Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics

Can the Federal Reserve Buy Gold? Should It?

Since the sixth century BC reign of Croesus of Lydia, refined gold has served as a monetary store of value. Today, many central banks, including the European Central Bank, the Swiss National Bank, the German Bundesbank, the Bank of France, the Bank of Italy, the Dutch National Bank, the Bank of Japan, the Reserve Bank of India, the People’s Bank of China, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore among others, hold gold as an investment and reserve...

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Kunden- oder politikorientierte Unternehmen. Wer schafft mehr Wert?

Kunden- oder politikorientierte Unternehmen. Wer schafft mehr Wert? Kurz vor den Landtagswahlen in Sachsen und Thüringen schaltete ein genossenschaftlich organisierter Einzelhandel-Unternehmensverbund in zwei überregionalen Zeitungen großformatige Anzeigen, um von der Wahl einer der kandidierenden Parteien abzuraten.

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The Fed Rate Cut Isn’t the Housing Market’s Dream After All

The rate cut by the Fed in September 2024 appears to be not much more than another performative song and dance. With many people, particularly in the real estate world, holding on to the idea that the rate cuts will stimulate buyers, the reality is not much will change, except for the worse.One can call the rate cut nothing more than a mere utterance from the Fed because it gives a message of assurance to the market and the public that it is doing...

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Economic Calculation and the Entrepreneur

While most mainstream economists focus on the analysis of equilibria, Austrian economists examine the phenomena that are crucial in real-world markets operating in disequilibrium. Two of the most central aspects are economic calculation and entrepreneurship. In this regard, the Austrian school of economics offers profound insights into both the dynamics and the stability of capitalist societies.One of Ludwig von Mises’s most significant...

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KAMALA HARRIS NO PUEDE OCULTAR SU MARXISMO

Kamala Harris se presenta como capitalista, pero sus discursos sugieren una agenda marxista. Te animo a suscribirte a mi canal y te invito a seguirme en mis redes sociales: ☑ Twitter - https://twitter.com/dlacalle ☑ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lacalledanie ☑ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/dlacalle ☑ Página web - https://www.dlacalle.com ☑ Mis libros en Amazon - https://www.amazon.es/Daniel-Lacalle/e/B00P2I78OG ¡Un saludo!...

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LA PROPAGANDA PARA DISFRAZAR LA POBREZA

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This Is a Slow-Motion Nationalization of the Economy

Global liquidity is expanding. In the past three months, the global money supply has soared by $4.7 trillion. This rapid increase started when the Federal Reserve panicked the first time and delayed the normalization of the balance sheet in June.Since then, we have seen a chain of fresh stimulus policies implemented by developed economies, adding to the large fiscal packages already in place. Multi-trillion-dollar investment packages like the EU...

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TRUMP ACUSA A BIDEN Y HARRIS DE FINANCIAR A IRÁN

Trump acusa a Biden y Harris de financiar indirectamente el ataque a Israel al levantar sanciones a Irán y permitirle acceder a 300.000 millones de dólares. Te animo a suscribirte a mi canal y te invito a seguirme en mis redes sociales: ☑ Twitter - https://twitter.com/dlacalle ☑ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lacalledanie ☑ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/dlacalle ☑ Página web - https://www.dlacalle.com ☑ Mis libros en Amazon -...

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Mises’s Framework Still Sets the Standard

As we wade through the intricacies of modern society, it becomes all the more imperative to go back to the works of Ludwig von Mises. Mises remains not only relevant but vital, providing a framework to view the modern world. Throughout his life, Mises set the standard with his insights into human action, economics, and politics. In an era characterized by government overreach, monetary manipulation, and degradation of individual freedoms, it is...

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New Title IX: 37 Words in 1972; Now Over 400 Scary Pages Long

A flare-up in the culture war has become an election issue and an August 16 ruling by the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) guarantees it will not go away.Title IX is a federal civil rights law protecting those who attend a school that receives federal funds against discrimination on the basis of sex. The intention of this 1972 law was to protect women against bias. Many changes to Title IX have occurred since then. On April 19 of this year, the Department...

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The Old Right Opposed Tariffs

The Old Right was a principled band of intellectuals and activists, many of them libertarians, who fought the “industrial regimentation” of the New Deal, and were the first to note that, in America, statism and corporatism are inseparable. Despite some current claims, however, these writers ardently defended capitalism, including big business and corporations, celebrated the profit motive, and took a strict laissez-faire attitude towards...

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Your Kids Are Already Communists, and College Will Make It Worse

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...

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The Presumption of Liberty

The presumption of liberty is an established liberal tradition according to which any restrictions on individual liberty require justification. Gerald Gaus and Shaun Nichols depict this as a principle of “natural liberty,” a “general presumption in favor of freedom of action.” As they explain, if natural liberty is a general presumption we expect, it to be reflected in,…shared normative expectations about what one may or may not do, and what one...

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Title IX Was 37 Words in 1972. It’s Now 400 Pages.

A flare-up in the culture war has become an election issue and an August 16 ruling by the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) guarantees it will not go away.Title IX is a federal civil rights law protecting those who attend a school that receives federal funds against discrimination on the basis of sex. The intention of this 1972 law was to protect women against bias. Many changes to Title IX have occurred since then. On April 19 of this year, the Department...

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LA UE QUIERE CONTROLAR TUS MENSAJES PRIVADOS

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EL ESCÁNDALO DETRÁS DEL MÁSTER DE BEGOÑA GÓMEZ

Begoña Gómez, investigada por presunto tráfico de influencias y corrupción, ha presentado un Máster en "Captación de Fondos". Te animo a suscribirte a mi canal y te invito a seguirme en mis redes sociales: ☑ Twitter - https://twitter.com/dlacalle ☑ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lacalledanie ☑ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/dlacalle ☑ Página web - https://www.dlacalle.com ☑ Mis libros en Amazon -...

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Cronyism and Historical Revisionism

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...

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The Fed’s Two-Percent Inflation Target Is Meaningless

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property...

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Can America Survive Global De-Dollarization?

“Money does not grow on trees” is an old expression of wisdom that seems to have been disregarded by 21st century American policymakers. People all over the world and throughout time base their decisions primarily through lived experience. The US dollar became the world’s reserve currency in the aftermath of World War II, which is now almost eighty years ago. There is virtually no one in power at the American government or in leading institutions...

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Mexico Is Still Blaming Americans for Mexico’s Gang Violence

This week, the US Supreme court announced that it will consider throwing out the Mexican government’s suit in the case of Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos. The Mexican government alleges that Smith & Wesson and wholesaler Witmer Public Safety Group Inc. are intentionally conspiring with middle-men to supply Mexican cartels with guns. The Mexican plaintiffs have never actually proven any of this, of course, and this is all...

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