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The Week in Review: October 15, 2016

We are less than a month away from the election and it can’t be over soon enough. In the latest strange turn, several DC libertarians came out against prosecuting unlawful politicians and in support of a government-managed “common market,” rather than genuine free trade that can be imposed unilaterally. In DC, regulators continue to expand their power, while special interests are trying to create a monopoly in prescription lenses. Meanwhile central bankers continue their assault on cash, while suppressing saving worldwide and continue to botch their own forecasts.

On the bright side, at least Peter Klein had kind things to say about this year’s economics Nobel Prize winners.

If election season has you down, join Lew Rockwell, Roger Stone, Bob Murphy, and Jeff Deist in Dallas-Ft. Worth on November 5, to discuss The End of Politics.

Mises Weekends is on hiatus as we retool our format and our studio. After next week, Mises Today will feature Jeff and a revolving slate of guests discussing current events from an Austro-libertarian perspective. These quick-take shows will air once or twice every week, depending on what’s happening in the world. Mises Weekends will continue to air on Fridays, but will focus more exclusively on Austrian economics and related academic subjects. As always, the goal is to reach more people through more channels — and in an age of social media, audio and video formats increasingly dominate. So stay tuned for great new content from the Mises Institute!

In lieu of a new episode of Mises Weekends, on Saturday the BBC radio will be broadcasting an episode of their show In The Balance which features Jeff, Dame DeAnne Julius, a founding member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, and Usha Thorat, a former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in Mumbai.

And in case you missed any of them, here are the articles featured this week on the Mises Wire:

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