Contra Keynesians, who believe that government spending and bureaucracy are the keys to economic growth, it is the bureaucratic state that swallows resources and stifles entrepreneurs. The more powerful the bureaucracy, the lower the standard of living.
Socialism does not infect our body politic just through economic measures. The current obessession with implementing DEI policies has all of the hallmarks of how socialist measures undermine a private property order.
State-sponsored fiat money has been the norm for more than ninety years, but its very instability makes it vulnerable to a regime of sound money.
Oil prices have weakened in recent weeks despite the war in Gaza and rising geopolitical risk. This points to overall economic contraction.
The endless bubble economy has a new lending craze: loans backed by AI chips. The problem is that while the chips serve as collateral, companies right now cannot make enough revenue to cover their costs.
Economics researcher Joakim Book joins Bob to discuss his recent article on the dollar's international dominance.
In the aftermath of Donald Trump's conviction in Manhattan—a political show trial, to be sure—David Gordon reviews Danilo Zolo’s, Victor’s Justice, which examined the Nuremberg Trials following World War II.
The failure of mainstream economics to teach real economics, as opposed to contrived “models” of market failure and central macroeconomic planning, is why Mises University has been so successful and so helpful in the war of ideas and the battle for freedom.
In order to vastly expand the regulatory state, the Biden administration is using fake cost-benefit ratios to make its regulations seem less costly and more beneficial. This is clearly fraudulent, but no bureaucrat will be charged with any crimes.
Ryan and Tho are joined by Mises Institute Senior Editor Bill Anderson to discuss Donald Trump's conviction.
