Financial Transaction Taxes Are a Terrible Idea
Plenty has been written about financial transaction taxes (FTTs), mostly arguing over the politically charged issue of who pays: Main Street o
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The Swiss National Bank’s US Stocks: $162 Billion and Counting
Every quarter this past year I’ve provided updates on the stock holdings of the Swiss National Bank (SNB).
History Repeats? The Role of the Fed in the Run-Up to 2008 Revisited
While talk today of the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis that touched off the Great Recession tends to center mainly around the failure of regulators
Paul Prentice Explains Why Printing Money Is a Problem
In a follow up to his recent Mises Wire article, “Paying
Who Is Joe Manchin?
He may not be a household name, but the letter Sena
The Roots of Concord and Discord
In Abraham Lincoln’s June 16, 1858, speech upon being chosen as Illinois’ Republican nominee for U.S.
Fear the Repo, Man
Effective July 29, 2021, the Federal Reserve directed
The Fed’s Failure to Launch
The July Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting this week had many interesting sound bites and a lot of Fedspeak, as is typical from
Was It Always This Way?
It wasn't always the case that the world sat around waiting for Fed chairmen to make pronouncements about interest rates and economic conditions. There once was a time when the entire economy wasn't fueled by easy money.
Mark Spitznagel: At What Price Safety?
The famed investor asks how much we should pay to keep ourselves safe.
