The Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) implemented by central banks during covid continues to provide real world examples of the Austrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT).
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Take the Deal, President Trump
Deal-making is said to be President Trump’s specialty, yet after five rounds of indirect talks with Iran – most recently just days ago – we seem as far away from an agreement as ever.
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The Cultural Consequences of Inflation
It is easy to think of inflation as just being economic in scope. Yet, as inflation becomes an expected part of the body politic, it affects the culture as well, encouraging everyone to try to live beyond their means.
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Demand is rising for credit default swaps on US govt debt
As debt piles up, the cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt has been rising steadily.
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Poland’s Turn Toward a Market Economy Saved It from Poverty
Polish professor of political theory Łukasz Dominiak joins us to talk about how Poland embraced a market economy after the Cold War ended. We discuss some of the factors behind Poland's rise from poverty.
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The American-Israeli Nineteenth-Century Ways of War
This brief historical sketch brings us to how the American and Israeli militaries of today have adopted a nineteenth-century-style war of extermination against what they consider to be another “lesser race.”
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US court blocks Trump from imposing the bulk of his tariffs
MAGA wants a single man to be able to raise taxes without any checks on this power. Fortunately, the courts disagreed.
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Ludwig von Mises on Peace and Social Cooperation
The free market replaces the struggle for survival found in the animal world with social cooperation in which everybody benefits. Capitalism is a system of peace, not war.
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The American-Israeli Nineteenth-Century Ways of War
This brief historical sketch brings us to how the American and Israeli militaries of today have adopted a nineteenth-century-style war of extermination against what they consider to be another “lesser race.”
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Why Ending the War in Ukraine Is So Difficult Now
Members of the establishment are trying to seize on Trump’s recent frustrations with Putin to act like they’ve been right all along that the Russian president cannot be reasoned with. In truth, the difficult situation Trump finds himself in is almost entirely their fault.
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The Real Israel vs. Hasbara History
Israel’s televised genocide has corroborated the reality of the Palestinians; their reasons for rage and their rights to resistance and recompense.
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Did the Fed Achieve Independence During the Korean War?
Rumor has it that the Federal Reserve was able to resist the president‘s demands to enable funding of the Korean War. However, a look at the record demonstrates conclusively that the Fed bowed to Harry Truman‘s wishes to do what it has done for a century: finance America‘s wars.
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TACO means “Trump Always Chickens Out”
Markets are figuring out that Trump's tariff "negotiations" are just political theater, with no real end game or plan.
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Why Ending the War in Ukraine Is So Difficult Now
Establishment figures erroneously claim Trump’s recent frustrations with Putin prove them right—that Putin can’t be reasoned with.
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FOMC Minutes: risk of price inflation and joblessness is rising
U.S. Federal Reserve officials at their last meeting acknowledged they could face "difficult tradeoffs."
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Japan’s bond selloff is a warning to the world
Japan is becoming a case study in what happens when investors lose patience with massive deficits.
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Pope Leo appeals for Gaza ceasefire, laments deaths of children
Pope Leo Wednesday: “In Gaza, cries rise to the heavens from parents holding the lifeless bodies of children.”
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Apartment Metrics Worsen as the “Fed-ministration” Readies More Easy Money
Thanks to massive federal intervention into the housing markets for more than 20 years, the housing crisis is worse than ever. The outlook for multi-family housing is especially bad with a bleak future.
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The Politics of Guilt
From Reconstruction to George Floyd, the left‘s guilt industry has run at full speed. As Murray Rothbard wrote, it is time to stand up to those that use guilt as a social weapon.
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The Politics of Guilt
From Reconstruction to George Floyd, the left‘s guilt industry has run at full speed. As Murray Rothbard wrote, it is time to stand up to those that use guilt as a social weapon.
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On Swiss National Bank
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Heads up for NZD and CHF traders, RBNZ Gov Breman and SNB Chair Schlegel to speak
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Swiss franc appreciation has led to tighter monetary conditions – SNB minutes
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SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 3.1 billion francs compared to the previous week
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SNB’s Chairman Schlegel: A few months of negative inflation wouldn’t be a problem
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2025-07-31 – Interim results of the Swiss National Bank as at 30 June 2025
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