Antitrust’s Sordid History
byBy Donald J. Boudreaux As the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act approached, Robert Bradley wrote a book that included…
Trade Wars, the prospects for freer trade and the impact on asset prices
byWill the Sino-US trade war breed contagion? Will the dispute trigger a global recession? Has the era of freer trade ended? Will asset…
The World Is Growing Tired of Government-Controlled Fiat Currencies
bySource: 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…
***Very Important: Help to Preserve Richard Cobden’s House***
by**** Message from Nick Cobden Wright, descendent of Richard Cobden **** Help us save Dunford House the birthplace and home of Richard Cobden…
The balance of payments myth
byIn March, the US trade account balance stood at a deficit of $50 billion against a deficit of $49.28 billion in February and a…
Should the Fed tamper with the quantity of money?
byMost economists are of the view that a growing economy requires a growing money stock, because economic growth gives rise to a greater…
Chapter 9: Reform
byAnyone reading this probably already feels that reform would be a good idea. On paper, reform would be a simple matter: merely cancelling unjust…
The essence of goods prices determination
byWhy do individuals pay much higher prices for some goods versus other goods? The common reply to this is the law of supply…
Economic stability and economic growth
byDuring the period 1920 to 1960, we can observe that the annual growth rate of production was more volatile than between the…
In praise of Hayek’s masterwork
byFriedrich von Hayek first published The Road to Serfdom in 1944. His book was subsequently popularised by a condensed version in The Reader’s Digest….