Egypt’s Bread Subsidies May Bring Millions to the Brink of Starvation
In Egypt, the recent announcement that bread prices, long subsidized for much of the population, would likely have to rise was met with cries of despair. Indeed, over two-thirds of the population of Egypt depend on inexpensive bread for daily
Reforms in India’s Defense Sector – Better Late than Never
Back in 2020, India Inc. had said that creating a separate capital budget for domestic acquisition in the current financial year (2020) and imposition of restrictions on imports of 101 weapons is a “game-changing” reform for self-reliance and will boost
Why Rothbard Trended on Twitter This Weekend
Jack Dorsey, Vipassanā meditation practitioner and billionaire CEO of Twitter, is known for cultivating an eclectic image as a guru and deep thinker. He is also well-known as a supporter of bitcoin, having a personal stake and speaking at conferences
The End of the Sound Economy
Murray Rothbard made the point to us in his US Economic History class at UNLV that economic downturns used to be called “panics.” But, the government believed that word to be too scary for the general public, so, “depression” began to
Private Investment Is the Answer to Declining Postindustrial Towns
Many people want the state to take the lead in revitalizing run-down towns. How does this make sense, when it is private industry that conceived these towns in the first place? Original Article: "Private Investment Is the Answer to Declining Postindustrial
Eco-imperialism: The West’s New Kind of Colonialism
Western intellectuals are trying to tear down symbols of traditional colonialism. Yet the West still continues a form a colonialism in Africa: eco-imperialism. Original Article: "Eco-imperialism: The West's New Kind of Colonialism" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Unmasking the Latest Bipartisan (and Dangerous) Climate Bill
Republicans put a free market happy face on the latest environmentalist policy prescriptions in DC, but that does not change the fact that centrally planned climate policy is terrible economics. Original Article: "Unmasking the Latest Bipartisan (and Dangerous) Climate Bill" This Audio
Reserve Bank of India announces Digital Payments Index
The main purpose of creating any index is to highlight/identify the trend of a particular market or sector (Digital Payments sector in the case of RBI-DPI) and compare it to a particular benchmark or goal. Through an index it is
How Nixon and the Rockefellers Teamed Up to Destroy the Dollar
August 15 marks a special date in American history: it commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s suspension of Bretton Woods. With this decision, the United States stopped redeeming foreign governments’ and banks’ dollars for gold. Consequently, the world economy
Covid Tyranny Destroys the Myth of “Liberal Democracy”
It wasn’t "fascism" or "Russia" that normalized lockdowns, mandates, and massive whirlwind profits to politically connected cronies in the West—it was the alleged defenders of "liberal democracy." Original Article: 'Covid Tyranny Destroys the Myth of "Liberal Democracy"' This Audio Mises Wire is