Family Destruction and Its Socialist Cheerleaders
Socialists don't just want to take your property; they also are demanding control of your children and loved ones. Original Article: "Family Destruction and Its Socialist Cheerleaders" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Don’t Call it Capitalism: The Fed’s $8 Trillion Hoard of Financial Assets
It’s a sure bet that as the economy worsens, unemployment surges, foreclosures rise, defaults climb, and economic misery ensues, we’ll be told it’s all capitalism’s fault. The question one must ask, however, is, “What capitalism?” The claim that “too much” capitalism
How the Fed Fuels the WEF’s Managerial Revolution
On this week's Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop celebrate World Economic Forum week by discussing the Managerial Revolution. While James Burnham's disinterest in economics made his criticism of capitalism cringey, modern financialization has manipulated the profit and loss mechanisms
The Modern State Cannot Exist without Fiat Money
The emergence of money is a market phenomenon. By surrendering fewer marketable goods for more marketable goods, individuals move closer to the goods they ultimately wish to consume but cannot acquire through direct exchange. The most marketable goods become common
The FDA and the Courts Fail to Truly Discipline the Pharmaceutical Industry for Exploiting the Mentally Ill
Does the regulatory system help guarantee safe and effective drugs? Does the system protect drug consumers? Court cases tell us otherwise. Original Article: "The FDA and the Courts Fail to Truly Discipline the Pharmaceutical Industry for Exploiting the Mentally Ill" This Audio
The State Will Always Set the Rules in Its Favor
Johan Smit wrote an opinion piece in which he highlighted the double standards of treatment in situations where the private sector was treated more harshly than the state when both parties committed similar offenses. To prove his point he referenced
The Present Fiat Monetary System Is Breaking Down
The fiat monetary system is slowly breaking down, taking the economy with it. Original Article: "The Present Fiat Monetary System Is Breaking Down" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
How Can We Restore Freedom and Sound Money in the US and the UK? Some Ideas
The purpose of this essay is not to convince the reader of the necessity for change. It is to present some commonsense policy changes to attempt to mitigate the economic harm that has been done to Western economies, especially to
Hans-Hermann Hoppe on For a New Liberty at 50
I was born shortly after the end of World War II, in 1949, in the British occupied zone of West Germany. My parents were both refugees, endangered at or forcibly expelled from their original homes in Soviet-occupied East Germany. As
Why Economic Stimulus Can’t Work
Keynesian economists fantasize that a market economy cannot "gain traction" without "stimulus" schemes from the government. In the end, the only thing stimulated are inflation and recession. Original Article: "Why Economic Stimulus Can't Work" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by