Interventionism

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Can a Free Market Economy Be Trusted to Recover on Its Own?

The FedBusiness CyclesInterventionism

Blog10/31/2022

As the economy moves into recession, government and Fed officials will increase intervention. If they want an economic recovery, the best course is to permit free markets to work.

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A Perfect Storm Is Brewing in Banking and Finance

Central BanksEconomic PolicyThe FedInflationBusiness CyclesInterventionism

Blog06/17/2022

Forget Jerome Powell's fanciful "soft landing" or the notion that the Fed can pull another rabbit from its hat. The banking system is headed for a crash and monetary authorities likely will make things worse.

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Even after Admitting She Underestimated Inflation, Janet Yellen Still Doesn't Understand What It Is

Central BanksThe FedInflationGold StandardInterventionism

Blog06/15/2022

Janet Yellen admits she underestimated inflation, but she still does not realize that inflation is not higher prices, but the increase in fiat money that forces up prices.

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Rothbard vs. the Religion of Progressivism

History of the Austrian School of EconomicsInterventionism

Blog06/09/2022

Not only must the war against progressivism be fought with a religious fervor, but it must also be, in Rothbard’s words, “openly and gloriously reactionary.”

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A Medical Revolt Is Coming

CapitalismEconomic FreedomInterventionismPricesValue and Exchange

Blog05/17/2022

The absence of market discipline in medicine cannot last. Governments and the medical cartel have successfully used fear to maintain control.  Fear has kept the masses from rising up. Until now. 

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Can Government Successfully Counter Recessions Through Expansionary Policies? Don't Count on It

Booms and BustsCentral BanksKeynesTaxes and SpendingBusiness CyclesInterventionism

Blog03/04/2022

Keynesian orthodoxy claims government can successfully counter recession through "expansionary" policies. To the contrary, these policies increase the danger to the economy.

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Trudeau's Emergency Measures Will Accelerate Decentralized Finance's Importance

The Police StateInterventionismMoney and Banking

Blog03/03/2022

Justin Trudeau's heavy-handed measures against the protesting truck drivers are part of a greater war by progressives against capital markets and financial privacy. People will find ways to resist through decentralized finance.

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Should Government Be Your Stockbroker? Maybe So, Says Bloomberg

Financial MarketsInterventionism

Blog02/17/2022

Bloomberg suggests that individuals should not be permitted to make their own stock selections because they are not "qualified" to make such decisions. Instead, governments should help direct their investment choices.

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The 2021 Nobel Prize and the Trend of Economic Thinking

BiographiesCapitalismProtectionism and Free TradeTaxes and SpendingInterventionismOther Schools of Thought

Blog10/11/2021

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Berkeley's David Card, MIT's Josh Angrist, and Stanford's Guido Imbens for their work on "natural experiments," a currently fashionable approach to estimating the causal impact of one economic variable on another. 

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