Subprime Loans Will Be Back with a Vengeance in 2020
One of the lasting legacies of the economic collapse a decade ago is subprime. After lying dormant for several years in the aftermath of the Great Recession, the subprime market …
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The History and Structure of the Federal Reserve System
[This article is part of the Understanding Money Mechanics series, by Robert P. Murphy. The series will be published as a book in late 2020.] This chapter will provide a …
More Money Creation Won’t Create More Economic Growth
The view that more money can revive an economy is based on the belief that money transmits its stimulatory effect through aggregate expenditure. With more money in their pockets, people …
The Federal “Crimes” of the College Admission Scandal Aren’t Real Crimes
In 2006, I asked whether or not Ken Lay really was a criminal following his conviction in federal court for crimes allegedly committed while he was the CEO of ill-fated …
The Many Ways Governments Create Monopolies
[From Power and Market, Chapter 3.] Instead of making the product prohibition absolute, the government may prohibit production and sale except by a certain firm or firms. These firms are …
Universal Basic Income: A Dream Come True for Despots
[This essay is based on a talk by the author at the Eighth International Conference of the Austrian School of Economics in Vienna on November 14, 2019.] I’m sitting in …
Will a Credit Crisis Threaten Boris’s 2020 Brexit Plans?
Boris and the Conservatives won the General Election with a very good majority. In truth, opposition parties stood little chance of success against the Tory strategists, who controlled the narrative …
President’s Impact Report — Fourth Quarter 2019
Faculty, Associated Scholars, and More Mises Institute Senior Fellow Hans-Hermann Hoppe received the Roland Baader Award at the Palais Coburg in Vienna, Austria, at an even commenorating the 70th anniversary …
Economist: Your Freedom Is Dangerous Because You Might Set a Bad Example
Last week I discussed a new argument against paternalism in the important book of Mario Rizzo and Glen Whitman, Escaping Paternalism. Today I’d like to give the other side a …
Conservatives Are Increasingly Wrong about Free Markets
Capitalism creates poverty. Capitalism has stolen our future. Capitalism ravages the planet. Capitalism oppresses us. Capitalism needs to be controlled by government or it will throw most of us into …