Mises Wire

Today is F. A. Hayek’s birthday (and, incidentally, mine).

Peter Klein discusses the contributions of economist F. A. Hayek, born on this day in 1899.

Mark Thornton explains why the government’s latest unemployment numbers are a sham, and the labor market is nowhere near recovered.

With the Dow Jones closing above 16,600 for the first time ever last week, investors are overjoyed by the signal this sends.

Janet Yellen spoke to lawmakers today.

Thanks to Contrpoints for the French translation of Robert Higgs’s article that appeared

Like Peter Lewin,

By Sterling T. Terrell 

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