The yield curve is not easily understood, but it is important in giving us a good look at what is happening in the economy. Not surprisingly, Austrian economists are way ahead of the others in explaining the how and why of the curve.
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Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Operation Epstein’s Fury Is a Roaring Success!
"Saturday’s attack on Iran was posed as a decapitation strike; it also decapitated several dozen schoolgirls in southern Iran within the first few hours..."
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Economics Isn’t “About” Anything!
Understanding economics is the key to preserving civilization. This is because civilization itself is a consequence of choices.
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Critical Thinking about Critical Minerals
The Trump administration is trying to develop programs to domestically produce “critical” minerals that might be unavailable during trade disruptions. Of course, it is turning into yet another central planning fiasco.
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Fiat Inflationary Nightmare: How to Reform the Financial System
Is the US riding an “everything bubble” to the next crisis? Mark Thornton joins Paul Buitink to diagnose the dollar, the debt, and the Fed’s distortion machine.
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Exposing the Hidden Bias in Political and Historical Questions
Progressive historians have been able to define the terms of debates of historical events as well to ask the biased and loaded questions in the name of historical inquiry. That is no way to find the truth.
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The Psychological Walls to Freedom
Even though freedom produces a better and wealthier society, people—and especially elites—have an aversion to it. Their fears, while rational, are also harmful to society.
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Massachusetts 1690: The First Western Fiat Experiment
When the Massachusetts colony issued its own unredeemable paper money in 1690, it was with the promise that it would soon be redeemable in specie. Like all paper money issued by government, it lost value and the confidence of the people.
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Bondi Strikes Out
Rep. Thomas Massie has worked to expose the policymakers with close ties to sex offender Epstein. Pam Bondi, on the other hand, has worked to protect politicians from accountability.
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Companies are using AI as an excuse for layoffs
Sam Altman said some companies are engaging in “AI washing,” invoking the technology as cover for layoffs they would have made anyway.
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What Is the State of the Union?
On this episode of Power and Market, we feel compelled to discuss this week's State of the Union speech.
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New producer inflation number much higher than expected
The core PPI increased a seasonally adjusted 0.8%, more than the 0.6% gain in December and well ahead of the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 0.3%.
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Gallup: The majority of Americans now sympathize with Palestine more than Israel
Forty-one percent of Americans now say they sympathize more with the Palestinians in the Middle East situation, while 36% sympathize more with the Israelis.
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Does Democracy Require Conformity and Equality?
Hélène Landemore of Yale University believes she has a radical proposal to make democracy work. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews her book Politics without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule and concludes it isn’t radical enough.
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UBS downgrades the U.S. stock market
UBS downgraded U.S. equities, saying factors that powered years of outperformance are starting to fade.
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House To Vote on Iran War Powers Next Week as Trump Has US on Brink of a Major Conflict
“As soon as Congress reconvenes next week, we will compel a vote of the full House on the bipartisan Khanna-Massie War Powers Resolution.”
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Ignore the Rich, Don’t Loot Them
With California’s government looking to pile onerous taxes on the state’s wealthiest citizens, it is time to understand that if state officials try to inflict financial harm on wealthy people, they should know that such schemes do not end well.
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SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 5.7 billion francs compared to the previous week
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SNB’s Chairman Schlegel: A few months of negative inflation wouldn’t be a problem
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2025-07-31 – Interim results of the Swiss National Bank as at 30 June 2025
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SNB Brings Back Zero Percent Interest Rates
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Hold-up sur l’eau potable (2/2) : la supercherie de « l’hydrogène vert ». Par Vincent Held
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