Richard Ebeling, “Introductions to the Selected Works of Ludwig von Mises (2000-12)” Part 1
by[Editor’s Note: this lengthy piece, by Richard Ebeling, primarily based on the “lost papers” of Ludwig von Mises that he and his wife, Anna, discovered…
Economics
A World In Debt
byIn his magisterial 1936 work, ‘A World in Debt‘, Freeman Tilden treated the business of contracting a loan with a heavy serving of well-deserved…
Unemployment and groupthink
byOn Friday 6th February the American Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its employment estimates for January, which being better than the market expected,…
A matter of trust
by“Popping down to #guardiancoffee later on to order a ‘Toynbee’: short, rich and intensely bitter.” – Tweet from Robbie Collin (chief film critic, The…
The Private Equity Boom, Easy Money, and Crony Capitalism
by[Editor’s Note: this piece, by Brendan Brown, first appeared at http://mises.org/library/private-equity-boom-easy-money-and-crony-capitalism] Amongst the big winners from the Obama Fed’s Great Monetary Experiment has been the…
How did we end up here?
byWhile money can be made in markets on the minutest of scales, sometimes it helps to have a broader sense of perspective. After all,…
One Leg to Stand on
byHere’s a question for all the cheering QEuro fans out there. If you came across a country where both real and nominal money supply…
“A more serious disaster later on..”
by“Another day, another central bank failure. In a world of currencies backed only by confidence, every failure is masqueraded as success. Like the ballet…
Does a fall in unemployment lead to stronger economic growth?
byFor the head of the Federal Reserve Board Janet Yellen and most economists the key to economic growth is a strengthening in the labor…
Sovereign Bonds
byToday’s obvious mispricing of sovereign bonds is a bonanza for spending politicians and allows over-leveraged banks to build up their capital. This mispricing has…