Patents and Copyrights: Do the Benefits Exceed the Costs?
Patents and copyrights are forms of immaterial “property” that grant to their owners exclusive control over the production and sale of a specified
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Book Review of The Church Confronts Modernity: Catholic Intellectuals and the Progressive Era and The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
In this article, Samuel Bostaph reviews Thomas E.
Gary Becker on Free Banking
The recently edited Festschrift in honor of Pascal Salin is a highly varied and disparate collection of contributions by colleagues, admir
Legal Tender Laws and Fractional-Reserve Banking
This article will explore the economics of legal tender laws, arguing that they are not only a necessary prerequisite of paper money, but also bene
The Cultural Consequences of Fiat Money
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 26 July 2014.
The Economics of Fractional Reserve Banking
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 22 July 2014.
Europe’s Mario Draghi Starring in Bernanke’s Show
ECB’s Mario Draghi has taken over from Ben Bernanke as the world’s most enthusiastic money printer, writes Brendan Brown.
The European Central Bank’s House of Cards
The European Central Bank’s recent move to negative interest rates is a sign that the ECB is hitting the panic button, writes Frank Hollenbeck.
