Rand Paul, Democracy, and the Ghost of Reagan
Some candidates are attempting to make friends with free-market voters, but there are still plenty of voters for whom free markets are like poison.
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Mises Daily Monday: A Portrait of the Classical Gold Standard
Mises Daily Monday by Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna:
While not at all perfect, the classical gold standard of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century facilitated some of the greatest leaps in economic prosperity ever witnessed. Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna surveys the views of central bankers and economists of the time.
Mises Weekends: Adam Vass Gal Explains How the State Destroys the Poor
Jeff Deist and Adam Vass Gal discuss why the State is a villain of the downtrodden.
What’s so great about the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?
Patrick Barron writes:
Recently a friend sent me the updated Wikipedia link about the newly formed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank that has been in the news so much, mostly gathering glowing endorsements that this is a great undertaking.
Government Intervention Does Not Justify More Government Intervention
If you use public roads or other government "services," does this mean the government can regulate everything you do?
Bovard: ‘Nowadays, We Have Elections in Lieu of Freedom’
In case you needed proof that voting has nothing to do with enhancing freedom or controlling government, witness the government's enthusiasm for making voting mandatory.
Reuter’s Reports that Greece Says it Will Run Out of Money on April 9
Greece's government said that the country would have to choose whether to pay back 450 million euros to the International Monetary Fund on April 9th or pay salaries and pensions.
Repeal, Don’t Reform the IMF
A responsible financial institution would not extend a new loan of between 17 and 40 billion dollars to a borrower already struggling to pay back an existing multi-billion dollar loan. Yet that is just what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) did last month when it extended a new loan to the government of Ukraine.
For April 1: Exclusive Mises Institute Interview with Ben Bernanke!
First, he started up a new blog, and now Ben Bernanke has agreed to an exclusive interview with the Mises Institute for Mises Wire. We sent our correspondent Mateusz Machaj to speak with Ben about business cycles, 100 percent certainty, and why it’s different this time.
Margin Debt At All Time High
Not only are stock markets near all time highs, the amount of margin debt is also at all time highs. Margin debt is money borrowed to leverage the purchasing power of portfolios.
