Mises Wire

The Argentinian Zombie Currency

Central BanksInflationMonetary Policy

Blog06/16/2023

Argentina is one of the world's poster children for hyperinflation. Unfortunately, monetary reforms aren't working because the authorities are not serious about having a sound currency.

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The GDPR Paradox: Empowering Government in the Name of Data Protection

Big GovernmentBureaucracy and RegulationDemocracyLibertarianism

Blog06/13/2023

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation supposedly protects people from government data abuse. In reality, it empowers governments.

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To Avarice No Sanction

Economic FreedomPhilosophySocialism

Blog06/08/2023

What many people call government generosity Leonard Read called avarice.

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Technology Is Meaningless without Entrepreneurship

The EntrepreneurStrategyEntrepreneurship

Blog06/07/2023

While many believe that technology is key to a growing economy, technology is useless without entrepreneurship, which develops uses for technology.

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The Republicans' Fiscal Irresponsibility Act

Taxes and Spending

Blog06/06/2023

The Republicans' "Fiscal Responsibility Act" allows the government to continue adding trillions of dollars of debt that will be monetized by the Federal Reserve.

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The Market Process Is Not a Knowledge Problem

HayekCalculation and KnowledgePricesProduction Theory

Blog06/05/2023

While F.A. Hayek's famous 1945 essay effectively critiques the "perfect information" hypothesis, it is an inadequate explanation of the issue of economic calculation.

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The Attack on the Western Tradition

Blog06/01/2023

A free society depends on certain principles, and Western thinkers—including many "dead white males"—played a major role in their development.

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The Republican Debt-Ceiling "Deal" Is Exactly What We Expected

Taxes and Spending

Blog06/01/2023

Contrary to the still-enduring myth about Republican budget cutting, there is no correlation whatsoever between Republican control of DC and the trajectory of federal spending.

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