What the Technocrats Call “Economic Stability” Is Really Just Inflation
(Mises)—There’s a growing palpable sense of optimism among many economists and journalists that the United States economy ...
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The Interest Rate Shock Will Blow Up the Government’s Ponzi Game
(Mises)—In the international fixed-income markets, interest rates are rising, and the decades-long trend of declining bond ...
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Welcome to the Twenty-First Century American Bankruptcy Show
(Mises)—Many historians labeled the twentieth century as the American century, with many metrics used. The end ...
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Mises Versus Hayek on the Future of Civilization
(Mises)—Ludwig von Mises and F.A. Hayek, two of the best-known Austrian school economists in the twentieth ...
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Is the Money in Your Checking Account Yours or the Bank’s?
(Mises)—When Silicon Valley Bank and other banks failed earlier this year, the debate over the sustainability ...
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The Fed Holds the Fed Funds Rate Steady—Because It Doesn’t Know What Else to Do
(Mises)—The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday left the target policy interest rate ...
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Bank CEOs Have Their Heads in the Clouds
(Mises)—Bank CEOs always have their heads in the clouds. First, pessimists never earn a seat in ...
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A Ticking Time Bomb: A Huge National Debt Plus Rising Interest Rates
(Mises)—Those who have been predicting a recession in the United States and an associated stock market ...
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Will the BRICS Dethrone the U.S. Dollar?
The summit of the so-called BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) has closed with an invitation ...
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“Debanking”: The Latest Assault on Freedom of Speech
Threats to freedom of speech and efforts to suppress dissenting views and voices have been on ...
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