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Saturday, January 10, 2026

The socialists are unchanging in their opposition to market freedom. But their reasons for opposing markets change over time. Having failed to show that socialism makes people better off materially, the strategy shifted to saying that markets will destroy the planet.

Also, Lipton Matthews examines the many ways that the United Kingom is in decline. This is the result of decades of untrammeled government growth.

Ryan McMaken, Editor-in-Chief

Environmentalism is Anti-Humanism

Joshua Mawhorter

Anti-impact environmentalists want you dead; they will settle, in the short term, for you to feel guilty for existing, producing and consuming, and willing to comply with any degree of central planning and freedom curtailment to “save the planet” from you.

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Three Key Lessons from the US’s Venezuela Intervention

The US’s bombing of Caracas reiterates three key foundations of American foreign policy: the Constitution is dead, democracy is irrelevant, and the “rule of law” doesn’t matter.

American Indians: Separating Truth from Fiction

Depending upon the narrative, American Indians were either noble creatures who were victims of a genocide by rapacious European settlers or were bloodthirsty savages. The truth is more nuanced.

The Panic of 1893: An Austrian View

From an Austrian perspective, the Panic of 1893 provides key lessons, but this consequential panic has not received as much direct attention as it deserves.

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Why Vivek Is So Wrong about the Founding of the United States

Ramaswamy promotes a fictional version of American history.

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There Are No Good Outcomes in Trump’s Latest Attempt at Regime Change in Venezuela

Trump’s Venezuela gambit offers only bad options.

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History of Hyperinflation

Hyperinflation isn’t ancient history. It’s a recurring policy failure with war-level damage.

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The Donroe Doctrine and Its Consequences

What’s next for Venezuela? What’s DC’s next target? Does America really need a $1.5 trillion defense budget?

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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.