Walmart’s Healthcare Experiment Has Begun, It May Be A Game Changer
Here we see two rival strategies to marketing healthcare services. The status quo is based on insurance payments and price secrecy. Walmart's strategy is based on price competition.
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How Democracy Destroys Political Economy
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Seattle, 14 September 2019. Includes an introduction by Jeff Deist.
Don’t Give Politicians Credit for a Growing Economy
When politicians say "you never had it so good" they're taking credit for something they didn't do. In truth, what economic prosperity we have is due to private savers and entrepreneurs making economic progress possible.
Inverted Yield Curves, Recessions, and You
To understand what an inverted yield curve means, you must first understand what the yield curve is.
Why is the “Cost of Living” in Cities so High?
More than half of the people in the world currently live in urban areas or cities, in spite of it being more expensive to do so. Why?
Austrian Business Cycle Theory, the Inverted Yield Curve, and the Coming Recession
Bob Murphy discusses the Mises-Hayek theory of the boom-bust cycle, and explains the predictive power of an "inverted yield curve".
The 100-Year Bond is Unethical
100-year bonds push government debt onto future taxpayers who haven't even been born yet. And they also show the government has no intention of actually paying its debts.
How Slave Owners Pushed Marxist “Wage Slavery” and Exploitation Theories
Defenders of slavery so vehemently opposed free labor, they claimed the "wage slavery" system was even worse than slave labor. The idea being that slavery is morally superior to wage labor.
What Austrians can Learn from The Socialist Manifesto
C Jay Engel Reviews The Socialist Manifesto, from the Editor of Jacobin.
If Deficits Are This Huge Now, What Happens When the Recession Hits?
It is troubling that after a decade of an economic expansion, the US government is still spending money as it does during and immediately following a recession. It is as if the economy is now in a state of permanent "stimulus."
