Daniel Fernández Méndez

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Capital versus Labor: The Great Decoupling

02/22/2022 Mises Wire Daniel Fernández Méndez

This article explores the concept of the Great Decoupling, or the supposed discrepancy between increased labor productivity and higher worker wages. Prior to 1970, increases in labor productivity...

Death by Inflation or by Interest Rate Hikes?

02/23/2022 Mises Wire Daniel Fernández Méndez

Inflation is skyrocketing in practically the entire world. Central banks are getting scared and beginning to announce the end of expansionary measures, also known as tapering. Why do central banks...

The Covid Panic Brought Even More Economic Zombification

02/14/2022 Mises Wire Daniel Fernández Méndez

More and more economists and finance specialists are warning of the potential arrival of a new “Minsky moment.” The last time this term was used with such conviction was in 2008 at the onset of the...

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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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