Bastiat Predicted the Baby Formula Crisis 170 Years before It Happened
byThe current baby formula shortage in the United States is a pressing crisis, and many in the media have been rushing to explain how such a…
House Price Fallacies
bySome interesting data on housing prices in the United Kingdom(1) was recently published by Savills, one of the world’s leading property agents. The important…
Does increase in government budget deficit promote economic growth?
byBy Dr Frank Shostak Some commentators hold that during an economic slump it is the duty of the government to run large budget deficits…
In the Beginning: The Mont Pelerin Society, 1947
bySeventy-five years ago, there occurred an important event in the post–World War II revival of free-market liberal ideas. Over the first ten days of…
A tighter versus easy stance
byBy Dr Frank Shostak After a prolonged period of easy monetary policy, the US central bank the Fed has embarked on a tighter monetary…
Natural Money
by“The Earth speaks to us through the elements of nature. In every natural thing, we can find a hidden, powerful message.” Ralph Waldo Emerson…
The neutral interest rate fairytale
byBy Dr Frank Shostak On April 19, 2022 at the Economic Club in New York, the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said…
25 years from independence, the Bank of England badly needs to rethink its remit
byThis month, the Bank of England will celebrate 25 years of independence. For the past quarter of a century it alone, and not Her…
Price Indexes Aren’t Accurate Measures of Inflation
by“Inflation” is back in the headlines, and a lot of nonsense is being said about it. Without much thought whether it makes sense or…
What Popper Learned from Hayek
byHayek brings Popper closer to the Austrians in asserting the limits of science and quantitative methods in investigating the objects of the social sciences.João…