Surveys used to gauge optimism or pessimism about the economy may be interesting to read, but unless they are the product of sound and realistic economic theory, they are not economically useful.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Can Surveys Provide Insight Into the State of the Economy?
Surveys used to gauge optimism or pessimism about the economy may be interesting to read, but unless they are the product of sound and realistic economic theory, they are not economically useful.
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“Positive Thinking” Won’t Create a Good Economy
Instead, what matters is not whether expectations are stable, but whether expectations correspond to reality. Stable expectations cannot undo the damage caused by loose monetary and fiscal policies.
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Austrian Perspectives on Social Justice
Many "social justice" advocates claim to appeal to a “higher law,” but they usually refuse to acknowledge economic laws because those laws stand in their way of creating the "just" society.
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Understanding Stablecoins and U.S. Crypto Policy
Bob Murphy and Jason Priddle discuss the Genius Act, stablecoins, and what the future holds for cryptocurrency regulation and monetary freedom.
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Human Reason as the Foundation of Civilization
Human reason, wrote Ludwig von Mises, is the basis for civilization itself. Western civilization, he said, was built upon economic progress that sprang from reason. However, he also warned that if the West abandoned sound economics, it would trigger its demise.
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Energy Transition as a Tool for Fascist Capitalism
Europeans are being forced into an energy transition through debt-fueled spending that will lead to permanently higher energy prices and stifle European competitiveness. This won‘t change the climate, but it will make the people poorer.
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Human Reason as the Foundation of Civilization
Human reason, wrote Ludwig von Mises, is the basis for civilization itself. Western civilization, he said, was built upon economic progress that sprang from reason. However, he also warned that if the West abandoned sound economics, it would trigger its demise.
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Energy Transition as a Tool for Fascist Capitalism
Europeans are being forced into an energy transition through debt-fueled spending that will lead to permanently higher energy prices and stifle European competitiveness. This won‘t change the climate, but it will make the people poorer.
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The Canadian Arctic Fur Trade: A Case Study of Freedom
Daniella Bassi tells the remarkable story of the Arctic fur trade as a real-world case study in stateless order.
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MMTers Love When Governments Burn Money
Even when MMT advocates are correct that colonial governments at times burned money after receiving it for tax revenues, they still manage to get both the history and the causes wrong.
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MMTers Love When Governments Burn Money
Even when MMT advocates are correct that colonial governments at times burned money after receiving it for tax revenues, they still manage to get both the history and the causes wrong.
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Environmental Conservation
Timothy Terrell makes the case for property rights and market-based stewardship as the true path to sustainability.
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How Psychology Is Catching Up with the Reality of Human Action
Modern psychology has been at odds with the praxeology of the Austrian School, as psychologists have tended to see humans as passive and reactive, while Austrians view human action as purposeful. Recent developments in the field might change that narrative.
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How Psychology Is Catching Up with the Reality of Human Action
Modern psychology has been at odds with the praxeology of the Austrian School, as psychologists have tended to see humans as passive and reactive, while Austrians view human action as purposeful. Recent developments in the field might change that narrative.
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Economics of Interventionism
Lucas Engelhardt explores the economics of interventionism, tracing Ludwig von Mises’s core argument that state interference in markets is both self-defeating and inherently unstable.
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Four Reasons Why College Degrees Are Becoming Useless
If education and career skills are what you want, a college or university may be a waste of your time and money.
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