Dave Howden, editor, has announced the release of the first issue of the new The Journal of Prices & Markets from the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada. This journal should be a great new outlet for Austrian influenced economists to complement QJAE and RAE. HT to all who worked so hard bring this new journal to fruition and congratulations to all the vol. 1 authors.
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Jeff Deist has joined the Mises Institute as President, following many years as an advisor to Ron Paul and as a tax attorney specializing in mergers and acquisitions for private equity clients. Jeff was Congressman Paul’s chief of staff during the 2012 election, and his press secretary in Congress from 2000 to 2006. He and his wife Paula have two children.
Recently, Peter G. Klein appeared on the “The Wilkow Majority” radio program. In this excerpt, host Anthony Wilkow and Peter Klein discuss government intervention in healthcare and some of the resulting unintended consequences and market distortions.
Block’s Defending the Undefendable has needled and irritated an entire generation of readers and compelled many to re-examine long-held beliefs in favor of the logic of libertarianism. Now comes volume 2, with a foreword by Ron Paul, that promises more such irritation for future generations.
Bloomberg reports that gold is flowing from some Western vaults to China: “The Chinese don’t want US dollars anymore, they want gold.“ In 2011, Dan O’Connor wrote on “China’s Hard-Money History:
Mises said the causes of freedom and Austrian economics had to be advanced by a dual program: scholarly work in the defense of freedom and educating business and professional leaders with the compelling case for the Austrian School. Mises would be proud of what you have helped the Mises Institute accomplish.
