Central Banks May Choose Helicopter Money Over Negative Rates
Negative interest rates have proven to be unpopular with the public. But the central banks have other strategies up their sleeves.
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Equality and The American Democrat
James Fenimore Cooper, America's first national novelist, saw real danger from the impulse toward majority rule as a panacea for every complaint.
Interview: Mark Thornton on Rothbard, Skyscrapers, and More
Mark Thornton and Grégoire Canlorbe discuss Mises, Rothbard, the Drug War, and Adam Smith in this interview from Institut Coppet in France.
The Week in Review: September 10, 2016
The major candidates had their first shared television event this week. Absent was any discussion of the real issues effecting the American people.
Former IMF Economist Declares War on Cash
The War on Cash is nothing more than a lust for more power by central bankers and their advocates in academia.
Latin America’s Pink Tide Crashes on the Rocks
More than a decade ago, some South American countries were moving to the left in an effort to create a new paradigm. Things have not gone well for them.
The Continuing Relevance of Mises’s Human Action
In the nearly seven decades since its appearance, Human Action has come to be recognized as one of the truly great classics of modern economics.
The Myth of “Macroeconomics”
The macroeconomic approach looks upon an arbitrarily selected segment of the market economy as if it were an integrated unit.
Cronyism: Government, the AMA, and Med Schools
For decades, governments have been manipulating our views of what medical schools are, and what they should be.
The False Promises Behind Quantitative Easing
Loose monetary policy is based on a trickle-down theory designed to encourage spending and punish saving. This will lead to greater pain in the end.
