The long-awaited biography of William F. Buckley Jr. is hardly worth the wait of thirty years. David Brady, Jr., reviews it, saving our readers the pain of reading themselves.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/tanenhaus-and-god-buckley
Audio Mises Wire - Jefferson Davis von Hayek?
While Hayek did not write directly about the American Civil War, some of his writings provide insights on the conflict.
Original article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/jefferson-davis-von-hayek
Audio Mises Wire - Why Governments Burned Money
While it is true that colonial era governments sometimes burned paper money after receiving it in the form of taxation, why they burned the money is for reasons other than what MMT advocates are claiming. In the end, the MMT promoters are telling a false history.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-governments-burned-money
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1415: Right Hand / Left Hand
Episode: 1415 Right and left handedness: some new ideas about origins. Today, why do you write with your right hand?
Audio Mises Wire - Rothbard: The Constitution Was a Coup d’État
Rothbard took the American Revolution to be mainly libertarian in its inspiration, but he contends that the libertarian impulses of the Revolution were betrayed by a centralizing coup d’état.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-constitution-was-coup-detat
Audio Mises Wire - MMT Is Wrong about the History of the Origins of Money
Not only are modern monetary theory (MMT) cultists dishonest about the role of money, they also are dishonest about money‘s history. By taking issue with Carl Menger‘s historical version, they expose their own ignorance of how money came about.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmt-wrong-about-history-origins-money
Audio Mises Wire - Yes, Virginia, There IS a Deep State—and It Is Worse than You Think
We like to think of the “deep state” as a conspiratorial entity. In reality, the term describes much of what the federal government does in broad daylight.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/yes-virginia-there-deep-state-and-it-worse-you-think
Audio Mises Wire - Lincoln’s New Deal
Abraham Lincoln is best known for his role as a wartime president, but his economic policies were a precursor to the New Deal. From railroad subsidies to a national banking system, Lincoln paved the way to the Progressive Era and beyond.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/lincolns-new-deal
Audio Mises Wire - Christine Lagarde and the Privatization of Currency
EU Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has declared that anything that might lead to private currencies must be stopped. Yet, as F.A. Hayek noted, one way to confound central banks is through private currencies.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/christine-lagarde-and-privatization-currency
Cato Podcast - One and a Half Cheers for SCOTUS
Cato's Clark Neily and Mike Fox give the most recent SCOTUS term a B- grade on criminal law. While they celebrate some unanimous victories like Barnes v. Felix (requiring courts to consider totality of circumstances in police use-of-force cases) and Martin v. United States (allowing federal tort claims against law enforcement), they express frustration with the Court's repeated refusal to hear cases involving the "petty offense doctrine," appellate waivers in plea bargains, and felon-in-possession gun laws—all issues with clear circuit splits that affect large numbers of people.
The episode concludes with a celebration of Fox's efforts that led to presidential pardons for John Moore and Tanner Mansell, achieving justice where the courts failed.
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