Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics

Haiti: Why Open Borders Don’t Work in the Developing World

Earlier this month, the regime of the Dominican Republic (DR) announced new efforts to deport 10,000 Haitians “per week.” The DR reportedly expelled 67,000 Haitians in the first half of the year, as part of a stated plan by the administration of Dominican President Luis Abinader to curtail an ongoing surge of foreign nationals arriving from Haiti. This is only the latest part of an ongoing campaign against the flood of Haitian foreign nationals...

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It’s Good to be Skeptical of Elections

We are less than two weeks away from election day. Polls show that the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump stands at a virtual tie, and that has many worried about the possibility of a contested election. Sixty-eight percent of Americans are concerned people will resort to violence if they are unhappy with the outcome. Contributing to those fears are recent findings that nineteen percent of Republicans and twelve percent of Democrats say...

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POLÍTICAS ECONÓMICAS = CRECIMIENTO O ESTANCAMIENTO

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Americans Trust Trump on Economy, but “Experts” Don’t?

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 Secret Economic Theory Behind the $100,000 Birkin Bag

In 1984, Jean-Louis Dumas, CEO of a struggling French fashion house, found himself consumed with thoughts of how to not only revive but surpass the glory Hermès had once known. Four years into his role, he couldn’t shake the idea that he needed to capture lightning in a bottle once again, as his father had done with the now-legendary Kelly bag.The story goes that Grace Kelly, the iconic actress and later Princess of Monaco, was photographed using a...

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MILEI ELIMINA LA AFIP Y AHORRA MILES DE MILLONES

Milei desmantela AFIP y crea una agencia más eficiente, ahorrando 6,400 millones de pesos anuales y desvinculando 3,155 empleados irregulares. 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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Russophobia, Historically Considered

Professor Glenn Diesen of Norway recently had his video channel expunged from YouTube, and two days later it was restored at YouTube, all with no real explanation. One video at his channel is a discussion of Richard Cobden’s 1836 pamphlet, which bore the secondary title:In the video, I interview Professor Diesen about the long history of Anglo hatred toward Russia, a hatred which started up in the 1830s and has persisted ever since. I sought to...

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Copernicus Was Also Right in Economics

Nicolaus Copernicus was one of the greatest scientists in history. With his theories on astronomy, he revolutionized the sciences and is meritoriously and universally recognized as a genius. He was indeed a genius, not only in astronomy, in fact, his knowledge and studies ranged in all fields of knowledge—medicine, canon law, theology (he was also ordained Catholic theologian), natural sciences, mathematics, and—last but most important for this...

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Why The Israel-Occupied Levant Must Be Liberated

As fast as a snake’s thrust, Israel has taken the methods of mass murder used against Gaza’s civilians to the West Bank, to Lebanon and Syria, to Yemen and beyond. It is now launching about for the next country to attack, Iran. This is the bloodiest in Israeli criminal annals. Still, it is the consensus among the best of people, pure-hearted and valiant all, that the only way to stop the Israeli State’s serial killers is passively and...

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Peace as a Prerequisite for Civilization

Property rights, the division of labor, and voluntary exchange are the foundation of civilization. In Liberalism: The Classical Tradition, Ludwig von Mises explains why these doctrines are essential to civilization, emphasizing that peace is a prerequisite for the division of labor and human cooperation. When the threat of war constantly hangs over a society, people no longer specialize in their most productive skills and abilities. Instead, they...

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MERCADOS EN ALERTA POR EL AUMENTO DE LA INFLACIÓN EN EE.UU

El mal dato de inflación en septiembre en EE. UU. frena el optimismo del mercado sobre posibles bajas de tipos de interés. 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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Why the Money Supply Is Growing Again

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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Why People Pay Higher Prices for Some Goods Relative to Others

Why are individuals willing to pay higher prices for some goods relative to other goods? The common reply to this appeals to the laws of supply and demand. But what is behind these laws? To provide a further answer to this question economists refer to the law of diminishing marginal utility. Mainstream economics explains this law in terms of the satisfaction that one derives from consuming a particular good. For instance, an individual may derive...

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The Birth of “Irrational Exuberance”

But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values . . .? — Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, “The Challenge of Central Banking in a Democratic Society,” December 5, 1996John Law, the early eighteenth-century Scottish gambler and financier, thought the best way to revive an ailing economy was to remove the “great scarcity of money,” as he wrote in a 1705 monetary tract. A decade after its publication, he took his ideas to...

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BUKELE DESTROZA AL SOCIALISMO EN SU BRUTAL DISCURSO EN LA ONU

Bukele desmonta el buenismo socialista y alerta: "el mundo libre, ya no es libre" 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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Hayek on the Welfare State

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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What is Old School Economics?

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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Ctrl+Alt+Regulate: The DMA’s Misguided Reboot of Competition

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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Yes, Car Seat Laws Reduce the Birth Rate

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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TE CRUJEN A IMPUESTOS POR TODOS LADOS

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