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This war is not just making energy more expensive, it’s knocking out the higher order goods the global structure of production depends on. This has already locked in dangerous shortages in critical industries like healthcare, food production, and much more.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-destruction-trumps-war-goes-far-beyond-high-gas-pricesBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

To call Trump’s actions king-like is to greatly understate the problem. What we actually face is a massive, self-amplifying executive branch that makes deranged presidents far more dangerous than an actual king could ever be.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/our-problem-isnt-kings-its-presidencyBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Anyone who cares about American greatness must also refuse to allow us to become the kind of society that shrugs off the crimes our government commits in our name and with our money. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/immorality-trumps-war-iran-mattersBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Leftists sarcastically asking where the money for this war will come from are right about the GOP’s hypocrisy, but wrong to imply that it actually means there's plenty to spend on all these government programs. We can’t afford any of this.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-we-cannot-afford-war-iran-eitherBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

As recent history shows, there are few things more courageous for a president to do than face down the ever-accelerating, wealth-draining, conflict-amplifying warfare state in DC. Trump has decided to go in the opposite direction.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/launching-war-iran-was-no-act-courageBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The problem with this new campaign in Iran is not merely that it will likely have bad near-term consequences, but that it represents the American government doubling down on the imperial project that is causing our accelerating national crisis.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-war-iran-even-more-disaster-people-realizeBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

If the Iranian regime were truly trying to sacrifice their entire country to commit a nation-level nuclear murder-suicide against Israel and the US, they would be acting very differently.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-iran-buildup-based-lieBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

While the Voter ID debate consumes the airwaves with political debate, the real issue is not who is elected, but the unelected elites that hold power. Even if Voter ID passes, the new law will not change the real structure of power.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/voter-id-common-sense-it-wont-fix-anythingBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The administration dismissed concerns about the last nuclear treaty between the US and Russia formally expiring last week. But even if this isn’t an exceptionally dangerous moment in itself, the end of New START reflects an incredibly disturbing trend.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/people-are-not-upset-enough-about-end-new-startBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The latest release of Epstein files again highlighted how disgusted and frustrated people have grown with the current elites. Yet they remain essentially untouchable. Why?Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/everyone-agrees-our-elites-are-terrible-so-why-are-we-stuck-themBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Trump is clearly focused on building a legacy in his second term with his domestic vanity projects and dramatic foreign interventions. But his actual legacy is shaping up to be defined by his lack of progress on affordability.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-embrace-economic-leftism-will-destroy-legacy-hes-desperately-trying-buildBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Even hawkish foreign policy scholars admit that changing the US security setup in Greenland is unnecessary. Its supply of raw materials is also nothing special. There isn’t even a ton of money to be made for crony companies. This is purely about Trump’s ego, and it will cost taxpayers a lot.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/greenland-trumps-follyBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Central bankers are not afraid Trump will “politicize” the Fed and turn it into a crony arm of the government that warps the economy to benefit those close to power. They’re afraid his blind inflationism and lack of subtlety will make it impossible to hide the fact that it already is.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/central-banking-establishment-genuinely-worried-about-trump-not-reasons-they-sayBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The Trump administration wants Americans to believe that this latest intervention into Venezuela was a quick and definitive success. But, given enough time, there is essentially no way this can go well.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-are-no-good-outcomes-trumps-latest-attempt-regime-change-venezuelaBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Only a couple years ago, climate change was a major political issue. Now it’s strangely absent from public discourse. Why did this happen? Because, at least for now, it stopped being the most useful way for elites to justify their power grabs.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-happened-climate-changeBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

As Congress scrambles to extend emergency subsidies to keep Obamacare afloat, it can be tempting to view the bill that made healthcare less affordable as a total failure. But that wasn’t the true purpose of the ACA. It was always meant to prop up the faltering crony healthcare system.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/obamacare-was-not-failureBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Politicians in both parties are promising to address the affordability crisis. But neither is focusing on, or even discussing, the true causes. Here’s what they are and how to fix them.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-actually-solve-affordability-crisisBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

President Trump has proposed a 50-year mortgage for new homebuyers, ostensibly to make housing more affordable. Actually, this financial instrument will make housing more costly and do nothing to address the root of this entire problem: the artificial housing shortage.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/50-year-mortgages-wont-make-housing-more-affordableBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The justices that Trump appointed to the Supreme Court have shown a recent intolerance for the kinds of semantic leaps his administration is relying on to justify its tariffs. Will they remain consistent or fall in line behind the president?Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-tariff-power-grabBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The governmental response to the covid pandemic was to cripple the economy. To compensate for the damage, the Federal Reserve unleashed massive inflation in an attempt to do what the Fed always does in a crisis: bail out the economic actors.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/we-have-not-properly-reckoned-economic-insanity-2020Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Bari Weiss’s appointment to head CBS News has brought cries of anguish from the usual suspects on the left and approval from some on the right. But will she really bring the kind of change that will challenge the political establishment? Probably not.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/bari-weiss-cbs-new-direction-or-misdirectionBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The media is trying to frame last week’s indictment of James Comey as a “norm-shattering” use of executive power for personal gain. In truth, it's just the latest chapter in a much older story: the struggle between elected and unelected officials.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-comey-and-long-history-unelected-governmentBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The political establishment is trying to stoke panic that Trump is “politicizing” the Federal Reserve. But it’s already political. The real danger, from their perspective, is not that Trump is changing the Fed; it’s that he’s making its true nature harder to hide.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/establishment-fears-about-trumps-focus-fed-are-about-optics-not-policyThis week is our Fall Campaign here at the Mises Institute. Donate $5 today and receive a physical copy of Hayek for the 21st Century: https://Mises.org/gb25Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

As politics come to dominate more of our lives and young generations grow righteously disillusioned with a system designed to rip them off, we’re likely to see more violence and chaos. It’s a bad path we’re on. But there is a better one.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/kirk-assassination-has-exposed-our-political-rotThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Hayek for the 21st Century. Get your free copy at https://mises.org/Hayak21Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Since becoming president, most of the actions taken by President Trump have been anti-economic growth, and the US economy now is sputtering. Unfortunately, Trump seems to believe that a combination of trade restrictions and inflation is what the economy needs.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-digging-his-own-economic-graveThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Hayek for the 21st Century. Get your free copy at https://mises.org/Hayak21Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

President Trump has deployed naval vessels off the coast of Venezuela, citing its escalation of the war on drugs. However, the true motivation for Washington’s involvement in the region is likelier related to disputed oil claims affecting well-connected energy companies.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/venezuela-military-deployment-about-cronyism-not-national-securityThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Hayek for the 21st Century. Get your free copy at https://mises.org/Hayak21Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The federal government taking an ownership stake in Intel is neither a promising new approach to governance nor an unprecedented leap into economic fascism. It’s simply Trump embracing the corrupt status quo he ran against with a superficial rebrand.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/real-problem-trumps-intel-dealThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Hayek for the 21st Century. Get your free copy at https://mises.org/IssuesFreeBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Few really understand why these blue cities are crime-ridden. It’s not merely a lack of resources or even progressive ideology. At the root of the problem are governments working hard to maintain a monopoly on a service they then refuse to provide.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-dc-takeover-missing-pointThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Hayek for the 21st Century. Get your free copy at https://mises.org/IssuesFreeBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

The disheartening and frustrating fact is that Russia is in a much stronger negotiating position now than they were earlier in the war, when Western officials convinced Ukraine to walk away from peace talks and fight.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-putin-meeting-how-we-got-hereRegister for the 2025 Mises Institute Supporters Summit in Delray Beach, Florida, October 16–18: https://mises.org/ss25Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

When President Trump declared the Epstein case closed, many of his supporters in MAGA objected, believing that the government is still hiding the truth. But Trump opponents claim that MAGA is a monolithic movement beholden only to Trump. This incident tells us something else.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/split-over-epstein-tells-us-something-important-about-maga-movementThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

As the Texas floodwaters receded, politicians like Chuck Schumer twisted facts about the tragedy to score a political win. Examining what went wrong to prevent such tragedies from happening again is the right thing to do. But that involves looking at the actual facts.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/texas-floods-and-political-opportunismThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

The democratic establishment is upset that socialist Zohran Mamdani beat their candidate, Andrew Cuomo, in New York City’s mayoral primary. But the blame for socialism’s rising popularity lies mostly on their own shoulders.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/establishment-democrats-created-conditions-socialist-victoryThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

Although it may not have ultimately ended how they wished, the strikes on Iran demonstrated that neoconservatives are still a viable force within the GOP. But that shouldn’t discourage us. Ending endless wars isn’t easy, but it is worthwhile.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dismantling-warfare-state-was-never-going-be-easyThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

The United States is dangerously close to entering yet another war in the Middle East. But this one has the potential to be a lot costlier for the American people while remaining just as unlikely to bring about peace and stability in the region. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/war-iran-not-interest-american-peopleThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

What the “legacy” media is trying to present as a brand-new authoritarian crackdown on the press is only a more visible version of how the federal government has attempted to control public opinion for nearly a century.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/weaponization-media-access-did-not-suddenly-start-trumpThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

As President Trump racks up defeat after defeat before the federal courts, the legacy media claims that federal judges are protecting us from government overreach. In reality, government overreach as we know it has been made possible by the federal judiciary.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/federal-judiciarys-war-trump-not-about-protecting-us-government-overreachThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

Members of the establishment are trying to seize on Trump’s recent frustrations with Putin to act like they’ve been right all along that the Russian president cannot be reasoned with. In truth, the difficult situation Trump finds himself in is almost entirely their fault.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-ending-war-ukraine-so-difficult-nowThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

The reaction to Biden’s cancer announcement reveals how little trust the public has in the people who spent years claiming that Biden’s mental decline was fabricated by right-wing propagandists. That lack of trust is well deserved. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-biden-health-coverup-reveals-about-political-classThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

While Trump has not yet turned to price controls to address America‘s absurdly high drug prices, Monday‘s executive order suggests that he soon may. Price controls would only worsen the problem with the drug market. Here are three things he can do instead.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-trump-can-lower-drug-prices-without-price-controlsThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

With the deadline for obtaining the federal government‘s Real ID technically upon us, it‘s important to understand that this is not an irritating but necessary program to keep Americans safe. It's the latest example of the government using 9/11 as an excuse to grab more power.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/real-id-not-about-keeping-you-safeThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

The first 100 days of the second Trump administration have made it clear that those who want the foreign policy status quo to continue are serious about doing what it takes to accomplish their goals, while those who want to change it are not.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-administration-not-serious-about-ending-endless-warsThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

President Trump‘s threat to withhold $9 billion from Harvard University is being framed in the legacy media and academia as a threat to Harvard‘s academic freedom. But there is a pertinent question no pundits are even asking: Why are taxpayers being forced to give Harvard $9 billion? Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/stop-all-federal-funding-universitiesThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

President Trump has threatened to use the armed forces to go after the drug cartels in Mexico. Escalating the disastrous War on Drugs by incorporating the failed strategies of the War on Terror is a terrible idea.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/bringing-war-terror-our-southern-border-can-only-end-disasterThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

While President Trump‘s tariffs certainly are causing economic harm, they alone could not cause a recession had there not already been years of artificial credit expansion.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/theres-only-one-possible-cause-next-recession-and-it-isnt-tariffsThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

President Trump has declared today “Liberation Day,” because many of his tariffs come into force. His team is taking a gamble that either the law of supply and demand does not apply to trade or that the American public will be uncharacteristically fine with higher prices.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-are-mistakeThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

The leftists destroying and defacing Teslas to protest Elon Musk’s foray into American politics provide the latest example of the American far-left being easily co-opted into playing directly into the hands of the political establishment.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/far-lefts-violent-attacks-tesla-are-revealingThe Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Murray Rothbard’s, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Get your free copy at https://mises.org/gabfreebookBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB

While the Trump administration claims it is breaking with the policies of Joe Biden, it is continuing US attacks on the Houthis of Yemen supported by the previous president.Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-adopts-democrats-terrible-yemen-policyBe sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at Mises.org/GB