Global Economy
Inflation and the Bolsheviks
Recorded at the Mises Institute Supporters Summit, 1 November 2008; Auburn, Alabama.
Trade Makes People Better Off, Even Superheroes
The law of comparative advantage tells us that no matter how much more productive they are than the rest of us, even people who are very productive can be made better off by trading with people who are not.
The Debt We Owe to Trade
Bernstein's book takes us outside the here and now and helps us understand the big picture, and he does this by looking at the details of goods traded in lands far away in all times.
Current Market Conditions: 8 Oct. 2008
Jeffrey Tucker interviews Kevin Duffy. Recorded 8 October 2008.
A New Currency for the World
From “Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money”; the Mises Circle in Vancouver. Recorded 13 September 2008.
The Economics of War (Georgia Edition)
Within a militarist community there is no freedom; there are only obedience and discipline.
Economics of Oil, Hurricane Katrina, and the Real Estate Bubble
Interviewed on the The Joey Panto Show, 2 July 2008.
V. The Most Recent Socialist Doctrines and the Problem of Economic Calculation
From Economic Calculation In The Socialist Commonwealth.
Natural Disasters, It Turns Out, Are Bad
It seems that we may never rid ourselves of the broken-window fallacy, writes Mark Thornton.