Mises on Fascism, Again
Here we go again.
It Is Never Long Before The Broken Window Fallacy Rears Its Ugly Head After A Disaster
Mark Merritt, president of crisis-management consulting firm Witt Associates, said the hurricane should provide a bump in economic activity over the next few months.
“After a disaster, there’s always a definite short-term increase,” Merritt said. “There will be furniture bought, homes repaired, new carpet, new flooring, all the things affected by flooding.”
The Monetary Tsunami Is Coming
In his speech at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the Fed chairman disappointed most pundits. He did not promise another massive infusion of fake money, i.e., QE3. I suspect that a strengthening in bank lending is an important factor behind the Fed’s decision to postpone it.
The Many Collapses of Keynesianism
It is obvious to everyone but the most dedicated adherent of Keynesianism that the stimulus did not accomplish its end.
The Future of Freedom Fund and the “Unimaginable Power” of the Holdeen Trusts “soaking up all the world’s money”
I recently stumbled across an old blogpost of mine about a fascinating legal squabble I learned about when I lived in Philadelphia. This concerns the infamous Holdeen Trusts, and a series of cases and legal disputes centered around these trusts. I learned about it in an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer by L. Stuart Ditzen, “Quiet Finish To A No-tax Dream Visionary’s Plan To Wipe Out Pa. Taxes Ends After A 50-year Legal Fight,” (Oct.
How Government Impedes Recovery
This is your opportunity to meet Robert Higgs, hear a live lecture, and ask your own question of this remarkable thinker.
The Broken-Window Fallacy
Let us review Bastiat’s original lesson and apply it to modern-day disputes over the possible benefits of destructive events.
Austrian economics program denied at Loyola New Orleans
Suddenly, It’s Back to the Stone Age
As with all products of the market, one doesn’t really appreciate the fridge until it suddenly goes away.
What Will Keep Our Food Safe?
Many small producers are eschewing the USDA label as simply not worth it. The same organizational structure that has rendered the Certified Organic label obsolete could immediately step in to fill the void left by the absence of the FDA and USDA.
