The Fed’s Latest Housing Bubble
After the 2008 housing bust, the government supposedly set up a fail-safe mortgage program aimed at preventing future bubbles. It failed. Original Article: "The Fed's Latest Housing Bubble" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The German Rejection of Classical Economics
1. The German Rejection of Classical Economics The hostility that the teachings of Classical economic theory encountered on the European continent was primarily caused by political prepossessions. Political economy as developed by several generations of English thinkers, brilliantly expounded by Hume
Davos Man Is at It Again: The 2022 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos is perhaps the world’s most unpopular conference, and the WEF’s founder and chairman, Klaus Schwab, one of the world’s most despised figures. Often compared to “Dr. Evil,” the character
Christian Sandstrom: Why Governments Can’t Act Entrepreneurially
A strange strand of thought has emerged in European political economy circles that has been given the name of The Entrepreneurial State. The headline claim is that the state (i.e., nation state governments) can and should intervene in the economy
Everything You Need to Know about Money
Recorded at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Orlando, Florida, on May 14, 2022. Slides used in this talk are available here. Special thanks to Greg and Julann Roe for sponsoring this event.
The New Postliberalism
There are two competing visions for the Right. Original Article: "The New Postliberalism" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Capitalism Is Not Racist; Capitalism Undermines Racism
Anticapitalist intellectuals have infused mainstream discourse with the idea that racial discrimination is baked into the DNA of capitalism. Usually, evidence of racial disparities in professional quarters is cited to buttress the narrative that capitalism is penalizing minority groups. Though
Uvalde’s Biggest Mistake Was Trusting the Police to “Keep Us Safe”
The Uvalde police have helped demonstrate, yet again, what has long been clear: when you’re facing a maniac with a gun, don’t count on the government’s uniformed bureaucrats with badges to help you. As we learned this week, not even
Rockefeller, Morgan, and War
During the 1930s, the Rockefellers pushed hard for war against Japan, which they saw as competing with them vigorously for oil and rubber resources in Southeast Asia and as endangering the Rockefellers' cherished dreams of a mass "China market" for