An American Originalist
Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936–1986by James RosenRegnery Publishing, 2023496 pages James Rosen, who has written biographies of John Mitchell and Dick Cheney, and was for many years a reporter for Fox News, is a neoconservative and Reagan Republican. He has found
The Road to a Single Fiat World Currency
What if the world’s states were to come together and create a single world currency? From a purely economic point of view, there would be significant advantages if every nation didn’t operate with its own money but with the same
Quantitative Easing to Infinity and Beyond
On Sunday morning, March 12, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told CBS there would be no bailouts. Later in the day the Fed declared quantitative easing to infinity and beyond. What’s going on? Quite simply, the Fed is willing to overpay for debt
It’s Not Paranoid to Worry about a Central Bank Digital Currency
Contrary to Krugman, DeSantis and others warning about a CBDC aren’t being paranoid: they are simply drawing the obvious conclusions from history. Original Article: "It’s Not Paranoid to Worry about a Central Bank Digital Currency" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by
From the Publisher March–April 2023
Mere inflation—that is, the mere issuance of more money , with the consequence of higher wages and prices—may look like the creation of more demand. But in terms of the actual production and exchange of real things it is not.—Henry
Rothbard War Right: Wars Don’t Enhance Freedom. They Destroy Liberty.
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Western leaders have declared that Ukraine was defending not only its own freedom, but ours too. President Joe Biden, to whom apparently “freedom is priceless,” vowed to support Ukraine for “as long
Comparing the Cost of IRA Energy Tax Credits to Expensing
Adam N. Michel The House Republican debt ceiling package repeals many of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) energy tax credits. Revised estimates of the tax credits confirm that their costs will be at least two times higher than originally thought. Putting
Universal School Choice Is Good. But It’s Not a Panacea
Neal McCluskey The 1990 book Politics, Markets, and America’s Schools, by John Chubb and Terry Moe and published by the Brookings Institution, had a major role in school choice history, arguing that public schools are, by their democratically controlled nature, doomed to
Why the Dollar Still Beats the Euro and the Yuan
Understanding what turns an ordinary currency into a global reserve currency can help us understand how the dollar could go into decline and give way to competing currencies. Original Article: "Why the Dollar Still Beats the Euro and the Yuan" This Audio Mises
ESG: Another Fraudulent Hustle That Progressive Elites Have Foisted on the Economy
The allure of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals has hypnotized corporate America into offering ESG funds that score investments for prioritizing social goals. Companies that account for environmental, social, and governance goals in their decisions collectively held $8.4 trillion