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Mises Daily Monday: Europe’s problems will not be solved by a Greek exit, and a breakup of the euro certainly won’t fix things as long as the Europeans remain in the thrall of many economic fallacies that have long driven the debate over the euro.

In this episode of Mises Weekends, we feature part of a talk by our

Great News from Auburn University: 

Europe’s problems will not be solved by a Greek exit, and a breakup of the euro certainly won’t fix things as long as the Europeans remain in the thrall of many economic fallacies that have long driven the debate over the euro.

The old tricks of conventional monetary stimulus — low interest rates — no longer work, so we've entered the untested waters of zero-interest-rate policy.

Here are some graphs to help analyze the continuing fall in labor force participation rates. 

How the war on drugs actually brings about less security and stability in the Western Hemisphere

This must have been very painful for Noah Smith.

The Japanese government has been working to increase both military spending and the military’s role beyond Japan’s borders. This has little to do with Japan asserting independence from Washington, and is more about a cash-strapped US wanting more money from Japanese taxpayers.