Mises Wire

Ryan McMaken

Says the FOMC: The economy is strong; So a 0% to .25% target rate for the federal funds rate sounds about right; 2% CPI inflation or bust!

Ryan McMaken

Join us at the Institute on March 12 for the Austrian Economics Research Conference.

Ryan McMaken
When the FDR administration created Shenandoah National Park, federal agents confiscated the homes and lands of thousands of Virginians.
Ryan McMaken

The Drudge Report, one of the top news sites in the world for traffic, has picked up on the secession trend. Drudge today links to today's Buzzfeed article examining Ron Paul's speech at the recent Mises Circle in Houston.

Ryan McMaken

Mises Daily Thursday by Frank Shostak: 

The Fed — and many economists everywhere — believe that giving more people jobs will drive more economic growth. But more employment is useless for economic growth if employed persons are not contributing to real wealth and capital accumulation.

 

Ryan McMaken

Mark Thornton talks about The Washington Post's attack on Austrian Economics, Rand Paul, and Audit the Fed.

Ryan McMaken

For those who prefer to read Joe Salerno's articles in Romanian.

Mises Institute

Gary Galles writes in Mises Daily Wednesday:

Political dependence and economic dependence are two very different things. Political dependence is fostered by coercion and monopoly power, but economic dependence is simply a choice we make when we especially like one thing more than the alternatives.

Robert Higgs

Arguably the best single, currently available measure of the entire public's payoff from economic activity is real disposable income per capita.

Ryan McMaken

"Short of a political union, I find it very difficult to foresee the euro holding together in its current form," Greenspan told the BBC's Mark Mardell on Sunday.