Jacqui Boland’s Entrepreneurial Journey on a Red Tricycle
This week on the Economics For Business Podcast we were gifted the opportunity of reviewing and assessing a completed entrepreneurial journey, courtesy of Jacqui Boland, founder, CEO and now alumna of Red Tricycle, following the acquisition of the company by
India’s Crypto-Clueless Regulators
Even those who vaguely follow the cryptocurrency markets (as I am sure many readers of the Mises Wire do) are likely to have seen the recent news on this front from India. The Indian government is proposing legislation to “ban” cryptocurrencies.
Paid leaves offered post-miscarriage and stillbirths in New Zealand
Written by: Krishna Saraogi New Zealand is one of top happiest countries in the world. This is one proximate reason that makes New Zealand so resilient too. Recently, on the International Day of Happiness, the United Nations released a report of
State Legislatures Are Finally Limiting Governors’ Emergency Powers. But only Some of Them.
Last week, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb vetoed a bill that would limit gubernatorial authority in declaring emergencies. The bill would allow the General Assembly to call itself into an emergency session, with the idea that the legislature could then vote
Major League Baseball Punishes Georgians for the Acts of a Handful of Politicians
Major League Baseball's boycott of Georgia only makes any sense at all if we conflate every single Georgia resident with the regime itself. But in the real world the claim that "we are the government" has always been nonsense. Original Article:
Critics Claim Bitcoin Is a Threat to the Environment. They’re Wrong.
One popular critique of bitcoin is energy cost per transaction. This doesn’t begin to capture bitcoin’s massive energy savings compared to fiat currency. Bitcoin’s cost per transaction is well known, and often critiqued; one article in Wired magazine called bitcoin “[a] big middle
The Inverted Yield Curve and Recession
[This article is part of the Understanding Money Mechanics series, by Robert P. Murphy. The series will be published as a book in 2021.] The “yield curve” refers to a graph showing the relationship between the maturity length of bonds—such as one month,
What Exactly Is Neoliberalism, and Is It a Bad Thing?
La verità, vi prego, sul neo-liberismo: Il poco che c'è, il tanto che manca (The truth, please, on neoliberalism)by Alberto MingardiMarsilio, 2019333 pages There are few things nowadays that ignite more hatred, especially within university campuses, than declaring oneself to be
Biden’s New Budget Plan Means Trump-Era Mega Spending Will Continue
The reality of federal spending under Donald Trump did much to put to rest the obviously wrong and long-disproved notion that Republicans are the political party of “fiscal responsibility.” With George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, it was pretty much
7 Observations on the Humane Nature of Capitalism
“You are hitting the nail with too many hammers.” I can still remember Bob Clower, my dissertation chairman at the time, saying that to me after reading my most recent work. It was directed at the fact that I had