Rothbard on Gold
What would people use for money in a genuine free market? A lot of people answer the question in this way. We really don’t know the answer for sure. It would be up to the people who live in that
Kish Me Once, Kish Me Twice
Kish, since you are wondering, is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf famed for its tourist and shopping attractions. It is becoming a serious rival to other nearby vacation hubs in Doha and Dubai. Along with pristine beaches and extensive
Federal Reserve Tampering with Interest Rates Distorts the Shape of the Yield Curve
In a free market, short-term and long-term rates would move toward convergence. Fed interference with interest rates ensures that won't happen. Original Article: "Federal Reserve Tampering with Interest Rates Distorts the Shape of the Yield Curve" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by
Student Loan Debt: The Financial Time Bomb Politicians Want to Ignore
President Biden's nonsolution of partial "debt forgiveness" is in limbo, but the slow financial destruction that massive student loan debt is unleashing continues. Original Article: "Student Loan Debt: The Financial Time Bomb Politicians Want to Ignore" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored
Can a Free Market Economy Be Trusted to Recover on Its Own?
Following in the footsteps of John Maynard Keynes, most economists hold that one cannot have complete trust in a market economy, which is seen as inherently unstable. If left free, the market economy could lead to self-destruction, hence the need
Changing of the Guard: Can Musk Deliver on His Promises for Free Speech and Information?
Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter and his immediate firing of top brass represents a potential weakening of the Big Digital woke cartel that controls information, censers content, censures and bans users, and serves as a propaganda arm of leftist totalitarian
The Economy Is a Mess: What Lessons Will We Learn?
It is relatively common that what should be recognized as a warning flag of major trouble is often ignored until things get so bad that it is almost impossible not to notice (unless one is mightily determined not to see
Charles Dunoyer and French Classical Liberalism
(Barthelemy) Charles (Pierre Joseph) Dunoyer (1786–1862) was born on May 20, 1786 at Carennac in ancient Turenne (Quercy, Cahorsin), the present-day Lot. His father, Jean-Jacques- Philippe Dunoyer, was seigneur de Segonzac. Destined at an early age for the order of
Review of Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America
Law Professor David Bernstein looks at the system of racial classifications in the USA and explains why they have been harmful. Original Article: "Review of Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The Fed’s Current Monetary Stance Will Lead to Stagflation, Not Deflation
After following hyper-Keynesian policies for more than two decades, the Fed is about to create the conditions that Keynesians claimed were impossible: an inflationary recession. Original Article: "The Fed's Current Monetary Stance Will Lead to Stagflation, Not Deflation" This Audio Mises Wire is