Mises Institute
Saturday, January 3, 2026
Politicians love to claim that the robust economies in the Nordic countries are due to “socialism.” Yet, the region’s prosperity is the product of moves to market economies before socialist parties gained power. Yet, even today, the famed Nordic welfare programs don’t cancel out the benefits ([link removed]) of relatively free economies.
Chances are you thought about Ebenezer Scrooge at some point this Christmas season. Edward Fuller today shows ([link removed]) how Scrooge’s creator, Dickens, makes Scrooge look like a saint by comparison.
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The Nordic Model Isn’t as Socialist as Democratic Socialists Claim
Jacen Litterst
Scandinavia are often ranked far higher than socialist economies like Venezuela in terms of economic freedom.
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Dickens the Man
Edward W. Fuller
Charles Dickens trained many to hate capitalism, but he never understood the difference between envious hatred of wealth and charitable concern for the poor. The true story of his personal life makes this evident.
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The Nordic Model Isn’t as Socialist as Democratic Socialists Claim
Scandinavia is not socialist; in fact, they are often ranked far higher than socialist economies like Venezuela in terms of economic freedom.
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Dickens the Man
Charles Dickens trained many to hate capitalism, but he never understood the difference between envious hatred of wealth and charitable concern for the poor. The true story of his personal life makes this evident.
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Revisiting the Maidan Massacre
The February 2014 Maidan Massacre, involving Ukrainian government troops linked to President Yanukovych, led to his overthrow. Could it have been a false flag to blame the government?
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Roger Farmer Gives
a Tour of Macroeconomics
Bob Murphy talks with Roger Farmer about how macroeconomics evolved.
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In the New Year, We Will Hear Even More Environmental Doom Because the Doomsday Industry Never Rests
The wearisome, incessant chants from the elites.
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Silver’s Growing Pains
$50 wasn’t the finish line. It was the starting gun for policy finger-pointing and real-world bottlenecks.
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Three Economic Fallacies: Holidays, Billionaires, and WWII
Forget the feel-good myths.
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The Misesian
The latest issue of The Misesian discusses why, without private property, there is no way to plan for the future, and one’s goods are always subject to confiscation from the more powerful. In other words, a world without private property is a lawless world.
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