Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3319: When WWII Began
Episode: 3319 Perhaps WWII really began when Mussolini invaded Ethiopia in 1935. Today, when did World-War-Two begin?
Audio Mises Wire - Tariffs Destroy Consumer Choice
Although President Trump has claimed that tariffs will ultimately raise our standard of living, they really are taxes on consumers. Furthermore, tariffs also deny consumers the choices they want to make.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/tariffs-destroy-consumer-choice
Audio Mises Wire - The Futility of Price Stability Policies
Monetarists have long believed that the Fed should pursue policies of low inflation in order to counter the effects of lower prices through enhanced productivity. Thus, they reason, overall prices will remain stable. Such policies actually promote economic instability.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/futility-price-stability-policies
Audio Mises Wire - Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal: A Controversial Reality
The Indicator from Planet Money - Why can’t we insure trees?
In the U.S., we insure most everything we sell. So why not trees? Today on the show why trees aren't insured like other crops, and what it would take to get that insurance with extreme weather events on the rise.
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Audio Mises Wire - Rights, Fights, and the Economy of Self-Defense: Why MMA Facilitates the Right to Self-Defense
Mixed martial arts is a brutal, imperfect, occasionally ugly sport. But it’s also one of the most honest epistemic systems we have when dealing with self-defense, and each individual has the right to defend himself against aggressors.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rights-fights-and-economy-self-defense-why-mma-facilitates-right-self-defense
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3318: Vera C. Rubin
Episode: 3318 Vera C. Rubin: The astronomer who brought dark matter to light. Today, meet Vera Rubin.
Audio Mises Wire - An Excellent Casey for Anarchism
Has anyone besides Murray Rothbard made a compelling case for state-free anarchy? In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon extols Libertarian Anarchy by Gerard Casey, which he says provides excellent arguments for doing away with the state.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/excellent-casey-anarchism
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1402: Franklin and De Chaumont
Episode: 1402 Ben Franklin and Le Ray de Chaumont's house in Paris. Today, Ben Franklin, revolution, and a house in Paris.
Audio Mises Wire - Methodological Individualism in Historical Analysis
Modern historians depend heavily upon sweeping narratives and their take on the US War of Secession is no exception. Yet, the use of methodological individualism allows one to avoid sweeping judgments like claiming the Confederacy was founded upon belief in white supremacy.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/methodological-individualism-historical-analysis-0