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Anthony Fauci: When Politics Trumps Science | William L. Anderson

2020-04-23

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Readers of a certain age may remember the hysteria that surrounded AIDS for a period of the 1980s. Anthony Fauci was a central player in that, too. Original article: https://mises.org/wire/anthony-fauci-when-politics-trumps-science This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Audio Mises Wire is also available on... Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1352505416 Google...

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The real Austrian Economics: Ludwig von Mises

2020-04-23

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Let’s do a quick overview of the Austrian school of economics. Ludwig von Mises. The Mises Institute. The US Libertarian movement. Fiat currency, bubbles, and stuff. Excited? Here we go!

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Why Markets Are Rallying as Millions Become Unemployed

2020-04-23

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2020-04-23

The US economy is imprisoned, most of the population is under house arrest, and the inmates in Washington are running the asylum. And yet while the nation appears to be walking the green mile, investors residing in the Wall Street cell block have been extended pardons from the market gods.

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O Intervencionismo – As Seis Lições – Ludwig Von Mises – Parte 2

2020-04-22

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As Seis Lições reúne as palestras ministradas, em 1959, por Ludwig von Mises na Universidade de Buenos Aires (UBA). O autor discute com clareza o capitalismo, o socialismo, o intervencionismo, a inflação, o investimento estrangeiro e as relações entre política e ideias. Em linguagem agradável, a obra apresenta as linhas gerais do pensamento misesiano sendo, …

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The Experts Have No Idea How Many COVID-19 Cases There Are

2020-04-22

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2020-04-22

In the early days of the COVID-19 panic—about three weeks ago—it was common to hear both of these phrases often repeated: "The fatality rate of this virus is very high!" "There are far more cases of this out there than we know about!"

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Ryan McMaken: Nitwit Governors Shut Down Their Economies Then Ask For Bail Out

2020-04-21

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Rothbard on Why We Need Entrepreneurs

2020-04-21

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2020-04-21

In his Man, Economy, and State, Murray N. Rothbard investigates not only the role of the capitalist but also that of the entrepreneur in a market economy. Rothbard uses the theoretical concept of the evenly rotating economy (ERE) to compare the role of the capitalist to that of the entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs earn profits in so far as they successfully correct the maladjustments in the real economy and move it closer to the ERE without ever...

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How to Think About the Fed Now | Jeff Deist

2020-04-20

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The Fed is, in effect, a lawless economic government unto itself. It is the lender of first resort, a kind of reverse pawnshop that pays top dollar for rapidly declining assets. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Original article: https://mises.org/wire/how-think-about-fed-now Audio Mises Wire is also available on… …

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David Gordon – Graduate Lecture Recital

2020-04-20

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David Gordon Virtual Conducting Lecture Recital April 19, 2020 @8:00pm Syracuse University Setnor School of Music Conducting Excerpts 5:01 Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet suite no. 2, The Montagues and the Capulets, Op. 64c 13:42 Sibelius – Varsang (“Spring Song”), Op. 16 25:33 Copland – Appalachian Spring 45:37 Verdi – La Forza del Destino

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How Government Makes a Pandemic More Deadly

2020-04-20

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2020-04-20

In the early days of the outbreak, pundits rushed to the ramparts of Twitter to proclaim that “there are no libertarians in a pandemic.” However, this glee at the apparent failure of markets was soon dashed as more evidence accumulated showing that government intervention was actually the main impediment to success.

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How to Think About the Fed Now

2020-04-19

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2020-04-19

[This text is excerpted from the introduction to The Anatomy of the Crash, a Mises Institute ebook to be released in April 2020.] The Great Crash of 2020 was not caused by a virus. It was precipitated by the virus, and made worse by the crazed decisions of governments around the world to shut down business and travel. But it was caused by economic fragility.

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Mit Geld zur Weltherrschaft Prof Thorsten Polleit im Interview

2020-04-18

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Builders in Denial

2020-04-18

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2020-04-18

The year 2006 seems like a lifetime ago. The housing boom seemed to be going full throttle, but danger lurked. I wrote on LewRockwell.com in March of that year, concerning a Las Vegas real estate seminar, that “nary a discouraging word was spoken.”

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Human Action Part Five with Ryan McMaken

2020-04-17

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Ryan McMaken, an economist and editor of Mises.org, joins the show to consider Part Five of Human Action: “Social Cooperation without a Market.” This section of the book provides Mises’s updated exposition of socialism, the impossible project of substituting ‘One Will’ for the subjective actions and preferences of everyone in society. Mises gives us the …

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Episode 405: Mises.Org Editor Ryan McMaken on the Fallout of the Government’s Covid-19 Response

2020-04-17

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51 Minutes Safe for Work Pete invited Mises.Org editor Ryan McMaken to return to the show to discuss the articles he’s been writing recently about the government, and the public’s response, to the Covid-19 crisis. Show notes and links – http://freemanbeyondthewall.libsyn.com/episode-405

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Why This Bubble Economy Keeps Going and Going

2020-04-17

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2020-04-17

The Fed's "bail out" package eases stress in the US credit Market, 2007-2020
Quite a few people may wonder why the global fiat money system has not yet collapsed. The fiat money system did not crash in the financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009, when a great many people feared the debt pyramid would come crashing down.

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Ep. 117 Pandemic Trade-Offs, with Jeff Deist

2020-04-16

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Our guest is Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute. We discuss the unprecedented governmental response to COVID, the trade-offs that are unaccounted for, and the inability of local communities to set their own course when, in fact, “all crises are local.” Shownotes: https://accadandkoka.com/episode117/

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In an Age of Pandemics We Need More Freedom to Trade, Not Less

2020-04-16

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2020-04-16

There are many who use the coronavirus crisis to blame freedom to trade for the current epidemic. And, of course, there are those who are already arguing for autarky, closing our borders, and producing everything locally.

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Thanks to Lockdowns, State and Local Tax Revenues Are Plummeting

2020-04-16

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2020-04-16

Unlike the federal government, state and local governments in America can't just create money out of thin air. So when tax revenues go down, that money is simply not available to the state legislatures and city councils anymore. These governments either have to borrow the money or raise taxes and hope the tax hike itself doesn't cause total revenue to fall.

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Danish State Plans to Pay the Salaries of Private Sector Workers

2020-04-15

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2020-04-15

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has halted economies across the globe. With various countries on lockdown and companies unable to continue production, an economic downturn is inevitable. In light of this, the government of Denmark has come up with a strategy to avoid recession—paying 75 percent of private employees’ salaries.

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