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Chamber of Corporatism

Corporate WelfareFree MarketsInterventionism

03/15/2012Mises Daily Articles
"Free enterprise" is for the Chamber of Commerce nothing more than a talking point.
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Cyclical Changes in Business Conditions

Business CyclesCapital and Interest Theory

02/13/2012Mises Daily Articles
An artificially stimulated boom must inevitably lead to crisis and depression.
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Currency Wars

Global EconomyMoney and Banking

01/31/2012Mises Daily Articles
It is not just rockets and bombs that are fired; war is raged on the economic front, with currency manipulation as the primary weapon.
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Competition and the Economists

History of the Austrian School of EconomicsMonopoly and Competition

01/10/2012Mises Daily Articles
Later economists messed everything up: narrowing the definition of "competition" and broadening that of "monopoly."
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The Myth of Democratic Failure: Why Political Institutions Are Efficient

Civic Religion Reasserted

Free MarketsOther Schools of ThoughtPolitical Theory

12/21/2011Mises Daily Articles
Relative to what is democracy "efficient"? Wittman does not say.
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Can the Underground Economy Save Europe?

Free MarketsGlobal EconomyEntrepreneurshipInterventionism

11/21/2011Mises Daily Articles
As the old saying goes, the more expensive you are to fire, the more expensive you are to hire. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the European continent.
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Can a Jobs Campaign Create Real Jobs?

Free MarketsEntrepreneurshipInterventionism

11/21/2011Mises Daily Articles
In a voluntary society, both parties benefit from any exchange, or it wouldn't have happened in the first place. We only want the most profitable businesses to be operational, because we will benefit the most from the best and cheapest goods.
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Cash for Clunkers: A Personal Look

Free MarketsInterventionism

10/04/2011Mises Daily Articles
While "cash for clunkers" accelerated consumption in the month of August, it left a gap in demand following the program's demise.
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The Myth of Democratic Failure: Why Political Institutions Are Efficient

Civic Religion Revisited

09/30/2011Mises Daily Articles
People are fundamentally the same in government as in private life.
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Confidential Memo on Hayek's "Constitution of Liberty"

09/30/2011Mises Daily Articles
Dear, Volker Fund
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