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Tyranny, Inc.: How “Beltway Libertarians” Failed to Convince Conservatives

Cronyism and CorporatismLibertarianismProgressivismProtectionism and Free TradeStrategy

Blog43 min ago

From the various compromises pushed by "Beltway Libertarians" to the anti-free market rhetoric of conservative Sohrab Ahmari, government intervention has a lot of new friends. This will not end well.

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True Money Supply Is the Correct Measure of Inflation, Not Consumer Price Index

The FedMonetary TheoryMoney Supply

Blog10/02/2023

The common belief is that inflation is the general rise in consumer prices. However, rising prices are a symptom of inflation, which really is expansion of the money supply.

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Public Goods Viewed through Entrepreneurship

EntrepreneurshipFiscal TheoryProduction Theory

Blog10/02/2023

One of the canards of mainstream economics is that only government can provide the "optimum" number of nonrivalrous, or public, goods. Austrian economists have never accepted that theory.

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Last Day to Double Your Gift

Blog09/30/2023

The Mises Institute sends a big THANK YOU to everyone who's donated to our Fall Campaign. If you haven't given, please donate today to double your impact. Every bit helps!

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Will Dollarization Work in Argentina?

Economic PolicyGlobal EconomyInflationMonetary PolicySocialism

Javier Milei has promised to make the US dollar Argentina's currency if he is elected. Whether it will help the Argentine economy is another matter.

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Is the Money in Your Checking Account Yours or the Bank's?

LanguageMoney and BankingOther Schools of Thought

Blog09/30/2023

While supporters of fractional reserve banking claim banks inform depositors that they are really lenders (and banks are borrowers), a survey of the fine print yields says otherwise.

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Assessing the BRICS Expansion: Debunking Expectations

Global EconomyMonetary PolicyU.S. EconomyWorld History

Blog09/29/2023

Although there has been excitement and fanfare over the recent BRICS meetings and proclamations, it is doubtful that these economies’ performance can match their rhetoric.

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Living Libertarian: Brief Biographies

Economic FreedomHayekLibertarianism

Blog09/29/2023

Why do people become libertarians? What attracts them to Austrian economics?

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