First they came for the cash, then they came for the microwaves
First they came for the cash, then they came for the microwaves. Sweden is the first country to experiment with negative interest rates in a cashless society.
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Mises Weekends: Bob Murphy
On this episode of Mises Weekends, Jeff Deist and Bob Murphy discuss how government medicine is killing us.
“Social Expenditures” In the US Are Higher Than All Other OECD Countries, Except France
According to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, "social expenditures" are expenditures that occur with the purpose of redistributing resources from one group to another, in order to benefit a lower-income or presumably disadvantaged population.
Sunday of the Blind, or the Failed Revolution
Revolutions and protests, violent or peaceful, only momentarily overcome the habit of civil obedience La Boétie talks about.
US Soldiers Are Paid Significantly More than Civilians with Similar Skills and Education
For years, Americans have been often exposed to a persistent myth that American military personnel are shamefully underpaid and generally taken for gr
FOMC: We’ll Raise Rates Some Day; We’re “Hawkish” Now
The Fed's Federal Open Market Committee released a brief statement on its decision to not raise the federal funds rate. The language sounds very familiar.
Underwear Prices to Remain Near Zero
The Federal Underwear Reserve Board wants to make sure that investors, employers, workers and consumers understand that it could raise its benchmark underwear price in December; it just is not ready to make any promises yet.
Politicians Pander to an Anti-Fed Public
While Wednesday’s Republican Presidential Debate was yet another pathetic display of would-be tyrants battling for the right to one day have their portrait recognized by school children – there was one line of questioning that should give fans of Ludwig von Mises reason for optimism.
Today’s War Against Deflation Will Make Us Poorer
The problem with the central bank's easy-money policies is not primarily that it leads to rising prices. The big problem is that it leads to the crippling of the wealth creation process and the movement of resources from productive to non-productive sectors.
The War on Cars Is a War on Workers and the Poor
Government planners are fond of dreaming up new ways to force people out of their cars. But automobiles have long been a boon to ordinary working people who can access less expensive goods and better jobs because of them.
