Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics

Rothbard University

In honor of Murray Rothbard's 100th birthday, this first-of-its-kind conference features an intensive course of lectures in Austrian economics.

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Socialists Are Reaping a Bountiful Political Harvest while They Create Havoc

As the economy faulters, socialists are getting elected, promising free goods and services and an end to the chaos. Even when they make things worse, however, they will still gain political power.

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Making Sense of the Trump Administration’s “Hail Mary” on Iran

Bob argues that many Austro-libertarians (himself included) have been too quick to dismiss the Trump administration's foreign and economic policy as mere incompetence or corruption, without grasping the strategic logic behind it.

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Help Us Celebrate 40 Years of Mises U!

It is because of wonderful supporters that Mises University is 40 years old. Thank you for believing in this radical program for educating students.

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The Command Economy in Green Clothing: Britain’s Contracts for Difference and Their Nazi Predecessors

In pursuing the so-called green economy, Great Britain’s Labour Government must resort to socialist planning and totalitarian propaganda.

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Bad Inflation Data Drops While Trump’s in China (And Other Headlines)

On this episode of Power & Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho break down a variety of headlines from the week, including bad inflation data, Trump's trip to China, Kevin Warsh's Senate confirmation, and the political theatre of Spencer Pratt and Zohran Mamdani.

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The Job Market Has Only Gotten Worse Since Trump’s “Liberation Day”

In the year since Donald Trump’s “liberation day” in April 2024 fewer Americans are now working, and inflation-adjusted hourly earnings are still below where they were in 2021.

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Feds move to seize private property to build border wall

The U.S. government has invoked eminent domain to seize 14.2 acres of Mount Cristo Rey, a sacred site topped by a 29-foot statue of Jesus.

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Foreclosure filings across the US have surged 18 percent compared to last year

"The year-over-year increases suggest lenders may be working through distressed inventory as higher borrowing costs and affordability challenges impact some homeowners."

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Changes at the Fed: The Trimmed Mean PCE Inflation Rate

Various inflation measures conceal more than they reveal, largely because they exclude measuring a large portion of high-inflation items.

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The Economics of War

In this article from 1950, Murray Rothbard suggests some of the less bad ways of financing military operations. Hint: monetary inflation and taxing savings and investment are among the worst.

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Trump y Xi se reparten el mundo: la cumbre que lo cambia todo

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Progressives and Conservatives Are Wrong About Taxing the Rich

Both progressives and conservatives show a complete unwillingness or inability to distinguish between those who got rich by genuinely creating value by serving others and those who are getting rich by expropriating wealth through force.

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Marx Was Wrong About the “Necessary” Ruin of Small Landed Property

Karl Marx not only misunderstood value and production, but he also was wrong about large-scale and small-scale property owners.

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On The Duty Of Natural Outlaws To Shut Up

Who would join a radical minority movement, and commit him- or herself for life to social obloquy and a marginal existence, for the sake of 20% more bathtubs, or 15% more candy bars? Who will man the barricades either physically or spiritually, for more peanuts or Pepsi?

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The Cost of Money: Coinage, Fiat Power, and the Quiet Corruption of Value

Governments take valuable things like paper and minerals, stamp something on them, and call them money, in the process rendering these things almost worthless. Something is wrong with this picture.

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Gas prices rising in all 50 states as average nears $5

The national average price for a gallon of gasoline was $4.46 on May 4, up from $4.11 on April 27.

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Freedom candidate Thomas Massie may lose thanks to the over-65 crowd

When broken out by age, Massie has huge leads among voters under age 46. Voters over 66 are against Massie. Older voters consistently favor more war and government spending.

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Marx Was Wrong About the “Necessary” Ruin of Small Landed Property

Karl Marx not only misunderstood value and production, but he also was wrong about large-scale and small-scale property owners.

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New Book: ‘The Influence and Significance of Human Action After 75 Years’

Human Action is more than a book about economics broadly construed. It is a guide to civilized social life which elucidates the laws of reality that apply if human persons are to engage in peaceful and prosperous social cooperation under the division of labor.

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