Global M
by[You can find the original article here http://truesinews.com/2015/03/11/global-m/] As part of our analytical process, we frequently consult our proprietary estimate of global money supply, something we construct by…
Economics
Greater fool theory
by“Mr Draghi announced this week that the ECB would not buy bonds yielding less than minus 0.2 percent..” – Ralph Atkins for the Financial…
What’s in a Word?
by[You can find the original here http://truesinews.com/2015/02/27/whats-in-a-word/] After yet another masterly performance before Congress – one which was immediately confounded by the usual cacophony of…
Bitcoin, Bit-by-Bit, Pitches Silicon Valley Against Washington As Our True Capital
byWashington, DC, is the capital of the United States. Yet Silicon Valley is the true capital of the America of the present and the…
The euro may be riskier than you think
byFinance ministers in the Eurozone appear to have had a free lesson in game theory from Professor Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister. At…
Understanding True Credit and False Credit
by[Editor’s Note: This piece first appeared here http://mises.org/library/understanding-true-credit-and-false-credit] There are two kinds of credit: that which would be offered in a market economy with sound…
Does Walmart Prove Minimum Wage Laws Will Help Workers?
by[Editor’s Note: this piece was first published by Mises Canada here http://mises.ca/posts/blog/does-walmart-prove-minimum-wage-laws-will-help-workers/] In a recent column Paul Krugman has one of the most curious arguments…
CONSUMERS’ SOVEREIGNTY AND NATURAL VS. CONTRIVED SCARCITIES
byOne of the great myths about the capitalist system is the presumption that businessmen make profits at the expense of the consumers and workers…
New high! (Zzz.)
by“The FTSE 100 has at last topped the record it set at the close of 1999. Should Britons celebrate ? Probably not.” – John…
Richard Ebeling, “Introductions to the Selected Works of Ludwig von Mises (2000-12)” Part 3
by[Editor’s Note: this lengthy piece, by Richard Ebeling, primarily based on the “lost papers” of Ludwig von Mises that he and his wife, Anna, discovered…