Some of the questions asked of the panel were: What is the connection between the Fed and the current crisis?, What is the business cycle?, Does IP qualify as socialization? and, Is the housing bubble worldwide?
In this Mises View, Mark Thornton explains some unintended consequences of bulk NSA spying. Thornton is a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute.
John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute talks with Lew Rockwell about his new book, the state, war, police, and education.
2014’s new US Farm Bill eliminates many direct subsidies to farmers, while replacing them with subsidized insurance programs. This will lead to higher costs for taxpayers and distorted markets in the future.
The smaller the size of government, the less power it has to hobble free enterprise with taxes and regulations, writes Ron Paul.
Mark Thornton discusses the seven mega-trends facing our economy and what it means looking forward.
Politicians and regulators usually don’t know what they don’t know about everything from health care to your small business, but that sort of compo
Politicians and regulators usually don’t know what they don’t know about everything from health care to your small business, but that sort of compound ignorance won’t stop them from regulating the minutiae of everyday life and commerce.
In spite of its failure in the short term, the Scottish campaign exposed elite dread of decentralization while establishing a precedent that regions can decide for themselves to secede even without a nation-wide vote. The campaign also illustrates anew ongoing trends in the decline of the nation-state.
