Does a Falling Money Supply Cause Recessions?
A falling money supply is not the cause of economic contractions. It is usually just a symptom of a larger problem resulting from money-creation out of thin air.
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More Arrests of Mises Activists by Cuban Police
Seven Cuban libertarians and activists with the Mises-Mambi Institute of Cuba were arrested on Friday morning.
The Flint Water Disaster Shows Why We Need Markets
Public television keeps alive the idea that disasters caused by government bureaucrats will be solved if only we get the "right" people to run things.
The Left/Right Crack-Up Over Seattle and the Minimum Wage
So while the left’s support of the minimum wage is offensive, the right’s fight against what’s offensive perhaps explains why we still have wage floors.
Money, Keynes, and History
Though the descent of Keynesian doctrine from intellectual respectability can be denied no longer, it still gravely threatens sensible monetary policy.
Lew Rockwell on The Origins of the Mises Institute
Lew Rockwell explains how he created the Mises Institute as "a shadow university setting in which students could study economics" within the Austrian school.
We Don’t Need a Presidential Commission on Voter Fraud
First it was "Russian hacking" as the excuse for a federal takeover of elections. Now its "voter fraud." The states should tell the feds to get lost.
The US Is Not “One Nation” — And it Never Was
Many hold to a nostalgic view of the United States as a single nation once unified by a common culture. This was never true.
Testosterone and the Madness of Central Bankers
People really do experience a type of high when experiencing windfall profits. Does this play a role in central-bank-induced booms and busts?
Why Civilization Needs Money
Our civilization is inseparably linked with our methods of economic calculation.
