Oskari Juurikkala

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The 1866 False Money Debate in the Journal des Economistes

07/30/2014 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Oskari Juurikkala

Volume 5, No. 4 (Winter 2002) The false-money debate of 1866 in the J ournal des Economistes was the first time that uncompromising laissez-fair advocates clashed on the question of fiduciary media...

Old-age Security Without the State

03/22/2007 Mises Daily Oskari Juurikkala

Social security systems around the developed world are faced with a looming financing crisis. Unfunded pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) schemes are heading towards bankruptcy due to rising longevities, low...

Making Kids Worthless: Social Security’s Contribution to the Fertility Crisis

01/24/2007 Mises Daily Oskari Juurikkala

“Kinder haben die Leute immer — People will always have children,” assured Konrad Adenauer, the German Chancellor, in 1957. He was convinced that the future of the brave new pay-as-you-go social...

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