Politics

Both Monetarists and Keynesians believe that a growing economy requires a growing money supply, thus, the Federal Reserve‘s “target” inflation rate of two percent. Austrian economists, however, understand that inflation at any level creates economic damage.

Functionally, there is no difference between the US’s Medal of Freedom and the Order of Lenin awards handed out by the old Soviet Union.

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The Mises Institute will host the Libertarian Scholars Conference on March 20 at our Auburn campus.

The Federal Reserve has welcomed the New Year by more of the same. As government spending continues to explode, the Fed enables it with its usual financial tricks.

Americans and Cubans have been deprived of trade and travel. Who benefits?

Politicians’ lack of concern stems from the fact that taxpayers, families, and businesses will bear the brunt of the next crisis.

Since the end of the 19th Century, much of US history has been marred by meddling in the affairs of other nations. From William McKinley’s Spanish-American War to George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq, US meddling has created tragedy and chaos abroad and at home.

Passed in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment was intended to further centralize governance away from the old decentralized political model. It still is accomplishing that purpose.

Bob looks at the misconceptions and misuses of GDP accounting, explaining why this widely accepted metric often paints a misleading picture of economic health.