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Carter vs. Reagan: The Last Semi-Intelligent Presidential Race

2020-09-25

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2020-09-25

Presidential campaigns in the United States tend to be discouraging affairs, even if one is not a libertarian who has zero expectations that anything good can come from American elections. The old saw that insanity consists of doing the same thing repeatedly and somehow expecting different results applies to presidential campaigns as well as to anything else.

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Carter vs. Reagan: The Last Semi-Intelligent Presidential Race | William L. Anderson

2020-09-24

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Jimmy Carter doesn't get credit for his deregulation efforts, but his initiatives probably were as significant a boost to the economy as any president has accomplished since 1980.

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[LIVE] Debate: David Gordon vs. Jeff Cassman – Is the SSPX in Schism?

2020-09-24

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Why the SSPX is in Schism (David): 10 min Response and counterpoints (Jeff): 10 min Five rounds of 5:00 min back-and-forths (including your questions)

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Inflation: Its Effects and Failures

2020-09-23

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2020-09-23

Inflationism is that policy which by increasing the quantity of money or credit seeks to raise money prices and money wages or seeks to counteract a decline of money prices and money wages which threatens as the result of an increase in the supply of consumers’ goods.

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It’s Far Too Late to Think Lockdowns Can Make Covid-19 Go Away | Ryan McMaken

2020-09-22

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Far from stopping the spread of covid-19, lockdowns only push deaths into the future. Unless a vaccine is imminent or a 100% total lockdown is imposed, lockdown won't cause big reductions in total deaths.

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The Fed Is Planning Another Ultralong Period of Ultralow Rates

2020-09-22

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2020-09-22

Audio Mises Wire
The Fed plans to keep interest rates near zero, while monetizing debt, financing zombie companies, and pouring new dollars into the market. But that may not be enough.

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The Saving Problem in America: Alternatives and Reforms

2020-09-22

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2020-09-22

Audio Mises Wire
Savings are the foundation for a productive and advanced economy. Unfortunately, governments insist on policies that make it harder for ordinary people to save.

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Turning to Keynes in this Crisis Will Only Make Things Worse

2020-09-21

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2020-09-21

In the New York Times on September 8, 2020, Paul Krugman wrote that. The CARES Act, enacted in March, gave the unemployed an extra $600 a week in benefits. This supplement played a crucial role in limiting extreme hardship; poverty may even have gone down.

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What the Trade Balance Means for a Currency’s Purchasing Power

2020-09-20

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2020-09-20

In July this year the US trade balance stood at a deficit of $63.6 billion against a deficit of $51 billion in July last year. Some commentators regard a widening in the trade deficit as an ominous sign for the exchange rate of the US dollar against major currencies in the times ahead.

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Inflation as a Tool of the Radical Left

2020-09-20

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2020-09-20

Rising money stock meets shrinking production, 2000-2020
“Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalist System was to debauch its currency….Lenin was certainly right. There is no subtler, no surer way of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.

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LoL Ep. 8 w/ Jeff Deist

2020-09-19

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We were honored to be joined in this episode by Mr. Jeff Deist, president of the Mises Institute! We had a great conversation touching on many issues including Covid lockdowns, international law, tort law and big tech censorship, culture wars, and the legal profession.

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Monetary Policy Flapping in the Wind

2020-09-19

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2020-09-19

Stephanie Kelton’s new book has attracted much attention, and Bob Murphy and Jeff Deist have already reviewed it, with devastating results. Why another review? The policies proposed in the book are so pernicious that further exposure of what she has in store for us is needed, and I have some new points to offer for your consideration.

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Federal Judge: Pennsylvania’s Stay-at-Home Order Is an Assault on Human Rights

2020-09-19

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2020-09-19

A federal judge on Monday ruled that Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf’s covid-19 stay-at-home orders and forced business closures were unconstitutional. US district judge William Stickman IV of the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania ruled that Wolf’s orders violated the Constitution in three ways.

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What Causes Prosperity with Per Bylund

2020-09-18

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? Live-stream Highlight: What Causes Prosperity with Per Bylund

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Clay Miller: An Entrepreneurial Journey to New Lands, New Organizational Designs, and New Value

2020-09-18

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2020-09-18

The entrepreneurial instinct can be sparked in K-12 and around the family dinner table. An entrepreneurial culture is highly beneficial to society at the global, national, and local levels. We should examine how well we nurture the entrepreneurial instinct in K-12 schooling and in the discussions we have with our kids at home.

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The Saving Problem in America: Alternatives and Reforms

2020-09-18

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2020-09-18

Since before covid-19 and the lockdown, I have written articles that touch on the purpose and importance of personal savings, and more importantly, why the lack of personal savings was going to make an economic crisis in the year 2020 potentially tragic for most Americans. As a result, I have been interviewed a couple of times specifically on the topic of personal savings. These interactions have indicated to me that people do not understand the...

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Nineteen Years of Permanent “Emergency” | Ryan McMaken (MIRROR)

2020-09-17

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Take everything with a gain of salt. Everything in my post could be wrong.

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The Evidence Keeps Piling up: Lockdowns Don’t Work

2020-09-17

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2020-09-17

Audio Mises Wire
Extraordinary measures require extraordinary evidence. Have the advocates for lockdowns made their case? The data suggests they have not. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack. Original Article: "The Evidence Keeps Piling up: Lockdowns Don’t Work".

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From 9/11 to Covid-19: Nineteen Years of Permanent “Emergency” | Ryan McMaken

2020-09-16

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Whether we're commanded to trust the experts, abandon the rule of law, or venerate government for "keeping us safe," the 9/11 panic and our current crisis have many things in common.

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It’s Far Too Late to Think Lockdowns Can Make Covid-19 Go Away

2020-09-15

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2020-09-15

In the early days of the coronavirus crisis, the rationale given for lockdowns was that it was necessary to stay at home for "fifteen days to slow the spread." The idea was that social distancing was necessary so that hospitals and other healthcare resources would not be overwhelmed.

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