In an interesting article at the NY Observer, Bernie Quigley suggests that the rise of Scottish nationalism (and the SNP’s victories in the most recent election ) has led to a rise of English nationalism: Not everyone in London is terribly upset by the news of Scotland’s victory, Ms. Applebaum writes. “I never really felt ‘British’ anyway,” a
And as usual, he says nothing new or interesting. But at least he’s right, for once. Warning that deficit spending can be a problem, Greenspan also noted that reduced spending would not damage the “recovery.” That’s nice, but aside from sending Paul Krugman into a rage , these words of Greenspan’s are profoundly safe things to say right now, and
This may be the first time I’ve seen news reports on increasing joblessness in which the worsening of the job market was not declared to be a “surprise.” (See here and here .) The fact that this lousy jobs report wasn’t declared “surprising” may be a sign of people coming to terms with reality. Just as a reminder: Total employment in the United
NBC reports that the Pope has denounced the so-called wage gap: “Why is it taken for granted that women must earn less than men? No! They have the same rights. The discrepancy is a pure scandal,” he told tens of thousands of people at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square. Raising his voice for emphasis as he made some of his most forceful
Police justify killings like that of Freddy Gray’s on the grounds that such aggressive tactics are necessary to protect lives and property. But when widespread destruction of property, and threats to life and limb appear, the police are breathtakingly inefficient. Of course, we still know little about the death of Gray because the police
Kingsman: The Secret Service is a big-budget semi-satirical take on the spy genre, featuring the film clichés audiences now associate with the James Bond and Jason Bourne franchises. These include global intrigue, amazing gadgetry, beautiful women, hand-to-hand combat, and multiple international locales. Many friends of laissez-faire, and those
Japanese Prime Minister Shino Abe has been touring the US this week. Much of the week was spent apologizing for the War in the Pacific, but Abe ‘s also on an economic mission. Japan continues to see lackluster growth thanks, no doubt, to its highly regulated and corporatist economy. But Abe has taken things even further with Abenomics , a
Robert Wenzel recently noted just how truly international the Austrian School has become, and that the Mises Institute’s former Fellows are now teaching throughout North America and both Western and Eastern Europe. Internationalism, incidentally, has been a focus of not only our academic efforts, but of Mises Daily as well, featuring numerous
Louis Rouanet has translated his Mises Daily article from Monday into French . Now available at Contrepoints : “Paul Krugman et la France, une longue histoire d’amour
With the creation of the BRICS bank and now the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the major economies of the world are hoping to lay the foundation for a multi-polar financial world beyond the unilateral control of the United States. Due to the enormous size of the US economy, coupled with the reserve status of the US dollar, the United
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