On April 15, Walter Block joined host Phil Pepin (at 28:00) to discuss anarchism and the international system of states. [Mp3 download.]
Mark Thornton also joined Pepin on April 1 (at 2:00) to discuss his article "Transparency or Deception: What the Fed Was Saying in 2007." [Mp3 download.]
One of the great ironies of American politics is that most politicians who talk about helping the middle class support policies that, by expanding the welfare-warfare state, are harmful to middle-class Americans. Eliminating the welfare-warfare state would benefit middle-class Americans by freeing them from exorbitant federal taxes, including the Federal Reserve’s inflation tax.
Most of the United States west of the 100th meridian is very dry.
Mises Daily Tuesday by Patrick Barron:
A recent report commissioned by the prime minister of Iceland calls for limits on the money supply through ending fractional reserve banking and deposit insurance. Unfortunately, the report also calls for nearly unlimited control of the money supply by the central bank.
A recent report commissioned by the prime minister of Iceland calls for limits on the money supply through ending fractional reserve banking and deposit insurance. Unfortunately, the report also calls for nearly unlimited control of the money supply by the central bank.
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
The Economist declares there is no such thing as a Skyscraper Curse and they have the mainstream empirical evidence to support that declaration.
Today on The Santelli Exchange on CNBC, Rick Santelli acknowledged CHASE Bank's war on cash using Joe Salerno's Mises Wire post from Monday:
The story of intervention is as old as governments and commerce, and even though the details change, the basic narrative stays the same.
If the Venezuelan example of socialism’s ultimate consequences baffles anybody, it is because of how little (economic) history people remember, and how quickly its lessons are forgotten.
