Guest post by Frank Shostak from the Mises Institute: The heart of economic growth is an expanding subsistence fund, or the pool of real savings. This pool, which is composed of final consumer goods, sustains individuals in the various stages …
Repost of JP Cortez work on the Mises Institute blog. He is a Policy Director at Sound Money Defense League: Money is one of the most misunderstood topics of our time, and we’re seeing the implications of this play out …
By Chris Black I regard libertarianism to be just another subversive ideology promoted by the “usual suspects”, i.e. suicidal ideation on a grand scale, all dressed up in the cloak of “morality”, designed to destroy the Western society via large …
via mises: “We can’t take it anymore,” proclaims the economist and media sensation Javier Milei from his Twitter account. He is not alone. It all started a few weeks ago with a “ Twittazo ” inviting people to protest against the high taxes and the …
via mises: According to many economic experts and commentators, an effective way to generate economic growth is through the lowering of taxes. The lowering of taxes, it is held, is going to place more money in consumer’s pockets thereby setting in …
via mises.org: Only a few months ago most economic commentators were sanguine about prospects for the US economy. Most of them did not expect an imminent downturn. Now all that has changed with most experts expecting the economy to enter a …
via mises.org: A big US monetary inflation bang brought the euro into existence. Here’s a prediction: It’s death will occur in response to a different type of US monetary bang — the sudden emergence of a “deflationary interlude.” And this could …
via mises.org: Money supply growth slowed in October, falling to the lowest rate recorded since February of this year. Overall, money-supply growth remains well below the growth rates experienced from 2009 to 2016, and has fluctuated very little since March. In …
From José Niño at Mises Wire: According to some media reports, the Universal Basic Income (UBI) party in Finland is coming to an end. But Professor Olli Kangas, head of the research team at the Finnish social insurance agency, claims that the experiment “is proceeding …
From Justin Murray at Mises Wire: Lately, when he isn’t trying to blame China on America’s competitiveness woes, President Donald Trump has become obsessed with the online retailer Amazon. While there’s speculation that Trump is using the reins of government to carry out a personal …