California politicos lied about the cost of the failing Oroville dam, then failed to maintain it properly. But, government will likely escape all blame.
Some claim that if socialists understood economics they wouldn't be socialists. This is doubtful since the larger motivation is often political control.
For central banks, manipulating public perceptions of the economy is just as critical an issue as manipulating interest rates and the money supply.
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The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
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