Sterling Hawkins: Discomfort Is Your Most Valuable Feedback Loop
Negative feedback loops are the ultimate source of value. Mises called it “uneasiness and the image of a more satisfactory state”. Bill Gates said that “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning”. Negative feedback loops give us
Let’s Boycott Them!
Since the state is incorrigible and incapable of being reformed, perhaps the best way to deal with government predations is to boycott the elections. Original Article: "Let's Boycott Them!" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Slowing Money-Supply Growth in 2022 Points to Recession
Money supply growth fell slightly in April, falling below March's eight month high. Even with March's bump in growth, though, money supply growth remains far below the unprecedented highs experienced during much of the past two years. During thirteen months between April 2020 and April
Finland and Sweden in NATO: Disregarding the Benefits of Neutrality
In seeking membership in NATO, Finland and Sweden seem to believe they will have more military security. But they also are giving up their precious independence. Original Article: "Finland and Sweden in NATO: Disregarding the Benefits of Neutrality" This Audio Mises Wire
The Libertarian Party at Fifty Years
Libertarianism: John Hospers, the Libertarian Party’s 50th Anniversary, and Beyondedited by C. Ronald Kimberling and Stan OliverJohn Hospers Philosophy Foundation, 2021 The Libertarian Party needs people to chronicle its history, and this book is an accessible source of information beginning with its
Even When There Is Inflation, the Fed STILL Fights Falling Prices
Under any remotely sound money regime the aftermath of war and/or pandemic is highly likely to feature a sharp decline in the prices of goods and services on average. Even under unsound money regimes there are powerful forces operating towards
Bastiat Predicted the Baby Formula Crisis 170 Years before It Happened
Although Biden presented the formula shortage as caused by "forces" outside the USA, the shortage is homegrown. Bastiat could have explained why. Original Article: "Bastiat Predicted the Baby Formula Crisis 170 Years before It Happened" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by
Debt-Fueled Demand and Oil Price Inflation Brings Airfares Roaring Back
Airfares may surge 40 percent or more in 2022. This could be the biggest price increase in many decades. Original Article: "Debt-Fueled Demand and Oil Price Inflation Brings Airfares Roaring Back" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The Broken Window Fallacy Reapplied
The claim of the Austrian School that has scandalized members of other schools for 150 years is the following. The propositions of economics are universal. The principles apply in all times and all places, because they derive from the structure
Don’t Be Fooled: The World’s Central Bankers Still Love Inflation
The proposed WHO Pandemic Treaty is nothing less than an exercise in medical totalitarianism. Welcome to the rule of the medical bureaucrat. Original Article: "Don't Be Fooled: The World's Central Bankers Still Love Inflation" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by