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Jeff Deist

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Tags Free MarketsLegal SystemStrategyTaxes and SpendingU.S. EconomyMonopoly and CompetitionPolitical Theory

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Jeff Deist is president of the Mises Institute, where he serves as a writer, public speaker, and advocate for property, markets, and civil society. He previously worked as a longtime advisor and chief of staff to Congressman Ron Paul, for whom he wrote hundreds of articles and speeches. In his years with Dr. Paul he worked with countless grassroots activists and organizations dedicated to reducing the size and scope of government.

Jeff also spent many years as a tax attorney advising private equity clients on mergers and acquisitions. 

All Works

Why Is Economic Journalism So Bad?

Economic PolicyFinancial MarketsU.S. EconomyMonetary TheoryMoney and Banking

Blog03/16/2021

The financial press gives us the what, when we need the how and why. Economic journalism needs a reset.

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Playing Games with Stocks

Corporate WelfareCronyism and CorporatismFinancial Markets

03/09/2021Mises Media
The GameStop saga—can we call it an insurrection?—wants easy heroes and villains. Both are available.
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Daniel Lacalle on Freedom or Equality

Big GovernmentBureaucracy and RegulationHealthPolitical Theory

03/05/2021Mises Media
If leaders are serious about economic recovery after lockdowns, they need to dispense with authoritarian controls and let markets work. Daniel Lacalle considers interest rates, inequality, stakeholder theory, global debt, and much more in this powerful discussion of today's economic reality.
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Playing Games with Stocks

Corporate WelfareCronyism and CorporatismFinancial Markets

Blog03/04/2021

The GameStop saga—can we call it an insurrection?—wants easy heroes and villains. Both are available.

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Why Rothbard Endures

BiographiesHistory of the Austrian School of Economics

03/04/2021Mises Media
Instead of succumbing to the zeitgeist, Rothbard moved it.
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