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David Brooks, The Whigs, and Corporate Welfare

Corporate WelfareU.S. HistoryOther Schools of Thought

02/06/2014Mises Daily Articles
The NYT gets it wrong again. We are told the Whigs, the original crony capitalists, were the voice of the common man against a tyrannical government. Hogwash.
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David Stockman on his Book and the Bailouts

Corporate WelfareThe FedU.S. EconomyMonetary Theory

09/06/2013Mises Daily Articles
The Fed decides, through a Politburo of planners sitting in Washington, how much liquidity is necessary and what the interest rate should be.
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Declare Detroit a Free City

Free MarketsInterventionism

07/26/2013Mises Daily Articles
All that Detroit really needs is economic freedom and secure property rights. Give Detroit its freedom from all manner of government, including the federal government.
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Don’t Fall for “Free”

Free MarketsInterventionismPolitical Theory

07/05/2013Mises Daily Articles
Pelosi urged people to quit their jobs and pursue their passions because health care would now be <em>free</em>.
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Drowning in a Liquidity Trap?

Money and BanksFiscal TheoryInterventionism

05/24/2013Mises Daily Articles
Bruce Bartlett recently lamented that we need more Keynesian medicine to fix the US economy.
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Deck the Halls with Macro Follies

Free MarketsOther Schools of Thought

12/24/2012Mises Daily Articles
Christmas caroling with Hayek, Keynes, Say, and Malthus.
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Dearness vs. Cheapness

History of the Austrian School of EconomicsValue and Exchange

11/07/2012Mises Daily Articles
If you wish to prosper, allow your customers to thrive. This is a lesson you have been very long in learning.
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Does Protection Raise Wages?

Free MarketsHistory of the Austrian School of EconomicsInterventionism

10/03/2012Mises Daily Articles
Is it true that protection, which admittedly makes you pay dearer for everything, and entails a loss on you in this respect, raises your wages?
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Drugs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Free MarketsInterventionism

10/03/2012Mises Daily Articles
The Big Pharma&ndash;FDA nexus is just one giant conflict of interest against the general public.
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Dancing on the Grave of Keynesianism

Free MarketsInterventionismOther Schools of Thought

10/01/2012Mises Daily Articles
The Keynesians are eventually going to face what the Marxists have faced since 1991.
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