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Joakim Book

Joakim Book is a writer and professional editor. He holds degrees in economics and financial history from the University of Glasgow and University of Oxford, and was a Mises summer fellow in 2017. His main research interests are monetary economics and the history of central banks. 

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Government, the Centralizing Mindset, and the Idiots in Charge

Big GovernmentBureaucracy and RegulationDemocracy

Blog03/26/2022

F.A. Hayek wrote that the "worst get on top" when it comes to government. Nearly eighty years after he wrote those words, nothing has changed.

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Audio Mises Wire

Should Government Be Your Stockbroker? Maybe So, Says Bloomberg

Financial MarketsInterventionism

03/16/2022Mises Media
Bloomberg suggests that individuals should not be permitted to make their own stock selections because they are not "qualified" to make such decisions. Instead, governments should help direct their investment choices.
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Stockbrokers

Should Government Be Your Stockbroker? Maybe So, Says Bloomberg

Financial MarketsInterventionism

Blog02/17/2022

Bloomberg suggests that individuals should not be permitted to make their own stock selections because they are not "qualified" to make such decisions. Instead, governments should help direct their investment choices.

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Audio Mises Wire

Who Needs Personal Responsibility When We Can Just Trust Our Overlords?

Socialism

01/28/2022Mises Media
Across so many fields, from money to nutrition, I’ve found that the corollary to the government-heavy approach is a desire not to make choices for oneself.
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Central Planners Don't Know What's Best for You

Socialism

01/25/2022Mises Media
Flawed as we are and with limited knowledge about the world and ourselves, we might not know what is objectively “best for us long term.” Government planners know even less.
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