The Theory and Brief History of Money and Banking
[This article is part of the Understanding Money Mechanics series, by Robert P. Murphy. The series will be published as a book in late 2020.] The…
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[This article is part of the Understanding Money Mechanics series, by Robert P. Murphy. The series will be published as a book in late 2020.] The…
[Editor’s Note: this piece was first published by Mises Canada here http://mises.ca/posts/blog/does-walmart-prove-minimum-wage-laws-will-help-workers/] In a recent column Paul Krugman has one of the most curious arguments…
As 2012 draws to a close, we should note that it is the 50th anniversary of the 1962 publication of Murray Rothbard’s grand treatise,…
This article originally appeared on mises.org, Monday, January 24, 2011 As many readers already know, last week Paul Krugman linked to one of my…