‘America’s Great Depression’ 50th Anniversary
From the session on “’America’s Great Depression’ 50th Anniversary,” presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conferenc
U.S. Economy
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America’s Great Depression Quote of the Week: Cycles and Fluctuations
This week’s quote(s) highlights why an explanation of a general boom-bust pattern of economic must be a monetary theory of the trade cycle.
Who Benefits From the Fed?
As we review the Fed’s operations in 2012 we see the usual outcomes. The banking sector has benefited from its operations (unusually so, thanks to the
continued interest on reserve policy) and the government has received a free lunch by having a ready buyer for its ever-increasing debt.
The Ethics of Repudiation
If sanctity of contracts should rule in the world of private debt, shouldn’t they be equally as sacrosanct in public debt? The answer is no.
Government Bloat is Not Growth: Real Gross Domestic Private Product, 2000–2011
Given a choice, the people victimized by government “services” would be willing to pay to be rid of them.
Obama’s Economic War on Women
President Obama's recent re-election bid included considerable pandering to women voters, including the so-called equal-pay-for-equal-work campaign.
War and the Fed
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anon
Means Testing Your Social Security Payments
The magnitude of the unfunded liabilities is so vast that Congress will be trapped.
Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government
Politics and thieves, coercion and regulation, fascism and the Fed, centralization and liberty, workers and unions, trade and freedom, free-market achievements and government disasters in American history — this book covers it all! Organized...
