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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Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics
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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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
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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
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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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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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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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Thomas Massie denounces the 1100+ page bill that no one has read
Massie is right, as usual. Most Republicans will vote for it anyway, and continue the US slide into bankruptcy.
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Airlines brace for the summer of hell
A stagnating economy means fewer vacations and less air travel. Airlines are feeling it.
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Deflation: Who’s Afraid of Falling Prices?
In a sound monetary system and a free market, overall prices would generally fall as the economy grows faster than the money supply, enabling people to purchase more with their money.
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What the Biden Health Coverup Reveals About the Political Class
The reaction to Biden’s cancer announcement reveals how little trust the public has in the people who spent years claiming that Biden’s mental decline was fabricated by right-wing propagandists. That lack of trust is well deserved.
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On Swiss National Bank
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SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 15 billion francs compared to the previous four weeks
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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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2025-06-25 – Quarterly Bulletin 2/2025
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