Governments Are Using the Coronavirus to Distract From Their Own Failures

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March 5, 2020

By Daniel Lacalle

Governments Are Using the Coronavirus to Distract From Their Own Failures

The coronavirus impact adds to an already weak and bloated global economy that was showing poor growth, high debt, and an evidently disappointing earnings season before any epidemic was included in estimates.

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By Claudio Grass

Christine Lagarde’s New Vision for the ECB

Although consensus building surely is an important and noble pursuit, one would think that it wouldn't really fall within the purview of a central bank president. It’s been clear for a long time that allowing politics to influence monetary policy carries significant and numerous risks.

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By Lee Friday

"Heritage" Designation of Old Buildings Is Both Wasteful and Arbitrary

After an old red barn was given "heritage protection" by the city council, the owner demolished it anyway. Many townspeople cheered the defiance of the council's blatant violation of property rights.

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By Ludwig von Mises

Mises: To Adopt Keynesian Terminology Is to Legitimize It

Ludwig von Mises discusses inflation, labor unions, and issues of the adoption of improper terminology and widespread public misinformation at the Mont Pèlerin Society meeting at Princeton, New Jersey, on September 11, 1958.

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