Steve Hanke criticizes Trump and Fed Chairman Powell for their flawed focus on interest rates over money supply, blames the Fed for exacerbating income inequality, and argues that tariffs cause temporary price blips while money supply drives long-term inflation trends.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
It Will Take More than Low Interest Rates to Make Houses Affordable
If Trump allies really wanted to see homes become more affordable, he would push for less monetary inflation and for lower federal deficits.
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The State of Israel is now bombing Christian churches.
The Holy Family Church in Gaza was struck by an Israeli attack ...The direct strike killed two people. The Israeli state is now "investigating" the matter.
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The Split over Epstein Tells Us Something Important about the MAGA Movement
When President Trump declared the Epstein case closed, many of his supporters in MAGA objected, believing that the government is still hiding the truth. But Trump opponents claim that MAGA is a monolithic movement beholden only to Trump. This incident tells us something else.
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The Split over Epstein Tells Us Something Important about the MAGA Movement
When President Trump declared the Epstein case closed, many of his supporters in MAGA objected, believing that the government is still hiding the truth. But Trump opponents claim that MAGA is a monolithic movement beholden only to Trump. This incident tells us something else.
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Trump’s Election-Interference Tariff
Like a child with his new favorite toy at Christmas, President Trump is using tariff taxes not only to attempt to centrally plan the pricing of thousands of goods and services in the economy, but also to engage in election interference in other countries.
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Is New York City Doomed?
There are real concerns regarding Mamdani. Mamdani is a self-described socialist, and socialism has failed disastrously everywhere it's been tried.
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Mistrusting Government about Epstein and More
Exposing such lies is key for restoring liberty. The good news is that the more mistrust of government grows, the easier it will be to find people receptive to our message.
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Josh Hawley Proves That Republicans Still Don’t Understand Economics
By introducing legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is demonstrating that while Republicans like to talk about free markets, they are statists and interventionists like their Democratic colleagues across the aisle.
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Josh Hawley Proves That Republicans Still Don’t Understand Economics
By introducing legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is demonstrating that while Republicans like to talk about free markets, they are statists and interventionists like their Democratic colleagues across the aisle.
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Not Too Short, Not Too Late: Maria Would Be Just Right for Fed Chair
When the President is harping about the Fed lowering the interest rates, this means that he wants more easy money created.
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Thomas Paine Slaps Congress with His Résumé
Perhaps no publication contributed more to the Colonials' drive for independence from Great Britain than Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense." But what if he had tried to get the Continental Congress to publish it, instead? The following debate might have occurred.
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Thomas Paine Slaps Congress with His Résumé
Perhaps no publication contributed more to the Colonials' drive for independence from Great Britain than Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense." But what if he had tried to get the Continental Congress to publish it, instead? The following debate might have occurred.
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Much Right-Wing Ado About Mamdani
The same conservatives who act aghast at Mamdani's proposed government grocery stores turn around and support government schools and government healthcare.
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Why Hayek Rejected “Mere Legality”
A government that rules by imposing politically-oriented statutes upon its citizens cannot lay claim to governing by “rule of law.” Hayek understood that claiming “legality” to anything the state does is a sure road to tyranny.
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Why Hayek Rejected “Mere Legality”
A government that rules by imposing politically-oriented statutes upon its citizens cannot lay claim to governing by “rule of law.” Hayek understood that claiming “legality” to anything the state does is a sure road to tyranny.
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The Fallacies of Conservative Protectionists
In its attempt to claim that the concept of free trade is full of fallacies, The American Compass builds its anti-free trade case upon fallacies.
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The Propaganda War Against Capitalism
The most popular method of deprecating capitalism is to make it responsible for every condition which is considered unsatisfactory.
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Hayek on the Difference between Science and Scientism
Modern progressive governance claims it has science on its side. Hayek‘s Nobel speech punctured that viewpoint.
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SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 15 billion francs compared to the previous four weeks
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SNB Brings Back Zero Percent Interest Rates
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