The Austrian
If the first issue is any indication, they will live up to their promise of a "bolder and more robust version of what you have known for decades."
Mises Wire
Mises Daily Friday: Does Devaluing Currency Help Us All by Helping Exporters?
When a central bank devalues a currency, it is often said that the devaluation will help exporters, and thus the whole country, as a result. But this simplistic analysis ignores the many downsides of inflating the currency.
U.S. Government Debt Is Now at a Once-Unimaginable Level
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.
Mises Daily Thursday: You Can’t Create More Savings by Printing More Money
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.
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.
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.
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.
Microeconomics of War
The old Keynesian idea that war is good for the economy is not taken seriously by anyone outside the New York Times op-ed page. But much of the discussion still focuses on macroeconomic effects.
