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Mises Daily Friday by Antony Mueller:

Brazil's government has long been devoted to the idea that more government spending will create more economic prosperity. For a time, it seemed to work, but now reality and disillusionment have set in.

Mark Thornton

The Fed has been messing with interest rates for a century and suddenly they have forgotten how to raise interest rates?

Ryan McMaken

Time reports that Rand Paul has come out in favor of a sizable boost to defense spending.

Mark Thornton

Europeans have long been fearful of the prospects of price deflation, but now that it has arrived they have embraced it.

Robert Higgs

How big is government in the United States? The answer depends on the concept used to define its size.

Matthew McCaffrey

One great thing about innovation in gaming is that the more complex and realistic games get, the more they begin to mirror real-world economic principles.

Frank Shostak

Money's main job is simply to fulfill the role of the medium of exchange. Money doesn't sustain or fund real economic activity. The means of sustenance are provided by saved real goods and services.

Ryan McMaken

Federal surveys that measure "food insecurity" are so hopelessly skewed, as to be useless. 

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Register here for our upcoming Mises Circle in Stamford, Connecticut, on Thursday, May 7.

Ryan McMaken

Lee Kuan Yew , who led the successful effort to turn Singapore into a economic and financial powerhouse, died Monday at age 91.