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Why do mainstream economists suddenly think clearly when it comes to tariffs—but abandon logic elsewhere? Mark Thornton unpacks why even Krugman and Marx agree...
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Why do mainstream economists suddenly think clearly when it comes to tariffs—but abandon logic elsewhere? Mark Thornton unpacks why even Krugman and Marx agree...
This is a rendition of Leonard Read‘s famous, “I, Pencil,” but with a new twist: tariffs now restrict the importation of producers‘ goods needed...
People claim to support “equal opportunity” over the idea of equal outcomes, but when one examines both concepts, it becomes obvious that neither is...
Trump has tried to claim that he favors “Main Street over Wall Street.” Unfortunately, by pushing aggressive low-interest-rate monetary policy, Trump has put himself...
Mises Institute President Thomas DiLorenzo joins NTD News to talk tariffs and trade policy.
While President Trump‘s tariffs certainly are causing economic harm, they alone could not cause a recession had there not already been years of artificial...
Frederic Bastiat is an often unsung hero of 19th Century economic thought. His lessons on freedom and trade are timeless and what he wrote...
Calhoun emphasized the principle that the states were sovereign and independent and not merely the creation of the federal government.
Modern politics does not produce people of character and certainly there are few, if any, statesmen left on the scene. John C. Calhoun was...
In May 2025, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.
If devaluing the currency was a real measure of competitiveness, Argentina and Venezuela would be the most competitive nations on the planet.
President Trump‘s recent assertions that the Fed should lower the discount rate puts him squarely in the middle of Fed politics and exposes the...
In The General Theory, J.M. Keynes allegedly “discredited” Say‘s Law. Of course, Keynes actually debunked a straw man that was a caricature of what...