The RESTRICT Act Will Only Restrict Our Liberties
Earlier this month, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act, or the RESTRICT Act. The bill is being floated as a possible means for the federal government to
Sharekh Shaikh On The Digital Revolution In Market Research
Market research is a tool for gathering data about customers and consumers that businesses hope will lead to insights about their behaviors and preferences that can be translated into innovation, better service and better business performance. As with any dynamic
Politics Is Turning Us into Idiots
From race to gender to nearly everything else, decisions about what is correct or incorrect are made according to politics. This is a recipe for social destruction. Original Article: "Politics Is Turning Us into Idiots" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored
I ran Sarah Jacobson’s “Ore Money Ore Problems” resource extraction game in class yesterday @SarahJacobsonEc
Here is the abstract from the paper which is forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Education: Economic theories of the exploitation of depletable natural resources are built around a core model of intertemporal profit maximization that predicts that (barring unforeseen shocks)
Who Are the Wealth Destroyers, Politicians or Billionaires?
Thinking that billionaires are a policy failure has become pervasive in the United States. Politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren are leading the charge in the demonization of billionaires. Left-leaning politicians and their allies think that billionaires corrode society
The Fed’s Capital Goes Negative
The Federal Reserve’s new report of its balance sheet shows that in the approximately six months ended March 29 it has racked up a remarkable $44 billion of cumulative operating losses. That exceeds its capital of $42 billion, so the
To Fight the State, Build Alternatives to the State
The challenge at hand is more than simply opposing the state. Rather, it is necessary to build up, reinforce, and sustain institutions that can offer alternatives to the state. Original Article: "To Fight the State, Build Alternatives to the State" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Why the Regime Needs the Dollar to Be the Global Reserve Currency
Last week, Fox News aired a segment discussing the possibility that the US dollar will cease to be the global reserve currency and what that would mean for Americans. The tone of the piece suggested that a “catastrophic” decline of
Why do we keep getting the price of driving wrong?
For years I have railed about the need to get the price of driving right (too many posts to find and link, but here's a good one). Why, oh, why I cry, do we still keep finding needlessly complicated ways
What Our Energy Future Be? A Few Ideas
Access to energy has long been taken for granted as society became quite used to relatively stable prices and the ample abundance of energy. Meanwhile, the business side of energy was relegated to industry insiders, policymakers, and market traders dealing