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If the US Adopts Eurozone Policies, the Jobs Recovery Will Suffer
The employment recovery in the United States is as impressive as the collapse due to the lockdowns. In April I wrote a column stating that “The U.S. Labor Market Can …
Dude, Where’s My Inflation?
From time to time, Austrian economists, goldbugs, and other economists on the saner end of the spectrum warn of the inflationary dangers of modern central bank policies. The most famous case …
Compulsory vs. Free Education
Compulsory public schooling is like having the government use the taxpayers’ money to set up a nationwide chain of public newspapers and then compelling all people to read them. This …
Rent Control Is Bad for Renters, but Good for Politicians
Ontario’s ever-changing rent control policies prove that politicians are just as committed to flip-flopping as the Minnesota Vikings are to not winning the Super Bowl. Rent Control as a Means …
One Hundred Years of Medical Fascism
The introduction of Obamacare was only the natural evolution of many decades of increasing state control of the healthcare industry. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. …
Dr. Saifedean Ammous on his Upcoming Economics Textbook
Professor Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard, is in the midst of writing a new textbook titled Principle of Economics. But he’s writing it in open-source form: drafting, revising, …
Should Billionaires Exist?
It may be emotionally satisfying for many to favor sticking it to billionaires, but reason informs us that in so doing it is the poor who would end up paying …
Abenomics: Big Debts with Nothing to Show for It
Reaganomics, Clintonomics, Obamanomics, and Trumponomics. Abenomics is an economic philosophy named after Prime Minister Abe. It is a multipronged strategy that involves increasing Japan’s money supply, enhancing government spending, and …
Can Governments Really Make the Workplace Safer?
During a recent interview, Ontario’s Labour minister Monte McNaughton spoke about the rules that businesses will be expected to follow as the economy reopens, and the consequences for businesses that …