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Of the Demand or Market for Products

Free Markets

Blog06/28/2018

Wealth stems not from spending, but from production. Declines in production are be remedied by frugality, intelligence, activity, and freedom.

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Our Obsession with Consumption — while Ignoring Saving and Investment — Is a Big Problem

Money and BanksCapital and Interest TheoryMoney and Banking

Blog06/13/2018

Without saving and investment, there can be no material progress — which is necessary for cultural progress and flourishing.

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Our Interests and Their Interests

Free MarketsInterventionism

Blog02/12/2018
Mises formed a highly sophisticated theory of classes and of class conflict by distinguishing sharply between the market and the state.
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On-Duty Police Deaths Were Near a 50-Year Low in 2017

Legal SystemTaxes and SpendingPolitical Theory

Blog01/09/2018
Government policing is becoming less hazardous. It is also safer than being a roofer, farmer, or pilot.
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Our Passive Trade Balance

History of the Austrian School of Economics

Blog01/04/2018
This is the first time Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk's essay "Our Passive Trade Balance" has appeared in English.
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Obama Administration's Bank Regulation Still Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor

Big GovernmentThe FedMoney and Banks

Blog11/02/2017
Few presidencies have ever done more to widen the gap between rich and poor than Barack Obama.
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Our Obsession with Survey Data is Ruining Economics

Philosophy and Methodology

Blog07/23/2017
The many flaws of survey data makes it a rather questionable foundation for economic science.
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Obama's AWOL Anti-War Protest

Blog07/21/2017
Why did so many Bush-era anti-war activists abandon the cause after Obama took office?
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