Advertisers Aren’t As Powerful As We Think
Experience suggests that advertising and propaganda aren't as powerful as we assume them to be. This has both economic and political implications.
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The Cultural Background of Ludwig von Mises — New Formats Available
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn's timeless essay "The Cultural Background of Ludwig von Mises" is now easier to read.
Beware, Dissenter of the Monetary Regime
Tim Duy takes to Bloomberg to warn the world about the possibility of "hard-money" advocates getting into the Fed.
Beware, Dissenter to the Monetary Regime
Tim Duy takes to Bloomberg to warn the world about the possibility of “hard-money” advocates getting into the Fed.
A Tariff with Mexico Will Ensure Americans Pay for Border Wall
"Tariff," after all, is just a fancy word for "tax."
How Political Competition Made Europe Rich
Political decentralization is “the essence of the spirit of Europe.” It is what made room for the merchant to trade and for the worker to innovate.
Remembering Oskar Morgenstern
Morganstern is best known as the co-developer of modern game theory with John von Neumann in their 1944 book, The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior.
Steve Mnuchin Defends the Myth of Fed Independence
The idea that the Federal Reserve is "independent" is at best naive, and at worse purposefully misleading.
Trump Cuts Subsidy to Real Estate Industry, Opponents Call It a “Tax Increase”
The FHA has long subsidized home loans and home sales with its federal insurance program. Banks and Realtors want to keep the money flowing.
Asset-Price Inflation Heating Up with Nothing to Show For It
Obama is the first president since Hoover to not have a single year of over 3% GDP growth.
