The Hole We’re In
byMy fellow trustee Steve Baker has just forwarded me this speech by Mark Littlewood, the new Director General of the IEA. I was inspired…
Economics
Bernanke on the Federal Reserve’s exit strategy
byFederal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has given testimony before the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives. If you thought…
The IEA’s Mises Primer is Published
byToday, the IEA publish Dr Eamonn Butler’s Ludwig von Mises Primer: Ludwig von Mises was one of the greatest economists and political scientists of…
An Introduction to Austrian Economics
byFor those coming to to Austrian Economics for the first time, it can seem a daunting process. There are hundreds of books to choose…
The Limits of Monetary Policy
byThis post is taken from Mises, The Theory of Money and Credit (1934), chapter 13 Monetary Policy (PDF, HTML), covering the limits of monetary…
Inflationism
byThis post is taken from Mises, The Theory of Money and Credit (1934), chapter 13 Monetary Policy (PDF, HTML), covering inflationism. Follow this link…
Monetary Policy
byThis post is taken from Mises, The Theory of Money and Credit (1934), chapter 13 Monetary Policy (PDF, HTML), covering monetary policy and the…
Dr Anthony J Evans: Blogging the Chancellors
byYou may have noticed that tonight will be a live debate between the three politicians vying to become Chancellor. It will be broadcast on Channel…
Interest and industrial equipment
bySean Corrigan points out how the USA’s interest bill is twice the size of all private gross spending on industrial equipment! There has been a…
The Function of Money
byThis is the first in a series of articles taken from Mises, The Theory of Money and Credit (1934). Here, we introduce the function…