Uncle Sam May Tip Deutsche Bank Over the Edge
The US Dept. of Justice wants to extract billions in fines from Deutsche Bank. German taxpayers may then be on the hook for the inevitable bailout.
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Central Banks Sheepish as Savers Keep Saving
Frightened by an unstable economy and low returns, savers are saving even more and frustrating the plans of central bankers.
Spain Is without a National Government — And Spaniards Are Digging It
No functioning government in Spain for the last 10 months, and the country is prospering.
Don’t Slap a New Tax on High-Frequency Trading
High-frequency trading is not the nefarious scheme policymakers would have you believe it is. It serves a real purpose in the marketplace.
Henry Hazlitt’s Dystopia: A Review of Time Will Run Back
Henry Hazlitt brings to his only novel, Time Will Run Back, the same clarity and ease for the reader he brought to Economics in One Lesson.
Why Intellectuals Fall for Socialism
Socialism has never and nowhere been at first a working-class movement. It has long depended on intellectuals to push the interventionist agenda.
The Trumped-Up Myths Behind “Trickle-Down” Economics
The critique of "trickle-down" economics relies on a mistaken zero-sum view that more income for some must reduce incomes to others.
“Thar’s Gold in Them Mountains”
It is no secret that secret Swiss bank accounts are not so secret anymore, as political elites worldwide wage an all-out war against financial privacy.
What Makes Mises.org Different
Many people regard economics as a difficult and tedious business. Mises.org shows it does not have to be that way.
Hillary’s Huge Estate-Tax Hike
Estate taxes destroy businesses and undermine families while enriching the state. Not surprisingly, Hillary Clinton wants more of them.
