John P. Cochran

Articles

Why We Need Deflation and Higher Interest Rates

03/28/2015 Mises Daily John P. Cochran

[ Editor’s note: In this article from 2015, economist John Cochran examines why higher interest rates are a key factor in repairing the damage of easy-money-induced business cycles. This topic remains...

Protecting the Most Vulnerable

03/13/2015 Mises Wire John P. Cochran

In a Wall Street Journal article “ GOP Targets Medicaid, Food Stamps” Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), top member of the Democratic caucus on the Senate Budget Committee, is quoted as saying, “I will...

Action Trumps Sound Bites

03/10/2015 Mises Wire John P. Cochran

In an editorial in the Wall Street Journal economist Douglas Coate suggests a need for “ Improving the GOP’s Free-Market Pitch.” He correctly points out, “Capitalism’s virtues don’t easily reduce to...

Media

Capital, Monetary Calculation, and the Trade Cycle: The Importance of Sound Money

03/01/2004 John P. Cochran

John P. Cochran presents the Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture at the 2003 Austrian Scholars Conference.

Limits of Limited Government Mercantilism, the Unvanquished Foe of Liberty

09/30/2010 John P. Cochran

Recorded at the Mises Circle in Colorado Springs, Colorado; 18 September 2010. Sponsored by Pikes Peak Economics Club. The handout from the presentation is available below in PDF format.

Hayek’s Relevance for 21st-Century Boom-Bust and Recession-Recovery

03/15/2011 John P. Cochran

Session on Business Cycle Theory II. Recorded March 11, 2011, at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.

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