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The Current Crisis Has Its Roots in the Central Bank

2020-04-28

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2020-04-28

Corporate Profits from Q1:2017
We have been locked down for weeks. Classes have been canceled. Only essential activities are allowed. Although there is much to cover and analyze, I want to focus on the economics of the situation. To understate it, the situation today is simply not good. The COVID-19 crisis has caused the world to lock down the population, which essentially ceased most commerce.

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Ending the Lockdowns Isn’t about Saving Money. It’s about Saving Lives. | Gary Galles

2020-04-28

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"Saving lives versus saving money" comparisons confuse ends with means. The end of saving the economy is not to have more money. The end is to have resources necessary to preserve the lives and health of countless human beings. Original article: https://mises.org/wire/ending-lockdowns-isnt-about-saving-money-its-about-saving-lives This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Audio...

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SLP169 Jeff Deist – Bitcoin & Acting Locally

2020-04-27

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https://stephanlivera.com/episode/169/ Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute rejoins me to talk about Bitcoin, Central Banking, Corona virus, libertarianism and acting locally: Mises Institute and Bitcoin Hypocritical fund managers UBI and MMT becoming popular Smaller is better Better, not perfect

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Why the Current Unemployment Is Worse Than the Great Depression | Robert P. Murphy

2020-04-27

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Even though the official unemployment rate is probably not quite as high as it was in 1933, there are reasons to believe that our labor market is currently in even worse shape economically than it was at the lowest depths of the Great Depression. Original article: https://mises.org/wire/why-current-unemployment-worse-great-depression This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by …

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Inflação – As Seis Lições – Ludwig Von Mises – Parte 1

2020-04-27

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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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#22 Polleit warnt vor Bargeldabschaffung und einheitlicher Weltwährung – Golden Times

2020-04-27

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Volkswirt Thorsten Polleit sieht die Gefahr für ein globales einheitliches Monopolgeld: “Ein einheitliches politisiertes Geld wäre eine tyrannische Herrschaft.” Darüber schreibt er in seinem neuen Buch “Mit Geld zur Weltherrschaft”. Im Interview erklärt er einige Definitionen wie Staat (“territorialer Zwangsmonopolist”) und Geld, erklärt, warum ihn die aktuelle Politik der Staaten und Notenbanken stört und warum...

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Central Banks and the Next Crisis: From Deflation to Stagflation

2020-04-26

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2020-04-26

All over the world, governments and central banks are addressing the pandemic crisis with three main sets of measures: Massive liquidity injections and rate cuts to support markets and credit.Unprecedented fiscal programs aimed at providing loans and grants for the real economy.Large public spending programs, fundamentally in current spending and relief measures.

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Why Markets Are Rallying as Millions Become Unemployed

2020-04-25

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2020-04-25

Wouldn’t you feel great knowing that your stock picking is fully insured by the Fed? Billionaires and wealthy hedge fund managers know the feeling.

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Business Owners Understand Why the Economy Can’t Just Be “Reopened”

2020-04-25

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2020-04-25

My oldest turned seventeen last month. To commemorate the occasion, she and I watched Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I’d taken her to her first (allegedly) rated-R movie a couple years ago to see the quite good Baby Driver, but this was Tarantino.

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Your Supermarket Overlords: Why Barbados Needs a Voluntary Quarantine

2020-04-24

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2020-04-24

On Wednesday, April 1, the acting prime minister of Barbados, Hon. Santia Bradshaw, came on the local news station to announce a mandatory partial shutdown to combat COVID-19. She announced that starting April 3, all “nonessential” businesses would remain closed until midnight April 14.

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Julia Song Escapes From Socialism, Ryan McMaken on Lockdowns – A Neighbor’s Choice w David Gornoski

2020-04-23

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Activist and commentator Julia Song talks about her escape from socialism in her mother country and the warning signs here in America. Plus, Mises.org editor Ryan McMaken goes through the latest news and fallout. A Neighbor’s Choice with David Gornoski airs live weekdays 4-6pm EST. Call in at 727-587-1040. Email A Neighbor’s Choice with a …

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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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