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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
 
 
Why Food Stamp Recipients (and Government Contractors) Should not Be Allowed to Vote
Ryan McMaken
If the voting taxpayers (those who actually pay the bills) are outnumbered or outcompeted by the tax receivers, then national bankruptcy is the most likely outcome.
 
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Minarchism Is Statism Lite
Per Bylund
Although minarchists claim to support a “limited” state, the question is, “How limited?” As we already know, even so-called limited states always grow beyond their original boundaries. And then they keep on growing.
 
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Why Food Stamp Spending Is Out of Control
 
Lobbyists fight to keep food stamp spending flowing and increasing.
 
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The Pretense of Knowledge
 
The fatal conceit: expert hubris over real knowledge.
 
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Can’t Afford a Vacation? Blame the Fed.
According to data collected by the research firm Statista, 29 percent of Americans cannot afford to take a vacation this year.
 
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Another Regime-Change War Will Accelerate America’s Slide into Authoritarianism
Americans better brace for another foreign war as a way to quell the MAGA rebellion over the Jeffrey Epstein files.
 
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The Green Fatal Conceit: Why Physical Science Can’t Tell Us Proper Policy Goals
Appeals to “science” are not sufficient to provide normative policy prescriptions.
 
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Is Paying Down Government Debt Bad for the Economy?
 
Real wealth beats accounting tricks. Paydowns aren’t a mechanical path to recession.
 
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The Misesian
 
In the latest issue of The Misesian, we give readers a sense of what happens at Mises University by featuring lectures and photos from the event, as well as testimonials from students.
 
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