The Covid Panic Brought Even More Economic Zombification
Zombie companies, which were already a problem in 2019, have not only not been killed off but have multiplied. The zombie apocalypse could be closer than we imagine. Original Article: "The Covid Panic Brought Even More Economic Zombification" This Audio Mises Wire
The New Deal and Recovery, Part 15: The Keynesian Myth
(The first of an essay in 3 installments.) In The Money Makers, his 2015 book on the New Deal and its aftermath, Eric Rauchway says that FDR "conducted an active monetary and fiscal program of recovery…working along lines suggested by Keynes."
Should Government Be Your Stockbroker? Maybe So, Says Bloomberg
Bloomberg suggests that individuals should not be permitted to make their own stock selections because they are not "qualified" to make such decisions. Instead, governments should help direct their investment choices. Original Article: "Should Government Be Your Stockbroker? Maybe So, Says
The Progressives’ Liberal Democracy Has Failed. Radical Decentralization Is the Answer.
So-called liberal democracies have characterized the West for the past century and are viewed as the pinnacle of political development. So much so that Western elites are firmly convinced that this system of governance should be spread far and wide—be
Why Die for Biden?
As you would expect from brain-dead Biden and the people controlling him, American policy has been moving in the wrong direction. Whatever you think about the situation in the Ukraine, one thing is obvious. It’s a crisis. Shouldn’t we try
The Triumphant Foreign Policy of Warren G. Harding
"I find a hundred thousand sorrows touching my heart, and there is a ringing in my ears, like an admonition eternal, an insistent call, ‘It must not be again! It must not be again!'" said a tearful President Warren G.
Connie Whitman: Turning Experience Into An Intellectual Property Business
Your individual experience is a business asset. Life is teaching us more than we sometimes realize. An insightful analysis of what we’ve experienced, combined with purposeful translation, can generate unique intellectual property on which to base a unique approach to
Socialist Economies Are Impossible: Lessons from Russia, 1917–22
Socialization of the economy led to immediate disaster. In 1920–21, Bolshevik agrarian policy culminated in a famine with an impact unparalleled in modern European history. Original Article: "Socialist Economies Are Impossible: Lessons from Russia, 1917–22" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored
The War Party Wants a New Cold War, and the Money That Comes with It
The new cold warriors are gaslighting the public on military spending, claiming spending isn't "keeping up." They want hundreds of billions in new taxpayer dollars. Original Article: "The War Party Wants a New Cold War, and the Money That Comes with
There Is No Winner In this Trade War
While the US had already been reversing course on trade liberalization for a decade prior, the election of Donald Trump brought with it a programmatic protectionist approach. As President, Joe Biden has largely followed Trump’s lead, with polls showing broad support among