They should have called it the Federal Advisory Panel for a Huge and Sneaky Tax Increase and a Massive Increase in Corporate Welfare. That—and not "privatization"—is the real upshot of what the advisory counsel to fix Social Security recommended.
A wealthy broker of questionable repute is trying to sell a mutual fund. If it stock goes up, he says, you profit. If it goes down, he adds, he'll send you a personal check to put it back on par with the original purchase price. He promises do this forever. Thus its value can't decline, no matter how much you buy.
In 1994, bondholders lost hundreds of billions, thanks to Clinton's monetary escapades. What happened? It's a sad story of interest rates and their manipulation by government planners.
The broadly held corporation was one of the most important developments of the 19th century. The capital of thousands and then millions of stockholders made possible the profitable development of large firms, which enriched not only their owners, but society as a whole.
Quick: what do the following world-famous men have in common: John Kenneth Galbraith, Donald J. Trump, and David Rockefeller? What values could possibly be shared by the socialist economist who got rich by writing best-selling volumes denouncing affluence; the billionaire wheeler-dealer; and the fabulous head of the financially and politically powerful Rockefeller World Empire?
Mises University is the world’s leading instructional program in the Austrian school of economics.
A no-holds-barred discussion against the regime, featuring Ted Carpenter, Michael Rectenwald, Karen Kwiatkowski, and Jonathan Newman.
Bob Murphy, Patrick Newman, Jonathan Newman, and Murray Sabrin cut through the campaign talking points and offer an uncompromising look at what is
