Mark Thornton on the US Trade Deficit
Dr. Thornton appeared this week on Press TV to discuss the recent jump in the US trade deficit.
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Where’s the Austerity?
Krugman and Stiglitz think that massive spending increases constitute "austerity."
Arenas, Stadiums, and Glitzy Shopping Centers: Baltimore and Keynesian Trickle-Down Economics
The Keynesians who run Baltimore thought a bunch of high-priced, taxpayer subsidized stadiums and shopping centers would fix the local economy. It didn't.
Today: Napolitano, Stockman, and Grant at the NY-Area Mises Circle (Listen Live)
Lew Rockwell and Jeff Deist invite you to join them at the Mises Circle on Thursday, May 7 with talks by a compelling slate of speakers: James Grant, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, David Stockman, and Joseph Salerno. Listen LIVE here at 1:30 PM EST.
The Consequences of Prohibition (of Knives)
The Baltimore police now imply Freddie Gray's arrest was necessary because he was carrying an illegal knife. But why are taxpayers paying the government to arrest people for carrying knives? What about the right to bear knives?
Private Sector to Begin Ferry Service to Cuba
Why haven't people been ferrying goods to Cuba until now? Because any entrepreneur seeking to do such a thing faced heavy fines and even imprisonment under US federal law.
John Cochran, R.I.P.
John P. Cochran, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, expert on the Fed and monetary policy, and co-author (with Fred Glahe) of The Hayek-Keynes Debate: Lessons for Current Business Cycle Research, has passed away.
Mises Daily Wednesday: “Perfect Competition” and Antitrust
Mises Daily Tuesday by Thibault Schrepel:
Antitrust law is still heavily reliant on notions of perfect competition and other static models of how markets should work. In truth, the dynamism of the marketplace does all that is necessary to prevent the rise of monopolies.
Baltimore: Bastion of Progressivism
I wish I could say that the recent events in Ba
New Polish Translation of Hoppe’s A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism
A new Polish translation of Hans-Hermann Hoppe's A Theory of Socialism & Capitalism (Teoria socjalizmu i kapitalizmu), is now available here from the Mises Institute of Poland. (translated by Paweł Nowakowski).
