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Under Trump, Expect No Change to the Monetary Status Quo

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2024/12/29

The Trump team plans to tinker with government spending, but this does nothing to address the real problem which is the current inflationist monetary experiment.

Regulate and Pretend

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2024/12/28

Three regulators fighting over fewer than a third of the banks that were operating 40 years ago. Thousands of regulators overseeing bankers pretending bad loans are good.

Matt McCaffrey on Frank Fetter vs. Alfred Marshall on...

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2024/12/28

Dr. Matt McCaffrey joins Bob to discuss his newly published journal article exploring the dispute Fetter had with the august British economist Alfred Marshall over the theory of rent.

What Makes Austrian Economics Unique?

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2024/12/27

The focus is on individual human action makes Austrian economics unique, as well as logically valid and compelling. It is a system of economic analysis based upon praxeology and causal-realism.

Abolition and Libertarian Principles

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2024/12/27

Libertarians generally agree that slavery violates libertarian principles, but how does one deal with the aftermath of abolition? How best to justly compensate former slaves for what was taken from them by slaveowners? Wanjiru Njoya examines some libertarian alternatives.

Milton Friedman Regretted Writing "The Methodology of...

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2024/12/27

It is hard to find an article in the past century more influential in economic methodology than Milton Friedman’s “The Methodology of Positive Economics.”

The Inflationist View of History

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2024/12/27

Perhaps John Maynard Keynes' best con job was convincing people that a growing economy needs inflation, lots of inflation. As David Gordon points out, however, Ludwig von Mises eloquently explained why inflation undermines the free market economy.

A Praxeological Critique of the Equation of Exchange...

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2024/12/27

No macroeconomics or monetary theory course is complete without introduction of the Equation of Exchange, or MV = PQ. However, this equation explains nothing, praxeologically speaking. Instead, it clouds our understanding of how money fits into our economy.

Why Did the Accuser in the Duke Lacrosse Case Recant?...

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2024/12/27

During a recent podcast, the woman who accused three Duke University lacrosse players of beating and raping her in 2006 admitted that she had lied about the whole thing.

Tariffs Won’t Save the US Dollar

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2024/12/26

President-Elect Trump has been threatening tariffs against BRICS countries unless they abandon their plans to abandon the US dollar. While Trump may come off as being "tough" in his negotiations, he cannot bluster his way to a stronger dollar, thanks to reckless monetary policies.

Inheritance Tax Hikes Threaten Farmers’ Property...

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2024/12/26

Britain‘s new Labour Government is doing what leftist governments always do: raising taxes on everyone, but pretending that only the wealthiest citizens will pay more. Middle-class British farmers are quickly finding out that the taxman is coming for them too.

Christmas, Capitalism, and Consumerism

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2024/12/26

Social critics often tell us that capitalism is contrary to the true meaning of Christmas. In truth, markets and entrepreneurs work to make Christmas more joyous and comfortable.

Disparate Impact Is a Legal Trick

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2024/12/26

By misusing statistics, the government claims that racial disparities are always caused by racial discrimination and that these disparities can only be rectified by state-directed outcomes. However, government programs have made things much worse.

Finding Shelter from Monetary Racketeers

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2024/12/26

We have reached this point: the government keepers of money do not even understand what money is or why inflation is harmful. To them, the real threat to the economy is “deflation.”

Climate Anxiety: A Regime-Created “Illness”

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2024/12/26

Thanks to unrelenting propaganda from the establishment media, a large number of Americans are suffering from what is diagnosed as “climate anxiety.”

Could an Increase in the Supply of Gold Cause a...

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2024/12/26

Can an increase in the supply of gold cause a boom-bust cycle? Mises believed it was theoretically possible but highly unlikely. Rothbard, on the other hand, said as long as gold is money and there is no fiduciary media, such a scenario was not possible.

Jamaica and the Failure of the Entrepreneurial State

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2024/12/26

As we see from Jamaica‘s experience, attempts by the government to be entrepreneurial misallocate resources, waste money, and achieve poor results.

A Critique of Black Box Economics

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2024/12/26

Mainstream economists today examine economic phenomena from a “black box” perspective in which they look at inputs and outputs without trying to understand causal mechanisms that make the outcomes possible.

The Economic and Social Consequences of Rent Control

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2024/12/26

Rent control always results in housing shortages and deteriorating housing stock. Governments and activists, unfortunately, never learn any lessons.

Distress in Commercial Real Estate Bonds Hits...

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2024/12/26

Commercial real estate in the US faces major problems despite efforts by the Federal Reserve System to prop it up. Bonds used to finance commercial real estate markets are being hit especially hard, and there is no relief in sight.

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