Feds Seize Widow’s Legally-Obtained Money — Because Terrorism
The banking system in the United States today functions largely as a spy agency for the federal government.
Mises Wire
More on the Possibility of a Gold Russian Ruble
Discussed by Michael Oliver on Jay Taylor Radio.
Mises Daily Wednesday: Get Government Out of the Lending Business
Government loans often feature lower interest rates than what can be found in the private sector. But this is only because these cheap loans are taxpayer subsidized. Meanwhile, the government bans many private loans that risky borrowers need most.
Remembering Burt Blumert
Burt Blumert, who died six years ago, would have turned eighty-six today.
Thornton: ‘Easy-money policies are a government bailout’
Mark Thornton explains to the Daily Caller what the ECB (and the Fed) are up to.
Politics Is Not Just Spy versus Spy; It’s also Slogan versus Slogan
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.
Two Ideological Ships Passing in the Night
Robert Higgs recently published "Two Ideological Ships Passing in the Night" in the Jan 2015 issue of Econ Journal Watch.
Lew Rockwell: ‘We are too pro-cigarette’ for Phillip Morris
Has the Mises Institute been taken over by huge corporations?
Mises Daily Tuesday: The Swiss Franc and The Tragedy of the Euro
Today's Mises Daily: Economist Philipp Bagus talks with us from Europe about the Swiss franc, the euro, and what the future holds for the debt-laden governments of the Eurozone.
The Euro Backlash is a Predictable Feature of Political and Monetary Centralization
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard details the increasing level of Greek defiance to its ECB overlords in the wake of a left-wing, populist uprising in recent Greek elections.
