U.S. Economy

Recorded at Mises University 2005.

Sean Corrigan notes several cases when believing in myth and fallacy qualifies you to manage editorial pages and purport to administer whole nations.

Study commission by the Subcommitttee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights of the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S.

The percentage of the labor force controlled by unions tends progressively to decline, writes George Reisman. Where the unions hold sway, companies cannot compete.

Henry George's 1886 book on trade is a devastating critique of the arguments of protectionists.

Pride may goeth before the fall, but with politicians like George W. Bush, far too much time separates the pride part from the fall part, writes Lew Rockwell.

The U.S. trade deficit is an American problem, writes Antony Mueller. It is the result of insufficient savings at home and a widening budget deficit. 

Thomas Woods writes on the famous Fr. Charles Coughlin, whose writing on money is wrongly admired by some even today.

Greenspan says it is a puzzle why long-term rates remain low while short-term rates have risen. But Frank Shostak says that this is not a puzzle at all. 

The Bush plan claims to increase capital accumulation because of its superficial emphasis on investment, writes Robert Murphy. But it is a total shell game.