Why Biden’s Spending Is Unsustainable
It's popular for politicians to claim they will never cut Social Security. But doing nothing now about the program means imposing an even larger hit on seniors in the future. Original Article: "Why Biden's Spending Is Unsustainable" This Audio Mises Wire is generously
The Fear of Mass Unemployment due to Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Is Unfounded
People are arguing over whether artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics will eliminate human employment. People seem to have an all-or-nothing belief that either the use of technology in the workplace will destroy human employment and purpose or it won’t affect
Money Supply Growth Went Negative for the Third Month in a Row, and Is Near a Thirty-Five-Year Low
With negative growth now dipping below –5 percent, money-supply contraction is approaching the biggest declines we've seen in the past thirty-five years. Original Article: "Money Supply Growth Went Negative for the Third Month in a Row, and Is Near a Thirty-Five-Year Low" This
Libertarian Law by Democratic Means: Utilitarianism and the Demythologization of Authority
I have previously explained how for Ludwig von Mises, democracy is necessary for the libertarian society because of its usefulness in achieving and maintaining social peace, insofar as social peace is a prerequisite for economic and civil liberty. This time I
The “Meritocracy” Was Created by and for the Progressive Ruling Class
All of Al Gore's children went to Harvard. Are we really to believe that this is because the Gore kids had the most "merit"? The only real meritocracy is in the marketplace. Original Article: "The "Meritocracy" Was Created by and for the Progressive Ruling
Our article in the Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy’s “sizing up survey samples” symposium (?) is published online
This paper resulted from the BP/Deepwater Horizon damage assessment conducted for the state of Florida (Huffaker, Clouwer and Larkin 2012). We used the Knowledge Networks (KN) internet panel for the sample (besides me, the authors are Andrew Ropicki, John Loomis,
Silicon Valley Bank and the Failure of Fractional Reserve Banking
With the apparent failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) potentially causing a crisis in the American and even the global financial system, we will be treated to all manner of explanations, very few of which will accurately state the cause
Looming Bank Failures Point to More Price Inflation as Real Wages Fall Again
The federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released new price inflation data today, and according to the report, price inflation during the month decelerated slightly, coming in at the lowest year-over-year increase in eighteen months. According to the BLS, Consumer Price
The NYT’s Willow article allows issue advocates to alternately assume perfectly elastic demand and supply
The decision to allow mining in Alaska is controversial (Biden Administration Expected to Move Ahead on a Major Oil Project in Alaska): In one of its most consequential climate decisions, the Biden administration is planning to greenlight an enormous $8 billion
The Theory and Practice of Conspiracy
Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations in 1776, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The book was the result of twenty years of observation of human action and identification of the mechanisms and processes that lead to economic