What Will It Take for Cryptocurrencies to Become Full-Fledged Money?
The potential for denationalized money is real and important. But progress still must be made before cryptocurrencies can become true substitutes for fiat currencies.
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Has World War III Already Begun?
The recent actions of the Federal Reserve are reminiscent of central bank activities in wartime.
Socialism Cannot Work, Not Even in an AI-Driven Economy
Some are claiming that AI can make socialism workable, but even AI cannot take the place of entrepreneurial economic calculation.
Mises U Students Interview Some of Their Favorite Faculty Members
Mises U students interview Karl-Friedrich Israel and Tate Fegley.
The Government Wants to Turn Blockchain Firms into Servants of the State
Federal prosecutors and other law enforcement agents are turning blockchain firms into government subsidiaries. The real goal is to criminalize what really are lawful, private exchanges.
Even in Slave Economies, the Division of Labor Was Inescapable
Even under chattel slavery, inequality was still pervasive. Carpenters, sugar boilers, blacksmiths, cabinetmakers, and rum distillers constituted an elite core of slaves.
What Marxists Say about “Market Socialism”
Following the collapse of the USSR, many socialists pinned their hopes upon the development of a "market socialism" that would be economically efficient and create equality. Marxist philosopher G.A. Cohen wisely dissented.
Private Corporations Don’t Cause Price Inflation. Governments Do.
Governments never curb inflation because they benefit from it. Money creation is never neutral and disproportionately benefits the only monopolistic player in the economy: the state
Mises U Students Share Their Favorite Finds at the Mises Institute
Mises U students share what it's like being at the Mises Institute.
Mises U Students Share Their Favorite Finds at the Mises Institute
Mises U students share what it's like being at the Mises Institute.
