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New York’s mayor-elect believes he can implement socialist policies through sheer rhetoric, as though mere words can make socialism work. However, economics involves real things and reality will hit New Yorkers soon enough, and they won’t like it. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/zohran-mamdanis-socialism
Mark Thornton dissects “contagion” hype and argues it’s not a market pathology. He shows why, in a free market, failures reallocate customers, labor, and capital to better firms rather than spread panic. Contagion appears only when government links balance sheets and distorts prices. Mark traces how credit booms set up
For 150 years, Thanksgiving has been primarily an apolitical holiday that's really about family fun and eating a huge meal. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgiving-celebration-domestic-life
The first English settlers in America learned a hard lesson about socialist economics in the early years of their new colonies as they faced starvation. Once they embraced free enterprise, however, they had something to be thankful for. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanksgiving-celebration-free-enterp
50-year mortgages are likely to increase the likelihood of more "owners" becoming underwater and walking away from their mortgages. This will lead to more bailouts for the financial sector. Taxpayers will pay the price.
From the perspective of the state, the ideal society is one composed of single parents raising a small number of children in irreligious households. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/families-are-key-building-alternatives-state
