Thornton: ‘Easy-money policies are a government bailout’
Mark Thornton explains to the Daily Caller what the ECB (and the Fed) are up to.
Mises Wire
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.
Hayek: The Levin Interviews
Over the weekend Target Liberty posted a very compelling interview with Friedrich Hayek that I had never seen before.
The Menger Center Fires Back at Richard Fisher over “Audit the Fed”
Paul-Martin Foss at the Carl Menger Center for the Study of Money and Banking has penned a nice retort to Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, who recently criticized Rand Paul's introduction of an "Audit the Fed" bill in the US Senate.
Food Stamps and Mises’s Theory of Intervention
Agricultural economist Jayson Lusk has a nice discussion of the US government's SNAP ("food stamps") program that nicely illustrates Mises's theory of interventionism.
Big Labor Is Disappearing—One Down and Two to Go
Here is a bit of news that should elicit a hearty "YIPPEE" from free-market advocates.
What Makes a Good Economist — In One Paragraph!
What makes a good economist? Robert Higgs explains.
Mises Weekends: Glenn Jacobs, Libertarian Superstar of Professional Wrestling
Glenn Jacobs, also known as WWE superstar "Kane", explains his journey to libertarianism and Austrian economics.
Our Brave, New, Leveraged World
According to a new report just out by McKinsey, global debt has increased by $57 trillion since the Great Recession, outpacing world GDP growth during this time period.
