Digital Currency: The Fed Moves toward Monetary Totalitarianism
One hardly can imagine a better tool of social control than a digital currency. Not surprisingly, U.S. monetary authorities are moving in that direction. Original Article: "Digital Currency: The Fed Moves toward Monetary Totalitarianism" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher
Reflections upon the Centennial of Mises’s Socialism
It has been a hundred years since Mises published Socialism. It is more relevant than ever. Original Article: "Reflections upon the Centennial of Mises's Socialism" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The Student Murders in Idaho Highlight the Unimpressive Police Record on Violent Crime
Like the police in similar communities, the Moscow, Idaho Police have long focused on petty drug offenses while more serious violent crime and property crime receives far less attention. Original Article: "The Student Murders in Idaho Highlight the Unimpressive Police Record on Violent Crime" This
Why Central Banks Will Choose Recession Over Inflation
While many market participants are concerned about rate increases, they appear to be ignoring the largest risk: the potential for a massive liquidity drain in 2023. Even though December is here, central banks’ balance sheets have hardly, if at all, decreased. Rather
The Economic Superbowl: 1920-1921 versus 1930-1931
It’s been said there’s no such thing as a controlled experiment in the social sciences, including economics. But we had something close to a laboratory experiment back in 1920-1921 and 1930-1931. In each of these periods there was a depression. Unemployment
The Jobs “Boom” Isn’t So Hot When We Remember Nearly Six Million Men Are Missing from the Workforce
There appears to be a six-million-man gap between the number of men in the prime age group—age 25–54—and the number of those men actually in the workforce. Original Article: "The Jobs "Boom" Isn't So Hot When We Remember Nearly Six Million Men
The Tea Party, Fifteen Years Later
December 16, 2022, is the fifteenth anniversary of the modern Tea Party. That fact will come as a surprise to many readers who take the mainstream narrative about the Tea Party at face value. The mainstream account begins on February
The Decline of Public Intellectuals
Does 2022 America still have legitimate intellectuals? Professor Paul Gottfried joins Jeff and Bob to consider the state of real and pseudo-intellectualism.
You’ve Got to Be Kidding: Nussbaum Demands Animals Stop Eating Each Other
Sometimes you encounter a proposal that is so daft that you think to yourself, “The author can’t be serious!” In today’s column, I’d like to discuss an example of this sort that comes from one of the world’s most eminent
Spending More Government Money on Healthcare Does Not Improve Health Outcomes
Progressives seem to believe that we improve healthcare outcomes by spending more. This is a recipe for failure. Original Article: "Spending More Government Money on Healthcare Does Not Improve Health Outcomes" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.