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“Idle Resources” Are Problems Caused by the Central Bank
Resources that are utilized to promote economic prosperity in normal times become underutilized during recessions. Some experts are of the view that what is required are policies which will increase the …
The US’s Fantastical Foreign Policy: Sowing the Seeds of Failure
After 9/11, the security establishment was giddy about embarking on a global democratic crusade against any nation that did not submit to the US’s liberal hegemonic order. Original Article: “The …
Why Congress Should Default on its Debt
Washington politicos want to keep the debt going up at breakneck speed forever. But the responsible thing to do is refuse another increase to the debt ceiling and force a …
The End of the Abe Administration—The End of Abenomics? Books on Past and Present in the Japanese Political Economy
Jason Morgan ([email protected]) is associate professor at Reitaku University in Kashiwa, Japan. PRIME MINISTER ABE SHINZŌ’S RESIGNATION AND THE END OF AN ERA IN JAPAN On August 28, 2020, Japanese …
Why Did Google Ads Ban LewRockwell.com?
One thing struck me as especially odd about Google’s ban of LewRockwell.com from its advertising program. This was the claim that articles on this site could “undermine participation or trust …
Review: Austrian Economics in Contemporary Business Applications
Austrian Economics in Contemporary Business Applicationsedited by Hunter HastingsAuburn, Ala.: Mises Institute, 2020, 68 pp. Fernando D’Andrea ([email protected]) is a Ph.D. student in entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University. The six-chapter …
Pre-Columbian America Wasn’t Exactly a Paradise of Freedom
The story of European colonization of the Americas is popularly understood as the conquest of American Indians—the end of natives’ control of the land and the beginning of their subjugation. …
Why a Bear Market in Bonds Points to a Weakening Economy
After closing at 0.53 percent in July 2020 the yield on the ten-year US T-bond moved relentlessly higher, closing on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 1.55 percent. There is a …
Billionaire Plutocrat Jamie Dimon Wants to Ditch the Debt Ceiling
At a meeting with President Binden and other CEOs last week, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon predicted a global catastrophe if the debt ceiling is not raised. Dimon was echoing …