The following interview of Ludwig von Mises was conducted in Lima, Peru, by La Prensa and published on January 4, 1950. Thanks to Cesar Usquiano for this translation.

During his stay in Peru, Professor Mises made some statements that we will see below.

Our first question, in the interview Mr. Ludwig von Mises gave us yesterday, referred to the suspension of Exchange Control, established in the country by Decree Law No. 11208.

A trope of contemporary social commentary is that “science” has somehow become “politicized,” such that people no longer trust or believe what is presented as the scientific consensus on important social, political, and economic issues.

As a precursor to this October’s inaugural Economic Education Month, the Economic Education Group of the Federal Reserve held a virtual Q&A session between Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and a variety of students and teachers from across the country.

This education group includes over 50 subject matter experts who serve the outreach arm of the Fed. Their goal is to:

Today is Walter Block’s 80th birthday. The title of most famous book, Defending the Undefendable, best captures his way of looking at the world. He will take a libertarian principle and deduce consequences from it with iron consistency, often using imaginative examples while doing so.  You may think he is wrong, but you will find it more difficult than you first suspect to show this.  If you write to him with an objection, you will probably soon find yourself the co-author of a paper with him.