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by frgtpsswrdlame 3271 days ago
Brietbart and oann have strong republican bias but mises and reason don't? /:
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From what I've read on Mises they are big on numbers, data, citing sources and logic. They don't deserve to be grouped with the others.
Mises are shills for failed economic theories and peddle dumb conspiracy theories.
You're free to criticize their economics, but their bias for everyday news tends to be more objective than that most others.
Which failed economic theories and failed how exactly?
'Austrian' economics.
Failed how?
Austrian economics is just an outdated theory. Principles of Economics and Das Kapital were written within about four years of each other and while time was poking holes in Communism it was doing the same to Austrian economics. Here's a good argument against the Austrian school if you're really interested.

http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/whyaust.htm

Correct. Mises and Reason are libertarian, not republican.