Daniel Fernández Méndez

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Capital versus Labor: The Great Decoupling

02/22/2022 Mises Wire Daniel Fernández Méndez

Opponents of markets claim that worker wages have not kept up with worker productivity. This incorrect claim is based on two mistakes in estimating wages.

Death by Inflation or by Interest Rate Hikes?

02/23/2022 Mises Wire Daniel Fernández Méndez

Central banks are going to receive fierce (and well-deserved) criticism, whatever they do. Pick your poison: inflation or bankruptcy.

The Covid Panic Brought Even More Economic Zombification

02/14/2022 Mises Wire Daniel Fernández Méndez

Zombie companies, which were already a problem in 2019, have not only not been killed off but have multiplied. The zombie apocalypse could be closer than we imagine.

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The Covid Panic Brought Even More Economic Zombification

03/16/2022 Daniel Fernández Méndez

Zombie companies, which were already a problem in 2019, have not only not been killed off but have multiplied. The zombie apocalypse could be closer than we imagine.

Comparing Latin America’s Economic Models: Left vs. Right

09/18/2020 Daniel Fernández Méndez

Twenty-first-century socialism, which has been so popular in Latin America for many years, has failed in a way that mirrors the failure of twentieth-century socialism in other parts of the world.

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