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Updated: 16 Dec 2025 • 2216 episodes
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The drive to religious freedom in America was carried out overwhelmingly in the state legislatures—and the federal First Amendment had almost nothing to do with it. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-religious-freedom-america-was-founded-privatization-and-decentralization

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President Trump and Hegseth are cashing a blank check for carnage that was written years earlier by President Barack Obama. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/obamas-powerpoint-death-parade-led-trumps-venezuelan-killings

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For more than 40 years, the Farmland Protection Policy Act has socialized US farmlands and transferred wealth to politically-connected people. What it hasn’t done is protect farmland. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/farmland-protection-policy-act-crisis-politics-and-quiet-socialization-land

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13 Dec 2025 • EN

Longer, Higher for Longer

Mark Thornton argues that interest is a core price that coordinates time, investment, and growth, and that the Federal Reserve has turned it into an administered number. Mark warns the long-run trend may be turning: bigger states and debts, weaker anti-inflation ideology, and aging populations imply longer, higher for

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Data shows that the marriage rate and the homeownership rate have been closely connected for decades. Historically, more marriage means more home buying, but government intervention has made buying a home much harder. Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at https://Mises.org/RadioRothbard Radio Rothbard mugs are available

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Inflation does more than just force up prices. It destroys the wealth-producing process, especially with young people who are prevented from acquiring the same kinds of assets earlier generations procured. The result is inter-generational conflict. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-interventionis

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