western thinking. Today, it is the West that produces the ruling class that disdains individual rights and replaces them with collectivism.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-west-giving-individual-rights  

5 MAY. 2024 · Unsurprisingly, Javier Milei’s free-market and antistate initiatives face opposition in Argentina. Whether he is successful depends on his being able to politically outlast his collectivist opposition.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/javier-milei-vs-status-quo  

5 MAY. 2024 · While conservatives and followers of Austrian economics often have much in common, many conservatives are against free trade and free exchange. Austrians need to carefully explain why those beliefs are harmful.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/conservatives-are-wrong-economics-heres-how-fix-problem  

5 MAY. 2024 · The New York Times recently characterized House Republicans that voted to extend government domestic spying and continue to fund wars in the Middle East and Ukraine as “the adults in the room.” This is ironic, as real adults would not spend the country into oblivion. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/cowardice-not-courage-led-house-republicans-side-democrats  

5 MAY. 2024 · The only answer lies in eviscerating their budgets, abolishing their enabling legislation, and encouraging aggressive lawfare against the regime in retribution for these agencies' many crimes.Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fbi-and-cia-are-enemies-american-people  

2 MAY. 2024 · Biden has embraced the trade war. But, if protectionism actually produced competitiveness, American steel manufacturers would have become world leaders long ago. Original Article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/biden-perpetuates-washingtons-idiotic-steel-trade-policies  

1 MAY. 2024 · Feminist theorist Judith Butler is calling for mandatory education to confront children with modern gender theory. As David Gordon points out, she wants to use coercion to force people to accept her theories.Original Article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/butler-butt-out