The Negative Consequences of Near Zero Interest Rates
John B. Taylor is always worth the time to read when he comments on monetary policy.
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Mencken on the Economists
Today is the 57th anniversary of the death of H. L. Mencken, perhaps the greatest of American writers.
Surrendering to the Boom Bacillus
Doing some research the other day, I came across a 1926 article from Harper’s Monthly on the Florida real estate boom and how the journali
Help Us Make “The Free Market” Even Better
Now in its 31st year, the Mises Institute’s monthly newsletter, The F
Here’s Another Reason Why The Government’s Budget Deficit Figures Are Phony Baloney
There is so much in the government’s official deficit figures that is phony it is hard to say what is real.
The French Roots of the Scottish Enlightenment
Gavin Kennedy offers a nice review of Alexan
Is Violence a Disease?
A few years ago an economist colleague of mine debated a professor from our university’s school of public health on gun violence and gun control.
NBER’s Golden Dilemma
NBER has just published a paper, “The Golden Dilemma.” by Claude B. Erb and Campbell R. Harvey.
The Fed and the Dirty Dozen
Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher in a recent speech ca
