Mises the Revolutionary
It is said that a number of years ago, when Bill Buckley was at the beginning of his career of college-speaking, and somewhat more tolerant of libertarians than he is …
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Inflation Isn’t What the “Experts” Say It Is. The Confusion in Terms Is Deliberate
Inflation, monetary inflation specifically, is as desired and necessary by the state as food is necessary for human nourishment. Inflation, more so than taxation, is the main nourishment that enables …
What’s Wrong with Economic Growth?
Economic growth serves as the prominent standard for measuring the performance of an economy. However, what is published as the gross domestic product (GDP) does not represent production but reports …
Putin’s Inflation? Homegrown Modern Monetary Theory Is to Blame
Prices of goods and services in the economy seem to be going through the roof, and both consumers and producers suffer from the falling value of their money. Unfortunately, the …
Why Saudi Arabia Won’t Abandon Dollars for Yuan
Saudi Arabia could flee to gold or cryptocurrencies to escape the money-printing machine, but it won’t replace the US dollar with an inferior fiat currency. Original Article: “Why Saudi Arabia …
Keith Weiner on the Gold Market and How to Replace Government Paper Money
Keith Weiner is founder and CEO of Monetary Metals, an investment firm that pays interest on gold, and the founder of the Gold Standard Institute USA. Weiner’s mission is to …
No, More Bureaucracy Would NOT Have Saved Trump’s Paycheck Protection Program
The standard bureaucratic line after a program’s failure is that the government agents didn’t have enough authority or resources to handle the job. Neither explains the failure of Trump’s Paycheck …
The State: It’s Oligarchs All the Way Down
The standard history of post-Soviet Russia goes something like this. During the Soviet era, there were no real prices because of the Communists’ incessant, blanket meddling in economic activity. Nobody …
The Economics of Woke Disney
Bob and Jeff get into the weeds of Disney’s shareholders, revenues, and holdings in light of the company’s recent spat with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Mises WireThe Mises Institute exists …
Dr. Thomas Szasz’s Campaign against Psychiatric Coercion and the “Therapeutic State”
The late Dr. Thomas Szasz, who was well known to libertarians, believed using coercion to treat psychiatric patients was a form of torture. He left a legacy of freedom in …