James E. Miller

James E. Miller is editor-in-chief of Mises Canada and a regular contributor to the Mitrailleuse . Send him mail

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  The Debt Offensive

  Reprinted from Taki’s Mag God help Donald Trump’s critics. The paroxysms they have after the mogul–turned–GOP nominee’s...

  James E. Miller May 26, 2016
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  Baltimore, D.C., and Panem All in One

  The teen fiction series The Hunger Games is a hit in the United States, and it’s not...

  James E. Miller April 27, 2015
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  When Not Getting What You Pay for is Preferred

  In his book Bourbon for Breakfast: Living Outside the Statist Quo, libertarian writer Jeffrey Tucker sagaciously noted...

  James E. Miller April 20, 2015
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  Don't Forget the Reasons People Don't Believe in Your Social Cause

  When it comes to Austrian economist and political thinker Friedrich Hayek, conservatives and libertarians are at odds....

  James E. Miller April 13, 2015
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  Why We Should Use the Word "Taxpayer"

  Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig has been on a tear lately. Her near-constant attacking of libertarians has brought her...

  James E. Miller March 23, 2015
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  Conservatism Against Rolling Back the State

  American historian Robert Conquest is getting up there in years. The Hoover Institution fellow is just three...

  James E. Miller March 16, 2015
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  In Further Defense of Political Dynasty

  When the chatter heads in Washington are uptight about something, you can usually bet it’s good. The...

  James E. Miller March 10, 2015
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  Water Rights and Chinatown

  Does a warning mean anything if nobody listens? With the precarious case of Lake Mead, doomsayers never...

  James E. Miller March 3, 2015
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  Fed Independence is a Joke, So Why Not Audit?

  Reprinted from FreedomWorks A whistleblower-hating president, a bureaucrat who illegally targeted conservatives, and the former national intelligence...

  James E. Miller February 26, 2015
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  Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig Fails to Take Down Libertarianism over Children's Rights

  If you ever want to disrupt a room of libertarians, you should bring up the topic of...

  James E. Miller February 16, 2015
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  On The Fallacy of "We Make Too Much"

  Murray Rothbard had a saying about economics: “It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which...

  James E. Miller February 10, 2015
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  The Complexity of Economic Growth

  What is economic growth? Economists talk incessantly about it. Whether in newspapers or textbooks, the dismal science...

  James E. Miller February 3, 2015
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  The U.S. Cannot Afford to be the World's Police

  Reprinted from the Press and Journal The recent shooting at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo by...

  James E. Miller January 21, 2015
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  Uber and Basic Economics

  Last year, the car-sharing service Uber had the privilege of being a prime target of the capitalist-loathing...

  James E. Miller January 8, 2015
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  On the Silliness of the Cuban Embargo

  Two years after I was born, the Soviet Union hit its final nadir. The former Evil Empire...

  James E. Miller December 30, 2014
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  Down with Grumpy Cat

  “The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working Men...

  James E. Miller December 15, 2014
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  Chris Rock: Bring the Pain of Economic Ignorance

  Late in his life, Murray Rothbard had a law that stated: “people tend to specialize in what...

  James E. Miller December 8, 2014
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  Is It Wrong to Require Work on Black Friday?

  Supporters of workers’ rights have two tropes they constantly revisit. The first is the argument for higher...

  James E. Miller November 27, 2014
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  A Response: Defending Anarcho-Capitalism

  In a 1901 letter to novelist John Galsworthy, Polish author Joseph Conrad described “skepticism” as “the tonic...

  James E. Miller November 17, 2014
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  In Defense of Peter Schiff

  The financial television channel CNBC has hit hard times. Nielsen ratings show the network’s viewership is at...

  James E. Miller November 6, 2014