Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics

The 163rd Anniversary of the Battle of Front Royal

James Bovard: Today is the 163th anniversary of the battle of Front Royal, Virginia (the town near where I was raised). On May 23, 1862, almost all the Yankee soldiers in Front Royal were captured, killed or wounded.

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Relearning the Lessons We Never Learned from World War I

We would do well to remember the main lesson from World War I: there is no “honor” in warfare. It is pure murder.

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Student Loans: A New Sheriff in Town

Forbes called this explosive loan situation, a “perfect storm…of heavier debt loads, higher payments, and an unforgiving economy.”

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Biden, Bombs, and Bonds

Biden's hidden illness, Trump's surprise foreign-policy pivot, and America's bond meltdown. Don't miss the inaugural episode of the Power & Market Podcast, a weekly news recap from the Mises Institute’s editorial team.

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Lord of the Manor

For this week‘s version of Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Mary Grabar‘s Debunking FDR, which examines Roosevelt‘s paternalistic worldview and how it shaped his political life and his presidency.

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MMT and US History: Redefining Chartalism

MMT uses chartalism and a few dubious examples to appeal to history to establish the theory‘s authority and validity, only to discard this element as irrelevant and unnecessary.

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Central Banking and Monetary Affairs in Argentina



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A New Sheriff in Town

Forbes called this explosive loan situation, a “perfect storm…of heavier debt loads, higher payments, and an unforgiving economy.”

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Student Loans: A New Sheriff in Town

Forbes called this explosive loan situation, a “perfect storm…of heavier debt loads, higher payments, and an unforgiving economy.”

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Ist mein Geld auf der Bank überhaupt noch sicher? AMLA, Vermögensregister und Kontrolle durch die EU

Die neue EU-Anti-Geldwäschebehörde: Bedrohung für Freiheit und Eigentum? Freitagstipps abonnieren: https://thorstenwittmann.com/klartext-yt 4-Augengespräch Finanzielle Freiheit: https://thorstenwittmann.com/telefontermin-yt Die #eu wird häufig als sehr bürokratisch bezeichnet und dass sie nichts Sinnvolles voranbringt. Ja, da ist schon einiges dran. Aber in einer Sache sind sie sehr aktiv: Wenn es um die #kontrolle (!) Ihrer Bürger geht....

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Relearning the Lessons We Never Learned from World War I

The 20th century gave us two world wars that have altered the world's political landscape to this day. We would do well to remember the main lesson from World War I: there is no “honor” in warfare. It is pure murder.

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Regime Uncertainty and the Trump New Deal

President Trump has made a lot of noise in the business community in the first few months of his administration. Unfortunately, his actions and rhetoric have created a lot of uncertainty in the economy, threatening capital development.

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CHINA PIERDE MILES DE MILLONES APOYANDO A MADURO

China pierde miles de millones por financiar al régimen de Maduro. No hay bloqueo, hay cleptocracia y corrupción. Mi nuevo libro ya está disponible: "El nuevo orden económico mundial: EE. UU., China, Europa y el descontento global" (Deusto) ☑ Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/6wTTNJI ☑ Casa del libro: https://www.casadellibro.com/libro-el-nuevo-orden-economico-mundial/9788423438891/16782241 Te animo a suscribirte a mi canal y te invito a...

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Treasury yields spike again on Thursday as GOP’s out-of-control spending looms

30-year Treasury yield spikes to 5.09%, 10-year yield hits 4.61%. 10-yr yield is back at 2005 levels.

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Mark Thornton Discusses Gold, Silver, and Recessions



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Interest Rates Rise Again as Treasury Auction Comes Up Short

On Wednesday, the Treasury bonds auction was so weak that 20-year and 30-year yields continued to rise as investors expect a rising wave of mounting federal deficits and debt.

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Bank OZK

Government protection and deposit insurance slows the inevitable—until it doesn’t.

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Thomas Malthus’s Disciples: The Pro-Natalists

Progressives have repeated the Malthus theme of overpopulation for six decades. However, the real demographic problem facing modern industrial nations has been the dearth of population growth fueled by an inflation culture.

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April home sales were the lowest since 2009

Sales of previously owned homes in April declined 0.5% from March. That is the slowest April pace since 2009. Jobs and incomes aren't nearly as good as we've been told.

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The Rise of War Propaganda and the Defeat of Laissez-Faire

In this lecture from the Mises Institute's recent Conference on War Revisionism, McMaken looks at how classical liberals' pro-peace foreign policy was defeated by a century of war propaganda beginning with the First World War.

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