America’s Riots Are Just the Latest Version of Marxist “Syndicalism”
2020-08-31
The year 2020 is one of the most disrupted times in at least the last half century, maybe longer. Global protests and riots, the covid-19 virus, lockdowns, and police killings of unarmed citizens. Add to that widespread rioting, looting, arson, homelessness, and destruction of property, including the tearing down of statues.
The US Savings Bond Scam
2020-11-21
Remember savings bonds? They were popular before the central bank made sure that safe, low-interest investments became a thing of the past.
Original Article: "The US Savings Bond Scam".
This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
2021 Would Be a Great Time to Audit the Fed
2020-11-28
Gone are the days of the Federal Reserve hiding in the shadows. Now it’s a woke central bank fighting for climate and racial justice. Progressives must not fall for this but instead team up with the populist right to audit the Fed and demand transparency.
Introduction to the Entrepreneurship Special Issue
2020-12-09
The Austrian school of economics has been all but left by the wayside in economics (e.g., Backhouse 2000). This fate, shared with all “heterodox” approaches that do not fully comply with mainstream dogma, means Austrian theory is at best discounted by other economists. More often, and typically, it is forgotten and a relic of the past.
Escaping Paternalism
2020-12-10
Some economists, such as the 2017 Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler and his colleague Cass Sunstein, have proposed an unusual justification for government interference with people’s choices. They do not intend, they say, to override the preferences that people have. They don’t want to tell people what they “should” want, according to an external standard that people don’t accept.
Why the 2020s Won’t Be like the Roaring 20s
2021-01-09
The 1920s featured political détente, debt liquidations by prior consumer price inflation, an introductory stalling of monetary inflation, a German economic miracle, and a broad-based technological revolution. The 2020s have none of these.
Original Article: "Why the 2020s Won’t Be like the Roaring 20s"
This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.
“Victim-Centered” Justice Is a Threat to Due Process
2021-01-23
“Trauma-informed justice” has percolated in academia and activism for decades. It is now knocking on the door of local police departments to demand changes that could upend the basics of how people relate to law enforcement.
Biden Nominee Rachel Levine Was a Disaster in Pennsylvania. Now She’s Headed to Washington.
2021-01-25
On January 19 it was announced that Joe Biden planned to nominate Rachel Levine, the Pennsylvania (PA) secretary of health, for the position of assistant secretary of health in the Department of Health and Human Services. This is potentially good news for Pennsylvanians, who will finally be rid of her after having had to endure her disastrous covid lockdowns and restrictions for nearly a year, but is likely bad news for the rest of the country.