Now that the gross federal debt has surpassed $18 billion—six times the amount that troubled us back in 1990—we can clearly answer the two questions posed by the symposium's organizers: yes, a large and growing federal debt does matter; and no, we can do nothing about it.
Today's Mises Daily: Many people think of their investments and their money in the bank as their savings, but savings and money are not the same thing. Nor will creating more money create more savings.
The banking system in the United States today functions largely as a spy agency for the federal government.
Discussed by Michael Oliver on Jay Taylor Radio.
Mark Thornton explains to the Daily Caller what the ECB (and the Fed) are up to.
For as long as political and ideological movements have sought to engage large followings, they have embraced slogans and catch phrases that give pithy expression to their views, aversions, and objectives.
Robert Higgs recently published "Two Ideological Ships Passing in the Night" in the Jan 2015 issue of Econ Journal Watch.
Has the Mises Institute been taken over by huge corporations?
