The Privilege of Politics
In 2020, privilege manifests as political extortion. Push back against these bullies.
Mises Wire
The Trillion-Dollar F-35 Fighter Program Does Not Make Americans Safer
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is not worthy of a massive investment by the taxpayer—especially since the program doesn't make Americans any safer.
How Long Can the Fed Keep This Time Bomb from Exploding?
Although the Fed insists otherwise, the central bank really has no tools left except money creation, and the Fed will keep printing money in a panicky attempt to prevent a financial collapse.
Pope Francis’s Latest Attack on Property: It’s a “Secondary Right”
The pope doesn't understand that it is the protection of property rights that secures the common good.
Furloughed Jobs Disguise the Eurozone Employment Crisis
Eurozone unemployment would be close to 11 percent if we used the same calculation as the United States.
Printing Money at a “Constant” or “Stable” Rate Won’t Prevent Boom-Bust Cycles
Money printing—even at a constant rate—is going to generate the same result as any other money printing. The reason lies in the fact that money creation transfers wealth from productive to unproductive enterprises.
No, the Stock Market Isn’t a “Leading Indicator” of Economic Prosperity
In an unhampered economy, stock prices would reflect the availability of savings for investment and capital. But in an inflationary economy, rising stock prices suggest something very different.
President’s Impact Report — Third Quarter 2020
See what we've accomplished in the third quarter of 2020.
Global Health Bureaucrats Want Even More Power to Impose Their Plans across National Borders
Global health bureaucrats would have a much easier time if they could force "renegade" countries like Sweden into line with the power to force a uniform health policy on everyone.
The Progressivism of the Future Is Really Just the Socialism of the Past
The new progressive world order is little more than the latest version of the socialist revolutions pushed in the Old World. But this agenda is cloaked in promises of "efficiency" and "sustainability."
