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Understanding Hegel from a Straussian Viewpoint

Economic PolicyLabor and WagesSocialismU.S. Economy

09/26/2023Mises Media
While Leo Strauss did not share G.W.F. Hegel's acceptance of historicism, nonetheless he gives Hegel a sympathetic review. David Gordon takes a closer look at both men.
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Updating Böhm-Bawerk and Fixing Finance

The FedFinancial MarketsCapital and Interest TheoryHistory of the Austrian School of Economics

09/01/2023Mises Media
Peter Lewin joins Bob to discuss his work on uniting Austrian capital theory with mainstream finance.
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Update on Toilet Paper

Economic PolicyThe FedPoliticsU.S. Economy

08/12/2023Mises Media
Mark revisits his March 2023 episode on the high price of toilet paper.
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Understanding Relationships between Money Supply and Liquidity

Money and BanksMonetary TheoryMoney Supply

05/31/2023Mises Media
Can the injection of new money into the economic system enhance economic growth? Not really. Increasing (or decreasing) the money supply affects the demand for money but doesn't make us wealthier.
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Understanding the Difference between Praxeology and Psychology

Philosophy and MethodologyPraxeology

04/06/2023Mises Media
Some economists have tried to apply psychology to economic analysis, but psychology is not what drives economic activity.
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US Labor Market: Help Wanted!

Booms and BustsInflationUnemployment

01/12/2023Mises Media
While behavioral economics claims to be an effective way of measuring individual economic behavior, it actually sets back authentic economic analysis.
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United Kingdom Mortality Data by Age Group and Vaccination Status: Looking at Vaccine Effectiveness

Big GovernmentBureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismLawProgressivism

12/19/2022Mises Media
Should there be vaccine mandates to deal with covid? Progressive authorities say one thing, but the data say another.
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US Household Saving Rate Vanishes, Credit Card Debt Soars

Economic PolicyThe FedFinancial MarketsU.S. Economy

07/02/2022Mises Media
The United States economy may have delivered no growth in the first half of 2022 after the decline in the first quarter, narrowly avoiding a technical recession.
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Uvalde's Biggest Mistake Was Trusting the Police to "Keep Us Safe"

Big GovernmentThe FedLawThe Police State

06/09/2022Mises Media
Knee-jerk support for the police helps gun control advocates by undermining the most fundamental reason for gun ownership: the government's armed enforcers won't keep us safe and are likely to abuse their power.
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Understanding Russia's War: The Strange Philosophy of Aleksandr Dugin

War and Foreign Policy

05/23/2022Mises Media
Trying to interpret the actions of Vladimir Putin or politics in Russia using Western narratives is likely to end in failure.
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