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Team Netanyahu/Trump Sinks Iran Talks; Kushner Beefs Up Rap-Sheet With an American imprimatur, Israel is on a “genocidal rampage” in Southern Lebanon, where it blew-up 350 human beings in the span of minutes, on April 9. 04/17/2026 • Notes in the Margin • Ilana Mercer image/svg+xml Note: The views expressed on Mises.org are not necessarily those of the Mises Institute.

You can trust the prolific and ever-entertaining British author Dominic Frisby to produce a most timely book on a most relevant asset class. In The Secret History of Gold: Myth, Money, Politics & Power, released last year in Britain but only available in the US from May, this excellent writer and storyteller takes us along on a truly epic journey.

Individual Interview Tags: Austrian Economics Overview, The Fed, U.S. Economy

Many people think that evolution undermines objective ethics. How can we say that ethical judgments are true or false, if these judgments arise from evolution by natural selection? Evolution is concerned only with what enhances reproductive success. To the extent that genes that lead to certain behavior give a selective advantage to their carriers, they will tend to spread through the population.

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Lea and Roosevelt counties in the US state of New Mexico (NM) in 2026 are seeking to secede and join the state of Texas. “There was a state representative or two from New Mexico who were expressing frustration with the government in Santa Fe,” Texas State Representative Carl Tepper said. “They have expressed an interest in being annexed by Texas, . .

The Most Unpopular War in American History? Rep: John Duncan, Jr.: "...this war has become less popular with each passing day. In fact, many people have called it the most unpopular war in US history." image/svg+xml Note: The views expressed on Mises.org are not necessarily those of the Mises Institute.

The US is ignorant of how to achieve two major goals: security and prosperity. Due to this ignorance, it has engaged in an undeclared war in the Middle East and has instituted protective tariffs at home. The war in the Middle East will not enhance American security, and the protective tariffs will cause economic harm at home, both completely opposite results of their authors’ intentions.

Whatever happened to the mother of all crashes that was supposed to arrive when the Federal Reserve began tightening its balance sheet back in 2022? For several years, I’ve been scratching my head, convinced that draining the balance sheet by trillions of dollars should have triggered a systemic banking failure or some other Black Swan event. In the past, crises like Lehman/AIG or the 2020 lockdowns took the blame, when in reality, the root cause was always monetary.

It’s been a weird 24 hours for the Fed "As much as Senate Republicans seek an off-ramp that would smooth the path for Kevin Warsh's confirmation as Fed chair, the legal stalemate holding things up has escalated." image/svg+xml Note: The views expressed on Mises.org are not necessarily those of the Mises Institute.