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Jonathan M. Finegold Catalán writes from San Diego and studies political science and economics.

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A Culture of Fear

Big GovernmentMedia and CultureU.S. HistoryWar and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryInterventionismPolitical Theory

05/31/2021Mises Daily ArticlesJonathan M. Finegold Catalan

From the Great Depression to the Cold War, to the War on Terror, the regime repeatedly seeks to keep its citizens in a state of fear. And there's one "enemy" that is always there for the state to save us from: "greed" and capitalism.

America's Greatest Industrial Transformation

Free MarketsU.S. EconomyU.S. HistoryGold Standard

10/03/2011Mises Daily ArticlesJonathan M. Finegold Catalan

The period between 1873 and 1894 remains one of the most misunderstood and debated in all of American economic history. To some, this era represents the greatest phase of industrial growth in the country's history.

Rethinking Depression Economics

Business CyclesCalculation and KnowledgePrices

08/12/2011Mises Daily ArticlesJonathan M. Finegold Catalan

Austrians argue that government spending and monetary expansion are counterproductive and handicap economic calculation.

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Austrian Economics Overview

08/08/2011Mises Daily ArticlesJonathan M. Finegold Catalan

Almost everyone will tell you that the Mises Institute sells great books at a great price, but too few people really understand the implications.

In Defense of the Shadow Scholar

EducationFree MarketsInterventionism

08/01/2011Mises Daily ArticlesJonathan M. Finegold Catalan

The ghostwriting black market is a slice of spontaneous order that has arisen from the need to circumvent the inefficiencies of the public-education system. The industry is so profitable that some even make it a full-time job.

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