Interventionism

Many of Venezuela's woes stem from the Venezuelan state's reliance on price controls to enact its socialist goals. Famine has resulted.

The government wants to arrogate to itself the power, which, in an economy, is in the hands of the consumers.

Delving further into the jobs report, we see that many of the jobs that were supposedly created were jobs in government.

The view seems to be that if a higher minimum wage is mandated that employers will continue to make all of the same hiring decisions. Not true.

The major threat to any economy is not deflation, but the policies used to count it.

Recorded at Mises University 2016.

Recorded at Mises University 2016.

Recorded at Mises University 2016.

A "well-regulated militia," controlled by the states, was once considered essential to providing a counterweight against federal power.

Recorded at Mises University 2016.