November 2022

Not Thinking like a Liberalby Raymond Geuss, Harvard, 2022xiv + 197 pp. Raymond Geuss, an American philosopher now retired from Cambridge, has in his many books emphasized narrative and the genealogy of concepts, and Not Thinking like a Liberal is, fittingly,

In presenting her economic plan, Liz Truss failed spectacularly on one thing: cutting spending. Otherwise, a "tax cut" is not a tax cut at all. Original Article: "The Rise and Fall of Trussonomics" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. '

It can be argued that the world has reached the sorry state it’s in today largely because academics, politicians, “distinguished experts,” and “recognized authorities” did not have the humility to admit their own mistakes or to at least recognize the

The tech sector in the US has benefitted from more than a decade of ultra-low interest rates and easy money. But now it looks like the easy-money era may be ending—at least for now—and that means problems for the sector

Firebrands like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz demand a GOP-controlled Congress hold DC villains accountable. If the GOP refuses to treat Anthony Fauci like the Democrats have treated Steve Bannon, the party remains controlled opposition. Original Article: "For the Midterms to Matter,

The Federal Reserve is on pace to lose somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 billion over the next year to eighteen months, as the yield on its portfolio of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities is now being surpassed by the interest

Marxist regimes used to slap the word "anti-revolutionary" on everything the regimes disliked. Today's regimes use the words "undemocratic" and "anti-democratic" in the same way.  Original Article: ""Antidemocratic" Just Means "Something the Regime Doesn't Like."" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by

On Wednesday, November 2, 2022, the Fed raised the target for the policy rate by 0.75 percent, to 4.00 percent, for the fourth time in a row. Fed chairman Jerome Powell hinted that the policy rate target is likely to

[Chapter 8 of Per Bylund's new book How to Think about the Economy: A Primer.] The Boom-Bust Cycle The economy’s constant flux is not random change but adjustments to the production apparatus in the pursuit of creating value. Value is a moving target because

Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop talk with economic anthropologist Jovana Diković about how a focus on "solving" global warming endangers the food supply for much of the globe, especially in the developing world. Even rich nations face a world of