Week in Review: June 3, 2017
Political agendas like the Paris Agreement must take into account costs, benefits, and economic reality. "Science" doesn't dictate good policy.
Business Cycles
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Robert Shiller Is Shilling for the State
For economist Robert Shiller, housing bubbles result from too little government regulation.
Wine, Art, and Ferraris: The Bubble in Luxury Goods
Our inflationary economy is sending the prices of luxury goods soaring — while prices on products for regular people are often flat.
Week in Review: April 22, 2017
Instead of taxes being "the price we pay for civilization," taxes are an unnecessary burden on the prosperity of society.
Why Understanding “Roundaboutness” Is so Important
Making production processes more roundabout results in greater production in terms of the quantity produced and a lower cost on a per-unit basis.
Week in Review: March 4, 2017
Both Trump and the Fed are relying on debt to keep their political agendas going.
Review of Money, Banking, and the Business Cycle, Vols. I and II by Brian P. Simpson
While making numerous helpful contributions related to economic history, Simpson’s exposition of business cycle theory misleads rather than clarifies.
The Role of Shadow Banking in the Business Cycle
This article examines the impact of shadow banking on credit expansion and the business cycle.
Updating Robert Higgs’s “Gross Domestic Private Product”
Although once controversial, government purchases are now included in GDP measurements. But, it may be still useful to remove these purchases from GDP.
The Great Gatsby and the Fed
The “constant flicker” of American life described by Fitzgerald in his novel is no less than the artificial boom driven by the Fed during the 1920s.
