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The Friction Ahead in 2023

PoliticsStrategy

Claudio Grass interviews Jeff Deist on the tumultuous year ahead.

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The Case for Disbanding Public Health Agencies

Bureaucracy and RegulationProgressivismThe Police StateInterventionism

Blog12/29/2022

Public health agencies tend to be treated like authoritative sacred cows. In reality, they have politicized health policies to the point where they really are a health hazard.

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The Mises Institute's Goal Is a World Free of War and Politics. Will You Stand by Our Side?

Blog12/29/2022

There is trouble around the globe. But there is tremendous cause for optimism. Things can change very quickly. Help the Mises Institute hurry things along.

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The Second Housing Bubble of the Twenty-First Century Is Over

U.S. Economy

Blog12/27/2022

Prices are an intersection of human expectations, actions, hopes and fears. I like to ask audiences, “How much can the price of an asset change?” My proposed answer: “More than you think.”

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The Great Leap Backward*

Economic PolicyProgressivismSocialismWorld History

Blog12/27/2022

More than sixty years ago, Mao launched the disastrous Great Leap Forward. Progressive elites today are trying to force GLF II in the form of the Great Reset. If implemented, it will be even more disastrous than Mao's original folly.

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The Economic Super Bowl: 1920–21 versus 1930–31

Booms and BustsEconomic PolicyThe FedHayekBusiness CyclesGold Standard

Blog12/17/2022

By all measures, the economic downturn that began in 1920 was worse than what occurred in 1930, yet the economy recovered quickly in 1921. Why the difference?

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The Tea Party, Fifteen Years Later

AntipoliticsCorporate WelfareStrategy

Blog12/16/2022

Ah yes, the Tea Party. Fifteen years after it was established by followers of Ron Paul, the so-called antiestablishment organization has been co-opted by establishment Republicans. Dale Steinreich is not surprised.

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The Fed's Powell Admits "I Don't Know What We'll Do" in 2023

U.S. Economy

Blog12/15/2022

The Fed is winging it, but most on the FOMC believe only two more rate hikes are in the works, and then it's back to flooding the market with easy money. 

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