Mises Media
Podcasts, interviews, lectures, narrated articles and essays, and more. This is the Mises Institute's primary online media catalog.
Why the Regime Hates Homeschooling
Ryan, Tho, and Jonathan Newman look at how the state and the media treat homeschooling and why parents are increasingly looking to homeschooling as an alternative.
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The Folly of Criminalizing “Hate”
Yet another discouraging trend in law in the UK, Europe, and the US has been the criminalization of what authorities call “hate speech.” However, much of what passes for such “speech” is innocuous at worst and historically has been protected.
Original article: The Folly of Criminalizing “Hate”
Debunking Alarmism over Artificial Intelligence
As AI continues to develop, so does the hysteria that AI will soon take over and relegate us to a dystopian future. We need to realize that, like so many other tools, AI can have good and bad uses, but it cannot control itself.
Original article: Debunking Alarmism over Artificial Intelligence
Conceptual Clarity in Dismantling Economic Jargon
Keynesians are known for using obscure and jumbled jargon to explain their fallacious ideas. The hope being that, the more confusing the language, the greater the perceived scholarship. Good economics can and should be clearly logically explained.
Original article: Conceptual Clarity in Dismantling Economic Jargon
Diego Garcia and Cocos Islands: Another Example of US Imperialism
The US Armed Forces expand their footprints in the Indian Ocean, not to defend this country, but to expand military power. The Diego Garcia base has left a trail of ruined lives for those forced off their land to make room for yet another military base.
Original article: Diego Garcia and Cocos Islands: Another Example of US Imperialism
Is Artificial Intelligence the Next Easy-Money Bust?
While the world is abuzz over artificial intelligence (AI), present technologies are limited more than most people want to believe. The situation is ripe for malinvestments.
Original article: Is Artificial Intelligence the Next Easy-Money Bust?
How to Contradict Yourself about Rights
What is the source of our rights, natural Law or the state? Unfortunately, too many people who should know better choose the latter. David Gordon makes short work of their internal contradictions.
Original article: How to Contradict Yourself about Rights
Governments Had a Major Role in Sustaining Slavery
Despite claims from progressive historians that US slavery was a natural outgrowth of a free market economy, the reality is that slavery would have been much costlier without governments—federal and state—subsidizing it. It is time to set the record straight.
Original article: Governments Had a Major Role in Sustaining Slavery
Is GDP an Accurate Measure of Reality?
Mainstream economists speak of GDP as though it is the economy itself, however, GDP is not a good measure of economic reality. Instead, it presents a distorted picture of genuine economic activity and leads to mistaken conclusions about the economy.
Original article: Is GDP an Accurate Measure of Reality?
The Fed Hits the Panic Button
The Fed is desperate for you to think that "this time is different." Unfortunately, Powell can't seem to come up with an explanation of why that is the case.
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