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Three Reasons Representative Democracy Doesn’t Work

2020-07-25

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2020-07-25

In representative democracies, voters ostensibly control the state through the politicians they vote for. However, most representative democracies fall far short of this goal. Three of the reasons for the trouble are the problems of scale, bundling, and omission.

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Modern Monetary Theory’s Connection to Soviet-Era Money

2020-07-24

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2020-07-24

MMT starts to make a little more sense when thinking of it as comparable to money systems used under the USSR and the old Soviet Bloc.

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Could the Economy Survive a W-Shaped Recovery?

2020-07-23

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2020-07-23

In the weeks following the United States shutting down over what has turned out to be mainly a nursing home epidemic, the economic geniuses on CNBC and Bloomberg discussed the various letter recoveries.

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Inflation: This Time Is Different

2020-07-23

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2020-07-23

Bank lending is contracting, and it is important to understand why. At this stage of the credit cycle, which began expanding following the aftermath of the Lehman crisis over a decade ago, a sharp contraction of bank credit to nonfinancials is normal.

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A Rising Demand for Money Won’t Save Us from Inflation

2020-07-22

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2020-07-22

According to popular thinking, not every increase in the supply of money will have an effect on the production of goods. For instance, if an increase in the supply is matched by a corresponding increase in the demand for money, then there will be no effect on the economy.

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Walter Berns and the Cult of “Patriotic” Sacrifice

2020-07-22

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2020-07-22

[unable to retrieve full-text content]In his great new book The Problem with Lincoln, Tom DiLorenzo brought back an old memory. As Tom points out, Walter Berns, who taught political science at Cornell and then worked for the American Enterprise Institute, was one of the main figures urging us to worship Honest Abe.

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ANDY MORAN & JOHNNY DOYLE: The Return of the GAA | Appetite for club action | New normal of training

2020-07-21

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Ballaghaderreen's Andy Moran & Johnny Doyle of Allenwood join Joe to discuss the new normal of the GAA after the return of club action.

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For a New Liberty (Audiobook) by Murray N. Rothbard

2020-07-21

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Get full version of this audiobook for free(30 day free trial) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005VBDHGW/?tag=cheapsearch0b-20 Best Money & Finance AudioBooks For a New Liberty (Audiobook) by Murray N. Rothbard Reviews: Publisher's Summary In For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, Rothbard proposes a once-and-for-all escape from the two major political parties, the ideologies they embrace, and their central plans for using state power against...

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The World Is Drowning in Debt

2020-07-21

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2020-07-21

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), global fiscal support in response to the crisis will be more than $9 trillion, approximately 12 percent of world GDP. This premature, clearly rushed, probably excessive, and often misguided chain of so-called stimulus plans will distort public finances in a way which we have not seen since World War II.

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The Dangers Posed by State-Controlled Digital Currency

2020-07-21

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2020-07-21

If we choose to break the state monopoly of money and allow private digital currencies to compete, a myriad of different solutions will emerge to serve a myriad of different needs.

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How Central Banks Destroy Money’s Purchasing Power

2020-07-20

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2020-07-20

Without a monopolist central bank, market forces would restrain the issuance of bank notes. But once central banks monopolize money creation, wealth is systematically transferred to the central bank and the privileged few who are favored by the state.

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Markets vs. Mobs | Jeff Deist

2020-07-19

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Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 18 July 2020.

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A Rothbardian Analysis of the Constitutional Convention

2020-07-19

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2020-07-19

Relates to Murray Rothbard’s Conceived in Liberty, Volume V: The New Republic, 1784-1791 and my forthcoming book, Liberty versus Power: A History of Cronyism in the United States, 1607-1849 (2021?)

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The Current State of World Affairs — Murray Rothbard

2020-07-18

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Murray N. Rothbard, at the 1989 Texas State Libertarian Conference http://LibertyHowl.com https://Mises.org/VMU20 Treat yourself, or give the gift of Liberty -- http://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a... ( history, economics) http://LibertyHowl.com If you like what I'm doing, or have helped you, feel free to donate with pay pal (I do not make anything with you tube) - [email protected] The Great Murray Rothbard Playlist...

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The Death Wish of the Anarcho-Communists

2020-07-18

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2020-07-18

[This article first appeared in the Libertarian Forum, January 1, 1970.] Now that the New Left has abandoned its earlier loose, flexible non-ideological stance, two ideologies have been adopted as guiding theoretical positions by New Leftists: Marxism-Stalinism, and anarcho-communism. Marxism-Stalinism has unfortunately conquered SDS, but anarcho-communism has attracted many leftists who are looking for a way out of the bureaucratic and statist...

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Krugman’s Keynesianism Has Made Him Wrong about Much More Than Economic Theory

2020-07-18

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2020-07-18

Let me tell you about Keynesian economists. They are different from you and me. They learn their mathematical models and aggregate terminology early and easily, and it does something to them, makes them proud and self-omniscient where the rest of us are circumspect, in a way that, unless you were born a Keynesian economist, is very difficult to understand.

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Dr. Yu on Anti-gravity, Jeff Deist on Masked Chaos

2020-07-17

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Science and U. Plus Jeff Deist returns. Call in at 727 587 1040.

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Como os Empreendedores construíram o Mundo | Per Bylund – Mises University 2020

2020-07-17

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CLIQUE AQUI E INSCREVA-SE: https://shorturl.at/ajABQ #MisesUniversity2020 #empreendedorismoliberario Legendas automáticas (alguns erros) Gravado no Mises Institute em Auburn, Alabama, em 16 de julho de 2020. Link Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM0NIRrotag Camisetas Libertárias: LUDENS https://www.instagram.com/vistaludens Use o cupom #augustosliberal e ganhe um desconto especial! Redes sociais: https://linktr.ee/felipeojeda Doações...

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How Entrepreneurs Built the World | Per Bylund

2020-07-16

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Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 16 July 2020.

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#29 Verwundbarkeit der Finanzmärkte nimmt zu – Golden Times

2020-07-16

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Der Weltgoldpreis ist auf neuem Allzeithoch und liegt weit über der bisherigen Rekordmarke. Thorsten Polleit: "Es ist damit zu rechnen, dass die nächste Bewegung im Goldmarkt Kurs nimmt die Marke von 1.900 Dollar pro Feinunze zu knacken." Für den hohen Goldpreis gibt es 3 Gründe: Niedrige Zinsen sorgen für geringe Preise bei der Goldhaltung, die Geldmengen steigen drastisch und schmälern somit die Kaufkraft der offiziellen Währungen und...

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