Value and Exchange

Recorded at the Austrian Economics and Financial Markets conference at The Venetian Hotel Resort Casino, Las Vegas, 02-18-2005

In a true free-market secured to private property rights, writes Ninos Malek, employers can determine employee qualifications on any grounds whatsoever.

Current monetary policy, writes Frank Shostak, is based on a theory of Knut Wicksell. How does Wicksell stack up to Mises?

The recent report on personal income and spending showed a full 3.7% increase i

It is an error to believe that prosperity correlates directly and positively with consumption spending, writes Vlad Menshikov.

Lots of people are very confused about the prospect that oil reserves will dry up at some point in the future, writes Charles Featherstone.

The newest argument against Wal-Mart is that it is failing to follow the Ford Motor Co. example of increasing wages so that employees can afford the products they are producing.

The dollar has hit a new low in recent months on the international currency exchange. The blame is falling from most sectors of public opinion on our legislature, writes Katy Harwood Delay, with its debt spending at an all-time high.

Robert Murphy concedes that it is theoretically possible that an expanded global marketplace could make one country less wealthy on net. However, there are other considerations.

The average family will spend about $1000 on Christmas gifts, writes Lew Rockwell, and much of what we buy might be described as rather shoddy. Paradoxically, this is not a bad thing but a sign of rising wealth.