Mises Wire

A Pyrrhic End to 130 Years of Vicious Bad Money and Banking Crises

Booms and BustsThe FedMoney and BanksU.S. EconomyU.S. History

Blog04/20/2023

The current banking crises have deep roots in US financial history. Monetary authorities have engaged in inflationary behavior for more than a hundred years.

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Austrian Economists and Empiricism

History of the Austrian School of EconomicsPhilosophy and Methodology

Blog04/20/2023

Austrian economics is defined by its adherence to the a priori methodology, not empiricism. That places it at odds with mainstream economics, which stresses the methodology of positivism.

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Arbitrary Use of Power: Punishing Those Who Expose Not-So-Secret Government Secrets

Legal SystemMedia and CultureThe Police StateWar and Foreign Policy

Blog04/18/2023

Washington elites and especially their media have denounced what they once praised: leaking of official documents that show the government has been lying.

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Are Bank Failures a Sign of More Trouble Ahead?

Money and Banks

Blog03/21/2023

Some have wrongly blamed the current bank failures on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases. The real problem is how the Fed encouraged the entire financial system to get addicted to easy money. 

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American Dissident: The Legacy of Murray Rothbard

HealthLibertarianismThe Police StateHistory of the Austrian School of Economics

Blog03/21/2023

Murray Rothbard was an elite economist, historian, and avowed enemy of the state. His legacy lives on nearly three decades after his untimely passing.

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A Bank Crisis Was Predictable. Was the Fed Lying or Blind?

The FedFinancial MarketsInterventionism

Blog03/13/2023

Welcome to Whose Economy Is It, Anyway?, where the rules are made up and the dollars don’t matter. Or at least that seems to be the view of the Yellen regime.

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Are Large Hospitals the Problem with US Healthcare?

Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismFree MarketsHealthPrice ControlsProgressivism

Blog03/07/2023

Two "distinguished" healthcare analysts have examined the medical system in the USA and conclude that the REAL problem is . . . large hospitals. Dale Steinreich applies economic analysis to their claims.

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