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Despite all of the supposed safeguards to prevent bank failures, banks still fail. Perhaps the so-called safeguards are causing much of the trouble. Original Article: "Why Do Banks Still Fail?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Despite all of the supposed safeguards to prevent bank failures, banks still fail. Perhaps the so-called safeguards are causing much of the trouble. Original Article: "Why Do Banks Still Fail?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Politicians like Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are demanding that successful entrepreneurs be taxed into oblivion. The real parasites are the politicians who destroy wealth instead of creating it. Original Article: "Who Are the Wealth Destroyers, Politicians or Billionaires?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
David Gordon explores how Abraham Lincoln's stated view on secession was fundamentally Hobbesian, cynical, and violent. Original Article: "If at First You Don't Secede . . ." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Politicians like Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are demanding that successful entrepreneurs be taxed into oblivion. The real parasites are the politicians who destroy wealth instead of creating it. Original Article: "Who Are the Wealth Destroyers, Politicians or Billionaires?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
David Gordon explores how Abraham Lincoln's stated view on secession was fundamentally Hobbesian, cynical, and violent. Original Article: "If at First You Don't Secede . . ." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Money proper is not artifice. It is a physical "thing" of value, acquired through labor and emerging out of the needs of individuals, who through voluntary exchanges determine its value. Original Article: "Is It Real Money or Just Artifice?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Money proper is not artifice. It is a physical "thing" of value, acquired through labor and emerging out of the needs of individuals, who through voluntary exchanges determine its value. Original Article: "Is It Real Money or Just Artifice?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Keynesian economists claim that cutting costs in a business slowdown is counterproductive. As usual, the Keynesians have it backward. Original Article: "Does Cost Cutting Undermine Economic Growth?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Keynesian economists claim that cutting costs in a business slowdown is counterproductive. As usual, the Keynesians have it backward. Original Article: "Does Cost Cutting Undermine Economic Growth?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The Fed is launching a new billionaire bailout designed to keep banks afloat, and the FDIC is promising to back potentially trillions in deposits. The taxpayer will ultimately be on the hook. Original Article: "Yes, the Latest Bank Bailout Is Really a Bailout, and You Are Paying for It." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Welcome to Whose Economy Is It, Anyway?, where the rules are made up and the dollars don't matter. Or at least that seems to be the view of the Yellen regime. Original Article: "A Bank Crisis Was Predictable. Was the Fed Lying or Blind?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The Fed is launching a new billionaire bailout designed to keep banks afloat, and the FDIC is promising to back potentially trillions in deposits. The taxpayer will ultimately be on the hook. Original Article: "Yes, the Latest Bank Bailout Is Really a Bailout, and You Are Paying for It." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Welcome to Whose Economy Is It, Anyway?, where the rules are made up and the dollars don't matter. Or at least that seems to be the view of the Yellen regime. Original Article: "A Bank Crisis Was Predictable. Was the Fed Lying or Blind?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Two "distinguished" healthcare analysts have examined the medical system in the USA and conclude that the REAL problem is . . . large hospitals. Dale Steinreich applies economic analysis to their claims. Original Article: "Are Large Hospitals the Problem with US Healthcare?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Two "distinguished" healthcare analysts have examined the medical system in the USA and conclude that the REAL problem is . . . large hospitals. Dale Steinreich applies economic analysis to their claims. Original Article: "Are Large Hospitals the Problem with US Healthcare?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The answer lies not in doubling down on political unity, maintained through endless violence or threats of violence. Rather, the answer lies in peaceful separation. Original Article: "Secession Is Inevitable. War to Prevent It Is Optional." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The answer lies not in doubling down on political unity, maintained through endless violence or threats of violence. Rather, the answer lies in peaceful separation. Original Article: "Secession Is Inevitable. War to Prevent It Is Optional." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Thanks to copyright laws, the estate of Roald Dahl can not only rewrite his books, but can also essentially outlaw the old versions. Only books in the public domain are safe from this. Original Article: "Roald Dahl and James Bond Books Are Getting Woke Rewrites. Copyright Law Ensures You Can't Stop Them." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Thanks to copyright laws, the estate of Roald Dahl can not only rewrite his books, but can also essentially outlaw the old versions. Only books in the public domain are safe from this. Original Article: "Roald Dahl and James Bond Books Are Getting Woke Rewrites. Copyright Law Ensures You Can't Stop Them." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Opponents of secession say secession is wrong if some people in the population don't want it and say they will be worse off. The American revolutionaries disagreed and seceded anyway. Original Article: "Secession: Should the American Revolutionaries Have Quit to Appease the Loyalists?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Opponents of secession say secession is wrong if some people in the population don't want it and say they will be worse off. The American revolutionaries disagreed and seceded anyway. Original Article: "Secession: Should the American Revolutionaries Have Quit to Appease the Loyalists?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Three years after the covid virus hit the world, we are just starting to take a hard look at the damage caused by the covid restrictions. The "experts" not only were wrong; they were scandalously wrong. Original Article: "Covid-19: Will the Political and Health Scandals Erupt into the Public Light?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Three years after the covid virus hit the world, we are just starting to take a hard look at the damage caused by the covid restrictions. The "experts" not only were wrong; they were scandalously wrong. Original Article: "Covid-19: Will the Political and Health Scandals Erupt into the Public Light?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
While artificial intelligence has its merits, it still cannot perform the job of the Misesian entrepreneur. That is a good thing. Original Article: "Will AI Learn to Become a Better Entrepreneur than You?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
While artificial intelligence has its merits, it still cannot perform the job of the Misesian entrepreneur. That is a good thing. Original Article: "Will AI Learn to Become a Better Entrepreneur than You?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Anticapitalist politicians claim intervention can "level the playing field," but when we look closely, we realize that government itself creates the imbalances. Original Article: "Does Government Create a "Level Playing Field" or Does It Make the Field More Uneven?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Anticapitalist politicians claim intervention can "level the playing field," but when we look closely, we realize that government itself creates the imbalances. Original Article: "Does Government Create a "Level Playing Field" or Does It Make the Field More Uneven?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
As Murray Rothbard wrote, inflation is not an increase in prices. It is, instead, an increase in the supply of money in circulation. The distinction is important. Original Article: "How Fast Should the Money Supply Grow?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
As Murray Rothbard wrote, inflation is not an increase in prices. It is, instead, an increase in the supply of money in circulation. The distinction is important. Original Article: "How Fast Should the Money Supply Grow?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The constitution has not protected our natural rights, nor did it prevent the US from becoming a blood-soaked failed state a mere 73 years after the constitution was ratified. Original Article: "The Constitution Failed. It Secured Neither Peace nor Freedom." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The constitution has not protected our natural rights, nor did it prevent the US from becoming a blood-soaked failed state a mere 73 years after the constitution was ratified. Original Article: "The Constitution Failed. It Secured Neither Peace nor Freedom." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
For nearly three decades, the Japanese economy has slowly imploded under low interest rates and heavy government debt. It may soon be time to pay the piper. Original Article: "Is the Japanese Low Inflation–Low Interest Rate Model at an End?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
For nearly three decades, the Japanese economy has slowly imploded under low interest rates and heavy government debt. It may soon be time to pay the piper. Original Article: "Is the Japanese Low Inflation–Low Interest Rate Model at an End?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
How do societies determine who their heroes are? We know that often those seen as heroes actually made a country worse off. Original Article: "How Should a Nation Determine Its Heroes?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
How do societies determine who their heroes are? We know that often those seen as heroes actually made a country worse off. Original Article: "How Should a Nation Determine Its Heroes?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Monetary authorities have come up with numerous clever ways of measuring money. However, they are unable even to define money, much less measure it. Original Article: "Do Correlations Help Define Money?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
As life expectancy has risen, so have runaway costs. Raising the age won't make Social Security just, prudent, or wise. But cutting federal spending is always the right thing to do. Original Article: "Raise the Social Security Age to (at Least) 75" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
No one will read For a New Liberty and not see the world with very different eyes afterward. Original Article: "Hans-Hermann Hoppe on For a New Liberty at 50" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The Federal Reserve is no more "private" than the Environmental Protection Agency, and through its special government status, the Fed inflicts many economic crimes on regular people. Original Article: "The Fed Is a Purely Political Institution, and It's Definitely Not a Bank." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The Federal Trade Commission seeks an anti-trust judgment against Microsoft for its move to acquire Activision. Like all other anti-trust action, this one has no economic merits. Original Article: "Again the Government Is Taking Antitrust Action against Microsoft. Again This Is Wrong." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Economic factors are only some of the reasons why men are leaving the workforce. The decline of marriage has also lowered the supply of workers by lessening incentives for workers. Original Article: "Why Are So Many Men Leaving the Workforce?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
While an increase in the supply of gold money would lead to higher consumer prices, such increases in the gold supply do not lead to boom-bust cycles. Original Article: "Can Increases in the Supply of Gold Lead to Boom-Bust Cycles?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Unfortunately, when governments all over the world decided to “spend now and deal with the consequences later” in 2020, they also sowed the seeds of a 2008-style problem. Original Article: "2023: You Wanted Endless Stimulus, You Got Stagflation." This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
John McWhorter takes on the present infatuation with wokeness and shows the real harm it is doing to our social fabric. Original Article: "Spelling Out the Problem with W-o-k-e-n-e-s-s" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Unemployment remains low but for the wrong reasons. Low unemployment rates are not a sign that the economy is doing well. Original Article: "US Labor Market: Help Wanted!" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
By all measures, the economic downturn that began in 1920 was worse than what occurred in 1930, yet the economy recovered quickly in 1921. Why the difference? Original Article: "The Economic Super Bowl: 1920–21 versus 1930–31" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
By all measures, the economic downturn that began in 1920 was worse than what occurred in 1930, yet the economy recovered quickly in 1921. Why the difference? Original Article: "The Economic Superbowl: 1920–21 versus 1930–31" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Two days before Christmas, 1913, the infamous "creature from Jekyll Island," the Federal Reserve System, was birthed into our body politic. It has been devouring the economy ever since. Original Article: "Woodrow Wilson's Christmas Grift of 1913" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
John Maynard Keynes derided gold-based money as a "barbarous relic," yet it was gold that enabled a long regime of honest money -- and the advance of civilization. Original Article: "The "Barbarous Relic" Helped Enable a World More Civilized than Today's" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.