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The New Libertarianism: Anarcho-Capitalism

Anarcho-Capitalists Against Ayn Rand

Free MarketsHistory of the Austrian School of Economics

05/16/2014Mises Daily Articles
Genuine competition can serve as the only real “limit” on state power.
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A College Degree Does Not Make You a Million Dollars

EducationU.S. Economy

04/11/2014Mises Daily Articles
The most hard-working and intelligent people tend to go to college, but it’s not the college degree that makes them successful.
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A Closer Look at Income Inequality

Global EconomyInterventionism

03/31/2014Mises Daily Articles
Income inequality has been called “the defining challenge of our time,” and it is generally made worse by government policies.
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Anti-Logic and the Keynesian “Stimulus”

Monetary TheoryOther Schools of Thought

03/03/2014Mises Daily Articles
It isn't in the nature of government to cut back on any of its programs, projects, legislation, taxes, you fill in the blank.
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An End to Austerity?

02/27/2014Mises Daily Articles
Austerity to a politician means higher taxes on personal income and small businesses; never the sacred government trough. Keynesian stimulus does not work. The IMF-inspired austerian approach does not work. Real austerity means eliminating regulators and regulations, cutting taxes, and selling...
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A Conversation With Jeff Deist About the Austrian School

BiographiesEducationFree Markets

02/19/2014Mises Daily Articles
Once I understood the fundamental choice was between laissez-faire and statism, it was clear: there was no “third way.”
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A Free Market Approach to Insider Trading

Free MarketsEntrepreneurship

01/14/2014Mises Daily Articles
If we seek to eliminate or regulate insider trading, we have only to allow free competition among stock markets and eliminate legal barriers to entry. Companies would choose what stock market to list with depending upon the behavior and rules of each. Consumers always win when there is competition.
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Austrian Economics and Interventionism in Japan

Free MarketsGlobal Economy

01/03/2014Mises Daily Articles
Japan suffers the universal results of high taxation and the wide variety of social problems that follow. No longer is one income enough to make ends meet. Government regulations make it difficult for new industries to compete against the established giants and most industries behave like state-...
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Advancing Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Does Not Depend on Patents

The EntrepreneurFree MarketsHealthEntrepreneurship

12/31/2013Mises Daily Articles
The notion that unpatented medical technologies are not feasible is historically false. The <em>British Medical Journal</em> challenged its readership to submit a list of the most noteworthy medical and pharmaceutical inventions throughout history. Only two of them have remotely <em...
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After the Taper: The Fed’s Non-Plan Is Unchanged

12/21/2013Mises Daily Articles
One can be certain that interest rates will shoot up once inflation picks up. Since most of the U.S. debt is short term, it is going to be very difficult to inflate prices to reduce the real value of the debt. How will the U.S. government react if it has to refinance at interest rates of 12 percent...
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