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There's No Place like Noam

Cronyism and CorporatismEconomic FreedomWar and Foreign PolicyInterventionismPhilosophy and Methodology

9 hours agoMises Media
Noam Chomsky's latest offering—a series of interviews—presents the best (and worst) of one of America's premier public intellectuals.
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Banks Are Lending Less Money, and That's a Formula for Recession

Money and BanksU.S. Economy

06/02/2023Mises Media
A new Fed survey shows that banks are cutting back on lending big time. Over the past thirty-five years, this almost always predicts recession. Our economy can't survive without endless new infusions of easy money.
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Government Redistribution Is the REAL Trickle-Down Economics

Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismProgressivism

06/01/2023Mises Media
President Biden recently claimed that "trickle-down economics" doesn't work but transferring wealth from taxpayers to politically connected people is the real trickle-down economics.
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The "Buy Black" Movement: Divisive or a Boon to Black Entrepreneurs?

The EntrepreneurFree MarketsEntrepreneurship

06/01/2023Mises Media
Calls for black consumers to "Buy Black" can be interpreted as socially divisive, but they are also a way to encourage black entrepreneurs in a free market.
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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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The Putrid Underbelly of Woke Capitalism

Cronyism and CorporatismMedia and CultureProgressivism

05/31/2023Mises Media
American corporations are lavishing billions of dollars on leftist groups in the name of "equity." But many of them also are donating to even more questionable people and causes.
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The Failure of Public Works and Public Funding

Bureaucracy and RegulationEconomic FreedomHayekCalculation and Knowledge

05/30/2023Mises Media
Shoddy service, regular breakdowns, and overbudget to boot. There is a reason why government-funded projects always waste resources.
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Biden’s New Intersectionality: Where Equity Policies Meet Bad Economics

Economic PolicyProgressivismProtectionism and Free TradeU.S. EconomyInterventionism

05/30/2023Mises Media
The Biden administration has decided that the REAL problem with housing is that the wrong people are saving money and making timely mortgage payments. They must be punished.
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In the Event of an Official US Bankruptcy

Money and BanksTaxes and SpendingU.S. History

05/29/2023Mises Media
Economically speaking, the US government is bankrupt even if the government won’t admit what is obvious. But how would an actual bankruptcy proceeding go?
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Taxing Capital Leads to Capital Consumption

Economic PolicyCapital and Interest Theory

05/29/2023Mises Media
Progressive governments in the name of equity are calling for taxation of capital gains. They really are demanding destruction of capital through capital consumption.
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