Canadians Should Be Able to Vote “None of the Above”
Canadians are heading to the polls on September 20, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s questionable ethics are under a microscope, with Chris Selley of the National Post suggesting that Canadians “could do a lot worse than choosing whichever leader they
US Military Propaganda in Film, Sports, and TV: It’s Everywhere
I was a young lad of thirteen when the first Transformers film directed by Michael Bay premiered in theaters. I do not recall much about it other than Megan Fox working on Shia Labeouf's car, but apparently, this sultry façade
You’ll Be Shocked the Learn There’s Corruption at the Fed
Fed Chaiman Jerome Powell has decided the Fed ought to “review” its ethics policies after it was revealed that high-ranking personnel at the Fed were actively trading stocks even as the Fed was busy pulling the levers on monetary policy. CNBC
Social Justice and the Emergence of Covid Tyranny
Signs of incipient totalitarianism impulses have been evident since the rise of political correctness.1 Yet, warnings from those who saw the character of contemporary “social justice” went largely unheeded. Nevertheless, even before degenerating into “wokeness,” social justice bore the seeds of
The Fed’s Plan Is Failing: Stagflation Looms as Job Growth Stalls
The Fed’s apparent plan to somehow get to full employment and then deal with inflation sounds nice, but reality could easily derail the plan. Meanwhile, job growth is low and prices are rising. Original Article: "The Fed's Plan Is Failing: Stagflation
What Texas’s Unilateral Immigration Policy Tells Us about Washington
What we’re beginning to see is policy ghettoization, wherein states pass laws that the most fervent activists on the left and right, respectively, cannot enact at the federal level. Original Article: "What Texas's Unilateral Immigration Policy Tells Us about Washington" This Audio
Shakespeare Helps Us Understand Rome’s Descent into Empire
Shakespeare’s Rome: Republic and Empireby Paul Cantor1976; University of Chicago Press, 2017, 228 pp. Paul Cantor will probably be best known to readers of the Mises page for his pioneering use of Austrian economics in literary criticism, and many will also
The Fed Is Bailing Out the Wealthy as Everyone Else Pays the Price
The Federal reserve says that inequality is a problem. At the same, the Fed also pretends to have nothing to do with it. Last September, for instance, Jerome Powell bemoaned the "relative stagnation of income" for people with lower incomes in
Rebutting Paul Krugman on the “Austrian” Pandemic
Paul Krugman’s “logical problem” with ABCT derives entirely from his superficial understanding of the theory. Original Article: "Rebutting Paul Krugman on the "Austrian" Pandemic" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.
What They Really Mean When They Say “Do the Right Thing”
As a senior in high school, I ran for class president with “Do the right thing” as my campaign slogan. Though I realized years ago how utterly pretentious that message is, I’m often reminded that it’s good politics, which proves