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Sound Money Movement Strikes Gold in 2023
The Federal Reserve System might be rapidly debasing the US Dollar, but several states are making it easier to own gold. The "barbarous relic" is gaining economic status.
Central Banks Brought Inflation. Now they Bring Stagnation.
By ignoring monetary aggregates, central banks may cut rates with no real effect on the productive economy and solve nothing. There may be a significant contraction in economic activity even if rates decline, as credit availability worsens even with declining rates, but markets keep inflating the financial bubble.
How the American Revolution Turned North American Foreign Trade on Its Head
After peace came in 1783, the new republic faced a twofold economic adjustment: to peacetime from the artificial production and trade patterns during the war, and to a far different trading picture than had existed before the war.
A Message from Tom DiLorenzo: Help Us in Our Fight to Save Freedom in America
The Mises Institute is essentially an ammunition factory in service of the intellectual war for freedom.
The Bad Deal That Was the New Deal: FDR’s Assault on Individual Rights
No president receives a free pass for tyrannical conduct more than does Franklin D. Roosevelt. Historian David Beito looks behind the curtain.
When Medical Authorities Went Totalitarian: Understanding Covid Policies and Protocols
The response to the covid-19 outbreak is better understood as a tool of the national security state rather than as a public health measure.
Mises Explains the Santa Claus Principle
The regime would have you believe there is an inexhaustible fund somewhere which we can live off of indefinitely, and which can be squeezed forever. This attitude leads only to inflation, impoverishment, and a decline in the standard of living.