Yet Another “Operation Twist”?
The Fed's plan will fail: a fall in interest rates cannot cause the economy to grow.
Free Markets
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The Devilish Principles of Hillarycare
The details of the Clintonian plan, however diabolic, are merely petty demons compared to the general principles, where Lucifer really lurks.
Why Gold?
Austrians wish to extend their laissez-faire views to the creation and sale of a specific commodity: money.
The Watermelon Summit
Watermelon: “green” on the outside, red on the inside. Rio Earth Summit: “Watermelons of the World Unite!”
How Amazon Survives the State
In a world of convoluted rules, capitalism finds ways to get goods cheaply to the people who want them.
Is the Market a Test of Truth and Beauty?: Essays in Political Economy, by Leland B. Yeager
Although Leland Yeager calls himself a fellow traveler of the Austrian School, rather than a full-fledged member of it — he is a fellow traveler of the Chicago School as well — no reader of his essays can fail to note one
Government Medical “Insurance”
Instead of solving the initial problem, the intervention creates two or three further problems, which the government feels it must intervene to heal.
Why Don’t People Get It?
Every evil of the day, even those directly caused by the government, are blamed on the market economy.
[Day 10 of Robert Wenzel's 30-day reading list that will lead you to become a knowledgeable libertarian, this Mises Daily originally ran January 1, 2008.]
