European Central Bank Gets Ready for More Easy Money
In spite of negative interest rates, Europe's central bank will again attack real wealth generators in order to blow more bubbles.
Mises Wire
Will Monetary Policy Ever Return to Normal?
Now that major central banks such as the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank have introduced negative interest rates, it may only be a matter of time before the Federal Reservedoes the same thing. If that happens, expect many more years of monetary easing.
Did the NY Fed Plagiarize Rothbard?
Rothbard's book is considered the standard on the subject of the 1819 crisis, yet the NY Fed authors seem reluctant to speak his name.
Tax Cuts Without Spending Cuts Are Pointless
As this election cycle has demonstrated yet again, Democrats are not shy about calling for tax increases. Republicans, on the other hand, like to pledge to not raise taxes. But, limits on taxes are only of value if government spending is curtailed at the same time.
Hayek on CNBC
Congressman Jeb Hensarling mentions Hayek's Fatal Conceit regarding the Fed bureaucracy's ability to manage money and interest rates.
The Bernie Sanders Reader
With Bernie Sander’s large victory over Hillary Clinton, he’s signaled he’ll be a headache for Clinton and the party elites, for
3 New Books by Hunter Lewis Available Free on mises.org
Thanks to Hunter Lewis, the Mises Institute can now offer three new books free and online at m
Socialism and the Battle of Ideas
Only ideas can overcome ideas and it is only the ideas of Capitalism and of [Classical] Liberalism that can overcome Socialism. Only by a battle of ideas can a decision be reached.
Janet Yellen Strikes Downbeat Tone on Economy, Claims Fed Won’t Go Negative
Even the Fed, which has for years been describing the economy as "expanding at a moderate pace," and which a few months back was saying it was "hawkish," has, through Janet Yellen's testimony today, been forced to admit that a rate cut may again be on the horizon.
