Cut Through the Media Noise and Remember the Economic Priorities
(Mises)—Trying to keep up with economic news is exhausting. Tune into the financial news channels or scroll through any number ...
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What the Technocrats Call “Economic Stability” Is Really Just Inflation
(Mises)—There’s a growing palpable sense of optimism among many economists and journalists that the United States economy is heading toward a ...
The Interest Rate Shock Will Blow Up the Government’s Ponzi Game
(Mises)—In the international fixed-income markets, interest rates are rising, and the decades-long trend of declining bond yields has undoubtedly been ...
Welcome to the Twenty-First Century American Bankruptcy Show
(Mises)—Many historians labeled the twentieth century as the American century, with many metrics used. The end of the Cold War ...
Mises Versus Hayek on the Future of Civilization
(Mises)—Ludwig von Mises and F.A. Hayek, two of the best-known Austrian school economists in the twentieth century, may have followed ...
Is the Money in Your Checking Account Yours or the Bank’s?
(Mises)—When Silicon Valley Bank and other banks failed earlier this year, the debate over the sustainability of fractional reserve banking resurfaced. ...
The Fed Holds the Fed Funds Rate Steady—Because It Doesn’t Know What Else to Do
(Mises)—The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday left the target policy interest rate (the federal funds rate) ...
Bank CEOs Have Their Heads in the Clouds
(Mises)—Bank CEOs always have their heads in the clouds. First, pessimists never earn a seat in the corner office. Plus, ...
A Ticking Time Bomb: A Huge National Debt Plus Rising Interest Rates
(Mises)—Those who have been predicting a recession in the United States and an associated stock market crash seem to be ...
Will the BRICS Dethrone the U.S. Dollar?
The summit of the so-called BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) has closed with an invitation to join the group ...