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The life of an entrepreneur is not what most people would call “normal”. I don’t refer to the guy who buys a fast-food franchise. Nor to the gal who builds a chain of hair salons. Nor to the folks who have law or accounting firms. These are all entrepreneurship. I don’t know a lot about how these businesses work, but I do know one thing. They should reach cash-flow positive very quickly; if not, something is wrong. And most of them reach their capacity fairly...

The Chinese Community Party's crackdown in Christian churches reflects the perceived antiauthoritarian nature of Christianity and the party's fear of a competing alternative worldview. Original Article: "Historical Christianity as a Liberating Force in China" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.  [embedded content]...

People walking through the city centre of the Swiss capital, Bern © Keystone / Christian Beutler The Swiss population is set to surpass the 9 million mark in 2023, according to calculations by the SonntagsZeitung. “If the permanent and non-permanent resident population are added together, Switzerland is likely to exceed the threshold of nine million inhabitants this year,” the newspaper wrote on Sunday. Since the introduction of the free movement of people with...

Legal cases: Passengers can now claim more compensation for delayed or lost luggage Keystone / Alessandro Crinari From getting a drone licence to paying for Covid tests, here’s a selection of ten legal tweaks that came into force in Switzerland on January 1. AIRLINES: Passengers can claim more compensation for delayed or lost luggage – up to around CHF1,640 ($1,770). Previously it was CHF1,520. The tedious paperwork hasn’t changed, however. INHERITANCE LAW:...

While socialists posit socialism as a humane and ethical system, it is anything but that. Mises understood its brutality long before socialism gripped the world. Original Article: "How Marxism Abuses Ethics and Science to Deceive Its Followers" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.  [embedded content]...

Progressives demanding that the government forgive student debt forget that student loans were made voluntarily by students that promised to pay back what they owe. Original Article: "Student Debt: It Is and Has Been a Personal Choice" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.  [embedded content]...

In the research paper Egalitarianism and the Elites, published in 1995 in the Review of Austrian Economics, one of Murray Rothbard’s most brilliant insights was that even the implementation of an egalitarian society requires leadership. As the fall of one system to the implementation of a new model of society cannot come out of nowhere, someone must command and lead this process. And naturally, these leaders will occupy powerful positions. Indeed, Rothbard’s...

Is it possible, or even desirable, for economic freedom and progress to be compatible with authoritarianism? Although some may believe so, this is a fallacy. Freedom is indivisible. Political and economic freedom cannot be separated. This is the position of Ludwig von Mises himself. In Planning for Freedom, he says, “Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy.” Regarding a citizen’s...

Those in the antiwar movement are accustomed to disappointment in this long-standing environment of militarism, but this one truly stings. Up until the middle of December, there had been a strong push across many grassroots organizations to urge the US Congress to invoke the War Powers Resolution and end military support for the War in Yemen. Hopes were high that America would finally pull the plug on this terrible conflict. That momentum was dashed just a week prior...

Economists like Paul Krugman have claimed that practice of austerity in government would damage the US economy. As Mark Thornton points out, the opposite is true: austerity works. Original Article: "Austerity: A Real Solution to Help Heal the US Economy" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.  [embedded content]...