Mises on the Human and Financial Disaster that Was World War I
byBy Claudio Restani Ludwig von Mises had several experiences throughout his life, counted among them when he was drafted and served as an Austro-Hungarian officer in…
A Brief History of Tariffs and Stock Market Crises
byBy David R. Breuhan The most important and globally misunderstood aspect of tariffs is their impact on the stock market. History has demonstrated that…
Conditions exist for an equity market crash
byThe relationship between the credit cycle and equity markets is well established. The credit cycle has its foundation in bank credit, which expands while…
Austrian School Book Published with Springer Nature
byThis year, we published a book on the Austrian School with Springer Nature – “The Age of Debt Bubbles.” This book has the potential…
Why Austrian Business Cycle Theory Is Better than Keynesianism
byBy Ed Bugos “…boom and bust cycles are caused—not by the mysterious workings of the capitalist system—but by governmental interventions in that system.” — Murray Rothbard…
Did Germany cause the Great Depression?
byBy Sara Moore Dr. Richard E Ebeling’s interesting Cobden Centre article of 29th August 1923 called The Great German and Austrian Inflations revealed that…
Norway, One Of World’s Most Cashless Economies, Just Made It A Lot Easier To Pay With Cash
byAuthored by Nick Corbishley via NakedCapitalism.com, H/T Zero Hedge In a major U-turn in the Global War on Cash, the government and central bank…
No Matter the Form, Easy Money Is Still a Fraud
byBy Jane L. Johnson P.T. Barnum purportedly proclaimed that “There’s a sucker born every minute”, though there is no proof that he actually said it. Whether…
Economics and reality
byBy Dr Frank Shostak Assumptions that some economists are employing in their theories appear to be detached from the real world. For example, in…
Central Banking and the Efficient Market Hypothesis?
byBy James Anderson The Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) is often cited by economists, policy makers and intellectuals in their explanations for the causes of…