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Debt, Deficits and the Cost of Free Lunches
It seems that every generation or two, fundamental economic ideas are questioned and challenged. The reasonable and important idea that governments should balance their…
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The Financial War Escalates
Behind the scenes, the financial war between America and China is escalating dangerously into a war to secure global financial resources. At a time…
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Huawei and the Damaging U.S.-China Trade War
by Junhua Zhang On June 15, 2019 President Xi Jinping celebrates his 66th birthday. Even if the date remains a state secret, many China…
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Mises on 100-Percent Reserve Banking
By Edward W. Fuller Economists debate whether Ludwig von Mises advocated free banking or 100 percent reserve banking. This debate is significant. Mises states, “the…
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Making sense of correlations in economics
Often we observe that two pieces of data, which are not supposed to have any relationship, appear to have very high visual correlation….
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Statistics and the facts of economic reality
The government’s releases of various economic indicators such as GDP, CPI and unemployment receive wide coverage in the media. In a measured and…
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Forget velocity of money circulation
If there is one concept that illustrates the difference between a top-down macro-economic approach and the reality of everyday life it is the velocity…
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Paul Krugman’s Predictions about “Austerity” Aren’t Aging Well
Paul Krugman’s arguments do not fare well against evidence in a new book written by economists Alberto Alesina, Carlo Favero, and Francesco Giavazzi titled,…
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Is deflation about general decline in prices?
For most experts deflation is bad news since it generates expectations for a decline in prices. Because of this it is held, consumers…
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Antitrust’s Sordid History
By Donald J. Boudreaux As the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act approached, Robert Bradley wrote a book that included…
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Trade Wars, the prospects for freer trade and the impact on asset prices
Will the Sino-US trade war breed contagion? Will the dispute trigger a global recession? Has the era of freer trade ended? Will asset…
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The World Is Growing Tired of Government-Controlled Fiat Currencies
Source: https://mises.org/wire/world-growing-tired-government-controlled-fiat-currencies Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. Here in the U.S. the financial markets are focusing on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s herky-jerky monetary…
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***Very Important: Help to Preserve Richard Cobden’s House***
**** Message from Nick Cobden Wright, descendent of Richard Cobden **** Help us save Dunford House the birthplace and home of Richard Cobden…
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The balance of payments myth
In March, the US trade account balance stood at a deficit of $50 billion against a deficit of $49.28 billion in February and a…
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Latest Articles on Economics
Debt, Deficits and the Cost of Free Lunches
It seems that every generation or two, fundamental economic ideas are questioned and challenged. The reasonable and important idea that governments should balance their…
Mises on 100-Percent Reserve Banking
By Edward W. Fuller Economists debate whether Ludwig von Mises advocated free banking or 100 percent reserve banking. This debate is significant. Mises states, “the…
Making sense of correlations in economics
Often we observe that two pieces of data, which are not supposed to have any relationship, appear to have very high visual correlation….
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Mises on 100-Percent Reserve Banking
By Edward W. Fuller Economists debate whether Ludwig von Mises advocated free banking or 100 percent reserve banking. This debate is significant. Mises states, “the…
The World Is Growing Tired of Government-Controlled Fiat Currencies
Source: https://mises.org/wire/world-growing-tired-government-controlled-fiat-currencies Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. Here in the U.S. the financial markets are focusing on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s herky-jerky monetary…
Chapter 9: Reform
Anyone reading this probably already feels that reform would be a good idea. On paper, reform would be a simple matter: merely cancelling unjust…
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