Herbert Butterfield, who taught history at Cambridge, had many insights on the sea changes brought about by World War I and the collapse of the Old World Order. The new order that followed, he realized, was not an improvement over what previously existed.
Author: Mises
ESG Undermines Social Welfare | Mises Institute
Politicians and hedge funds that push “Environmental, Social, and Governance” (ESG) scores and investing do so with the notion of improving social welfare. What they fail to realize is that these concerns are accounted for in human action already.
Governments Had a Major Role in Sustaining Slavery
Despite claims from progressive historians that US slavery was a natural outgrowth of a free market economy, the reality is that slavery would have been much costlier without governments—federal and state—subsidizing it. It is time to set the record straight.
America Now Has Fewer Employed Workers than It Did a Year Ago
The total number of employed persons has fallen by 66,000 since August of 2023. Moreover, the new job growth is almost all in part-time jobs.
Is Artificial Intelligence the Next Easy-Money Bust?
While the world is abuzz over artificial intelligence (AI), present technologies are limited more than most people want to believe. The situation is ripe for malinvestments.
Conceptual Clarity in Dismantling Economic Jargon
Keynesians are known for using obscure and jumbled jargon to explain their fallacious ideas. The hope being that, the more confusing the language, the greater the perceived scholarship. Good economics can and should be clearly logically explained.
Where Will All the Money Go?
The Federal Reserve wants to be perceived as coming to the economy’s rescue, but the Fed can’t save you. Mark shares some insights from Austrian Business Cycle Theory.
The Taboo Against Truth: Holocausts and Historians
In fact, all great states in the 20th century have been killer states, to a greater or lesser degree.
The Origin of Money: Menger vs. Graeber
Dr. Jonathan Newman joins Bob to analyze Kamala Harris’s proposals against price gouging, and how some mainstream economists defend Government price controls.
Libertarianism vs. Microlibertarianism
Libertarianism is a consistent and principled philosophy that is absolute in scope and universal in application. We can begin with this classic description of libertarianism […]