Booms and Busts
Ire and Ice: A Tale of Two PIIIGS
It was not the banks as such that caused the crisis but rather the boom-bust policies of the central banks of Ireland and Iceland.
Can Central Banks Be Tamed?
Mainstream economists opposed to broadly discretionary monetary policy favor rules to restrain central bankers, but can central banking be restrained?
Malinvestment and Regime Uncertainty
Robert Higgs's concept of <em>regime uncertainty</em> has caught on with businessmen and the press.
The Real Fiscal Cliff: How to Spot the Ledge
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anon
The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure: Why Pure Capitalism Is the World Economy’s Only Hope, by John A. Allison
This book contains the oddest sentence I have ever read about the current financial crisis, or for that matter about any financial crisis.
The Eurocrisis
This lecture by Philipp Bagus was presented at the 2012 Mises University in Auburn, Alabama.
Hyperinflation Is Not Inevitable (Default Is)
The US government cannot use hyperinflation to escape the the promises it made to retirees.
Economics and Moral Courage
The Austrians in the late 1920s and early '30s were like scientists trying to address witch doctors.
European Crisis Signal
The ECB has once again come to the rescue by cutting interest rates in order to forestall a collapse of the European economy.