Audio versions of selected Mises Wire articles from 2021.

Audio Mises Wire 2021

Major League Baseball's boycott of Georgia only makes any sense at all if we conflate every single Georgia resident with the regime itself. But in the real world the claim that "we are the government" has always been nonsense.

Original article: https://mises.org/wire/major-league-baseball-punishes-georgians-acts-handful-politicians

This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

Audio Mises Wire

Major League Baseball Punishes Georgians for the Acts of a Handful of Politicians | Antón Chamberlin

Deficits still matter, largely because they require monetary policies that lead to bubbles, inequality, and the slow Japanization of the US economy. 

Original article: https://mises.org/wire/2021s-deficit-spending-already-out-control-heres-why-thats-problem

This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

2021's Deficit Spending Is Already Out of Control. Here's Why That's a Problem. | Ryan McMaken

The aims of the WEF are not to plan every aspect of production and thus to direct all individual activity. Rather, the goal is to limit the possibilities for individual activity—by dint of squeezing out industries and producers within industries from the economy.

Original article: https://mises.org/wire/great-reset-part-ii-corporate-socialism

This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

The Great Reset, Part II: Corporate Socialism | Michael Rectenwald

The latest impeachment saga simply confirms Thomas Paine’s adage: “The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.” Score another victory for the Swamp.

Original Article: https://mises.org/wire/biggest-lies-impeachment-saga

This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

The Biggest Lies of the Impeachment Saga | James Bovard

Prudent economic calculation becomes more difficult as legal and regulatory regimes are subject to frequent changes and political upheaval. 

Original Article: https://mises.org/wire/want-more-entrepreneurship-embrace-long-term-legal-stability

This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

Want More Entrepreneurship? Embrace Long-Term Legal Stability. | Michele Corgatelli

A state's borders should change over time to reflect demographic and ideological realities. By denying this, political leaders are effectively saying that the rights of minority populations don't matter.

Original Article: https://mises.org/wire/some-coloradoans-want-break-and-join-wyoming-they-should-least-get-vote-it

This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

Some Coloradoans Want to Break Off and Join Wyoming | Ryan McMaken

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