Limitless Money and the Limitless Fed
Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 23, 2023.
How a CBDC Created Chaos and Poverty in Nigeria
The Nigerian government should have seen the economic disaster the eNaira would cause. They didn’t, and chaos and rioting followed. Original Article: How a CBDC Created Chaos and Poverty in Nigeria
The Menendez Indictments: Understanding Business as Usual in Washington
Last week, prosecutors for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment against New Jersey senator Robert Menendez. The senator, his wife, and several businessmen are accused of providing “sensitive U.S. Government information” and taking steps that “secretly aided
Bringing the Truth
The best people in the world support the Mises Institute. Will you join them? Who are they? People just like you. People who happen to care deeply about human liberty and human flourishing. People who care about real economics. People who
How Garrity v. New Jersey Transformed Public Employee Discipline
Walter Olson In Garrity v. New Jersey (1967), one of the most remarkable decisions of the Warren Court, a 5–4 majority of justices said public employees cannot be found guilty of crimes based on their admissions in disciplinary interviews conducted as a condition
Does Technical Knowledge Always Lead to Economic Growth?
Economists and political elites fondly claim that economic growth is due to increased technological knowledge. That is only partly true. Original Article: Does Technical Knowledge Always Lead to Economic Growth?
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Former Presidents Can’t Appoint Officers
Thomas A. Berry The Constitution requires, as a default rule, that “Officers of the United States” must be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. The Constitution allows only one potential exception to this default rule: If an officer is
Do Monarchs Always Have Low Time Preferences?
Hans-Hermann Hoppe, in his book Democracy: The God That Failed and his 1995 article in the Journal of Libertarian Studies, set forth an interesting theory concerning the difference in time preference between a monarch and a democratic politician. The argument