Spectre
James Bond is not a name that's typically mentioned in discussions of humble foreign policy or the importance of enforceable property rights.
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Robert Shiller Imagines What Consumers Should Want, While Ignoring What They Do Want
Neoclassical economists make too many assumptions and decree that the desires of consumers must conform to some external definition of what's "rational." But consumers like to decide for themselves what they want, and when they want it.
There’s More to Money than Hyperinflation
It’s common to paint Austrians as doom-and-gloom prophets of economic collapse, with little to offer besides paranoid predictions of hyperinflations and monetary collapses lurking around every corner.
Pew: Homicide Rates Cut in Half Over Past 20 Years (While New Gun Ownership Soared)
The Pew Research Center reported last week that the murder rate was cut nearly in half from 7 per 100,000 in 1993 to 3.6 per 100,000 in 2013.
The Fed Can’t Raise Rates, But Must Pretend It Will
The Fed has a difficult balancing act. To maintain the current easy-money induced boom, it must not raise rates. But at the same time, it must also act as if it might raise rates some day, or savers will abandon the credit markets.
Mises Weekends: Dr. Michel Accad
On the latest episode of Mises Weekends, Jeff Deist and Dr. Michel Accad discuss practicing medicine in the Age of Obamacare.
The Mises Week in Review: October 24, 2015
No amount of fantasizing can make fundamental economic realities go away, no matter how much we put our faith in central banks, government regulation, or technologies of the future.
Reflections on Venezuela’s “Economic Miracle”
It wasn't long ago that the pundits were talking about Venezuela's "economic miracle" which had proved all the anti-socialist naysayers wrong. But with soaring unemployment, inflation, and deficits, the Venezuelan people are unfortunately having to pay for years of ignoring economic reality.
New Berlin-Based Master’s Degree Program in Austrian Economics
Hendrik Hagedorn and Stefan Kooths write:
