Anderson: Progressive-Era Economics and the Legacy of Jim Crow
Mises Daily Tuesday by William L. Anderson:
Mises Daily Tuesday by William L. Anderson:
David Friedman once said that “government can’t even give anything away.” Given how much of electoral competition consists of promises to give peop
Ludwig von Mises coined the term “Montaigne Fallacy” to describe the famous 16th century French essayist’s blunder in describing market transactions as inherently exploitative. But is there more to him than his famous fallacy?
Refugees no longer stop at the nearest safe haven, but instead are lured into enduring hazardous black-market journeys for a welfare-state payoff. At the same time, states offer high fees and reams of paperwork for those seeking legal passage.
Mises Daily Monday by Justin Murray:
Refugees no longer stop at the nearest safe haven, but instead are lured into enduring hazardous black-market journeys for a welfare-state payoff. At the same time, states offer high fees and reams of paperwork for those seeking legal passage.
There's no shortage of intellectuals eager to churn out new schemes for central planning.
Whether it’s the aftermath of the Greek crisis or the ongoing migrant and refugee crisis, the nation-states of Europe, and the EU government, have plenty to worry about. Meanwhile, the world braces for next week's Fed meeting.
With the Greek crisis fading in the minds of Europeans, the calls for Europe-wide political unity are fading. But the Euro elites will still strive for a world where both rich and poor member states can be coerced by a central European state.
Europe has complex immigration rules.