Sadly, even Tik-Tok videos of parents struggling to afford school supplies will likely not cause Congress steps to deal with the Fed. Instead, the videos are more likely to cause Congress to renew efforts to ban Tok-Tok.
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Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics
POSIBLE ACUERDO DE PAZ EN UCRANIA: EL GAS SE DERRUMBA
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Does Cutting Government Spending Risk a Recession?
Keynesian orthodoxy claims that cuts in government spending mean less “aggregate demand,” and less “aggregate demand” leads to recessions. Economic experience, however, shows us this is a false theory, something Austrian economists have known for a long time.
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Why Are Some Libertarians So Concerned about Tax Loopholes?
The passage of Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” has once again raised the issue of tax loopholes. Murray Rothbard referred to the idea of a tax loophole that needs to be closed as a great economic myth.
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Merger of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern Highlights the Need to End Amtrak Subsidies
The standard line for passenger rail travel in the US is that we need a government-subsidized entity like Amtrak because while there is a “need” for such service, it is impossible to provide it profitably. However, profitable travel is possible, but would require the end of Amtrak itself.
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The Alaska Summit in Perspective: Steve Hanke on U.S. Strategy and Russia’s Position
In a candid interview, economist Steve Hanke calls the Trump–Putin Alaska summit “a photo-op,” arguing Russia already holds the upper hand in Ukraine. He explains why Moscow has the leverage and what it means for U.S. strategy and global security.
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Japan Rice Price Crisis Reveals a Twofold Policy Dilemma
Japan's economy is caught between inflationary monetary policy and powerful agricultural interests. There is no easy way out.
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CRISIS MUNDIAL: LA DEUDA QUE NADIE TE CUENTA
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Government Statistics Are Always Political
The recent political firefight over Trumps firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer overshadows the underlying question of why we need the BLS at all. Murray Rothbard noted that government statistics provide the main tools for government economic intervention.
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Why Do We Live in a Two-Faced World?
In normal human affairs, actions like lying, theft, and murder are considered to be immoral and anti-social. However, people are quick to accept those same behaviors from government agents and they will even defend such actions as “necessary” for the “good of society.”
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Stuck in Jackson Hole
The Federal Reserve has what the New York Times called its “biggest shindig” of the year at Jackson Hole, Wyoming next week. What mischief are they up to?
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Creative Chaos: Inside the CIA’s Covert War to Topple the Syrian Government
What really happened in Syria? Ruling US elites and Israel have spun the narrative that advocates of democracy were rebelling against a brutal authoritarian regime. The truth is that once again, US policy has made things even worse for Syria.
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Resignation from the Scientific Advisory Board of the Ludwig von Mises Institute Germany
In this article, Puster, Hülsmann, and Hoppe explain the reasons for their resignation from the Scientific Advisory Board of the Ludwig von Mises Institute Germany.
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Nothing to Hide: The Risks and Realities of Transparent Currencies
The notion that transparency fosters trust fails to account for the indispensable role of privacy. Privacy is not merely a personal preference—it is the guarantor of fungibility.
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92 MILLONES DE EMPLEOS DESTRUIDOS ¿CULPA DE LA IA?
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RUSIA SE TRANSFORMA EN UNA ECONOMÍA DE GUERRA
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SNB’s Chairman Schlegel: A few months of negative inflation wouldn’t be a problem
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SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 3.6 billion francs compared to the previous week
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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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