Who’s Afraid of Deflation?
Should the central bank try to simulate the banking system and stabilize money velocity?
Other Schools of Thought
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Nelson Mandela and Volunteerism
Can we please stop putting down paid work? Unpaid work lacks the feedback of market prices.
The Critical Flaw in Keynes’s System
If the free market does in fact move toward full employment, the entire Keynesian "general theory" falls apart.
A Problem in Psychology
It is simply impossible for one immersed in the political game to think normally.
Saving, Trade, and the Confidence Fairy
Here we see the huge gulf between Austrian and Keynesian analysis.
The Civil War Tariff
The high duties which the war caused to be imposed, at first regarded as temporary, were retained, increased, and systematized.
Was the Space Shuttle Worth It?
What is the opportunity cost of the government's spending? All those resources used for the shuttle program had to come from somewhere. It is impossible for a government to make the vital calculations of costs and benefits.
Subsidized Grief
Why do some deaths garner presidential visits and — more importantly — taxpayer dollars for rebuilding and memorializing, while others do not?
A Libertarian Case for Monarchy
As an exercise, I'll contend that constitutional monarchy can better preserve people's freedom and opportunities than democracy as it has turned out in practice.
My Nobel Prize
The "knotty problems" Gold describes are just the failure of the theories of Keynes and Friedman to adequately explain the recession of 2008 and plot a proper course out of the downturn.
