[ Originally published July 17, 2016. This letter was published during the campaign by Joseph Salerno, Mark Thornton and 25 other economists. ] An Open Letter to Donald Trump We the undersigned urge you, the presumptive Republican nominee for President, to support a rebirth of free-market capitalism in the U.S. You have said repeatedly that you
With last week’s headlines driving national attention to the issue of policing in America, the Mises Wire had several articles focused on the underlying issues plaguing public law enforcement and how the market is the best means for solving them. A leading problem is that there are simply too many laws to begin with , increasing the amount of
We are less than a month away from the election and it can’t be over soon enough. In the latest strange turn, several DC libertarians came out against prosecuting unlawful politicians and in support of a government-managed “common market,” rather than genuine free trade that can be imposed unilaterally. In DC, regulators continue to expand
The September-October issue [PDF] covers this year’s grim election circus. Our physical print publication goes out six times per year with new articles from our top writers, book reviews from David Gordon, and news about the Mises Institute. All members who request it will receive physical copies. For email notifications of when new issues are
Do central banks have a plan? Do they know what they’re doing? The BBC wonders, and Mises Institute President Jeff Deist provides some of the answers : Should central bankers, once seen as the new rock stars of the finance world, be more aptly described as failed heroes? As the world’s finance ministries battle to revive their ailing, post-crisis
Introduced by Murray Sabrin, Joseph Salerno spoke on “Why Falling Prices Are Good for Business” at Ramapo College in New Jersey on October 4. Dr. Salerno’s portion of the talk begins at 6:20. The lecture is followed at the one-hour mark by a panel discussion covering business cycles, the Fed, interest rates, and financial crises with Alex
As the 2016 election draws near, the elephant in the room — whether the candidates and the public know it or not — remains the central bank and its continued power over both the domestic and global economy. There is good reason to believe, of course, that the Fed is actively crafting policy to avoid any economic crises before the election, in
Obamacare premiums are exploding, just as mises.org has long predicted . Another disastrous example of politicians discarding basic common sense in passing through legislation to address a problem they themselves have created . Unfortunately there is little hope of politicians learning from their mistakes, as they continue to push through bill ,
This week the Mises Institute held its Fall Campaign and the response has been extraordinary, which coincided with Ludwig von Mises’s 135th birthday this past Thursday. Everyone here at the Institute takes incredible pride in continuing our namesake’s legacy in being an uncompromising voice for the ideas of Austrian economics, freedom, and peace.
During our Boston Mises Circle last weekend we discussed the real state of the US economy, and the solutions that lie beyond politics. This week, America’s continued economic stagnation was further illustrated by another lack-luster jobs report — showing that the government can’t even rig its own statistics enough to project a strong economy. What
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