Mises Institute
Saturday, January 24, 2026
Here at the Mises Institute, one of our mottos is “we study economics so we know how they’re ripping us off.” Given that we’re often told greed causes inflation, it’s safe to say that conventional economics “knowledge” isn’t great. This is especially true in understanding home prices ([link removed]) .
Also, in case you missed them, check out the top articles for the week (Or see the week’s archive ([link removed]) ):
* Environmentalism is Anti-Humanism ([link removed])
* Cutting Interest Rates Isn’t a Cure‑All for the Economy ([link removed])
* The UK Is in Economic and Social Freefall ([link removed])
Ryan McMaken, Editor-in-Chief
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Why Have Homes Become So Unaffordable?
Cole Adams
Housing prices in the US are officially off the charts. But why is that the case, as it wasn’t that long ago that homes were affordable. Like all other economic crises, this one has its roots in government policies.
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Keynes’s Intellectual Dishonesty and Chartalism
Joshua Mawhorter
A. Mitchell Innes—a chartalist pioneer—wrote a pamphlet “What Is Money?” (1913) which found a credulous and ideologically sympathetic audience in J. M. Keynes.
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Israel and Its Relationship to the Islamic State
In the so-called world of strategic alliances, things often are not what they seem to be. It is that way with the Islamic State or ISIS, which supposedly is a deadly enemy of Israel. However, Israel has a symbiotic relationship with jihadist groups that we cannot ignore.
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Cutting Interest Rates Isn’t a Cure‑All for the Economy
The Fed is cutting its discount rate again, but Americans will be disappointed with the results, as the Fed’s latest action only contributes to the boom-and-bust cycle.
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Fiat Currency, Monetary Corruption, and the Architecture of Extraction
Each economic crisis brought on by loose money brings on a “solution” of...looser money. This pattern is not just a threat to the economy but to our very freedom itself.
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Billionaires, Workers, and the Exploitation Theory
Bob Murphy addresses claims that billionaires like Elon Musk must have “stolen” their wealth from workers.
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Greenland:
Trump’s Folly
Even hawkish foreign policy scholars admit that changing the US security setup in Greenland is unnecessary.
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The Division of Labor
Specialization isn’t self-organizing magic. Entrepreneurs, prices, and profit/loss coordinate the division of labor that makes prosperity possible.
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Davos Calls For A
New World Order
Davos spin, Greenland drama, and transatlantic political fallout.
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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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