Capital markets, monetary policy, fiscal policy. The extent to which these three factors intertwine is of no small consequence to the American economy.

Keynote Lecture by Jesús Huerta de Soto at the 8th Conference on Austrian Economics, Madrid, October 24, 2024  

In the run-up to the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as 47th president of the United States, political activists, frustrated by the fact that Kamala Harris lost the election, have attempted to revive the argument that the Fourteenth Amendment precludes Trump from taking office.

The following quote from an article published by Aroop Mukharji on October 1, 2023 in the International Security Journal, provides insight to President William McKinley’s handling of the Philippine Islands and military intervention in the late 1890’s. It reads,

Crises are never caused by building excessive exposure to high-risk assets. Crises can only happen when investors, government bodies, and households accumulate risk in assets where most believe there is little to no risk.

The landscape of antitrust policy in the United States has long been shaped by various schools of thought, each bringing distinct perspectives on how to maintain competitive markets and protect consumer interests. Among these, the Harvard School historically championed a proactive stance against concentrated economic power, while the New Brandeisian school has recently emerged, heralded as a modern revival of Justice Louis Brandeis’s concerns about corporate dominance.