Why the MSM Hates Judy Shelton
By the Robert Aro at the Mises Institute Imagine if a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors said the following: When governments manipulate exchange rates to…
Next Generation EU” spending plan: Towards strengthening or weakening the EU in the long run
Olympios Raptis // 1 July 2020 While the media, right and left-wing parties and the average newspaper reader celebrate in anticipation of “helicopter money”…
Money Supply Growth in May Again Surges to an All-Time High
Money supply growth surged to another all-time high in May, following April’s all-time high that came in the wake of unprecedented quantitative easing, central…
Corona’s Surprising Productivity Surge
By Henrique Schneider Around the world, productivity growth has been slowing. In developed economies, productivity has risen by less than 1 percent annually for several…
Europe’s Bailouts Risk a Full-Blown Financial Crisis
The measures implemented by governments in the eurozone have one common denominator: a massive increase in debt from governments and the private sector. Loans…
Convenience vs. Truth in Economics
By Nathan A. Kreider The great struggle in economic science has been the formulation of theories that accurately describe the real world. Though this…
Fed Accountability Is a Farce
By Robert Aro The Fed claims they are “accountable to the public and the U.S. Congress.” But what good is accountability, if the public…
Mario Draghi’s Economic War Against COVID-19
by Elisabeth Krecké On March 25, 2020, with the world economy paralyzed, Mario Draghi emerged into the spotlight for the first time since stepping…
Nozick on Time Preference
I’d like to discuss some of Nozick’s comments on time preference in his paper “On Austrian Methodology,” but there is an obstacle to doing…
Chinese Debt Could Cause Emerging Markets to Implode
By Benn Steil and Benjamin Della Rocca in Foreign Affairs (https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/east-asia/2020-04-27/chinese-debt-could-cause-emerging-markets-implode) The novel coronavirus has brought the world economy to a grinding halt. Global…