Mises Wire

Capitalism Does Not Create Social Inequality

Economic PolicyFree MarketsLiberalism

Blog12/14/2022

Critics of capitalism claim that it is responsible for creating inequality in society. Yet the precapitalist societies enforced inequality in a rigid social structure.

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Central Banks: Profligacy in Lockstep

World History

The world's central banks ran up their risk, all together, and now the big risks they assumed are turning into losses all around the central bank club.

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College Loans and Hazlitt's Lesson: Ignoring the Larger Picture

Cronyism and CorporatismEconomic PolicyEducation

Blog11/26/2022

Politicians calling for student loan forgiveness or free college tuition have failed to understand the larger consequences of unlimited student lending. Henry Hazlitt would have understood.

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Can a Deeply Unserious America Fix Its Economy?

Big GovernmentCentral BanksU.S. EconomyBusiness CyclesPolitical Theory

Blog11/22/2022

A serious political discussion at the federal level would center on structural problems of war and peace, debt and the dollar, and entitlements. But America in 2022 is a deeply unserious country.

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Can Increases in the Supply of Gold Lead to Boom-Bust Cycles?

Booms and BustsInflationBusiness CyclesGold Standard

Blog11/12/2022

While an increase in the supply of gold money would lead to higher consumer prices, such increases in the gold supply do not lead to boom-bust cycles.

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Consumers, Workers, and Monopolies: Free Markets Serve All

Free MarketsSocialismMonopoly and Competition

Blog11/03/2022

Among Mises's contributions was his doctrine of consumer sovereignty in a free market.

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Clausewitz, the UN Charter, and a Libertarian View on War

War and Foreign Policy

Blog11/01/2022

Modern warfare is a product of the state, which engages in violence at home and abroad. Peace is possible, but only when the state loses power.

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