Uh-Oh, The FDIC Exhorts Us Not to Hit the (Bank) Panic Button
Our rulers want us to ignore the tried and true adage that cash is king in a crisis.
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Klein and Salerno on the Economics of the Shutdown
Professor Peter Klein and Joseph Salerno provide an Austrian take on the economics of the shutdown in a discussion with Tom Woods.
Congress Can’t Be Bothered with Voting on the Largest Spending Bill in History
What Washington's "leaders" want is a rubber stamp Congress. Why bother voting on the biggest spending bill in human history?
Why We Need Price “Gouging”
When so-called price "gouging" isn't allowed, goods usually end up with people that are lucky to show up first and that's often people with the best access to transportation and free time. The poor often fare the worst in this case.
Quarantine Chronicles, No. 1: The History of the Austrian School
With many of our readers practicing social distancing, the Mises Institute is digging in our online archives to offer topic-specific collections to get you through these unprecedented times. We will highlight essays, articles, and clips that may not be widely known, but will provide a deep understanding of important concepts and history.
The FDA Continues to Actively Undermine America’s Response
Hopefully a silver lining of this current crisis will be an American awakening to what has long been clear, the FDA bureaucracy is a public health risk.
The Inflationary Economics of the Black Death
When productions falls and people cease to work, an influx in new money does nothing to increase the standard of living. This was true during past pandemics, and it's true today.
Jeff Deist Argues Against Bailouts in The Hill
Mises Institute president Jeff Deist tells The Hill why the "stimulus" bailout is very bad for America.
The Crazed Trillion Dollar Coin Proposal is Back
Even Krugman and Tlaib on some level understand the appeal of "real" coins, in tangible physical form.
What C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Teaches Us about Politics
Americans, finally facing the prospect of the mano-a-mano portion of the 2020 presidential campaign, have already learned that previous complainers about the negativity, underhandedness, and attack-dog nature of politics didn’t know how good they had it.
