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March 20, 2020

Mises Institute

By Ryan McMaken

Financialization: Why the Financial Sector Now Rules the Global Economy

"Financialization" is the process by which a normal economy is transformed into a fragile economy centered around financial firms. Central banks and government bailouts are to blame.

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By Sandra Klein

Anti-Gouging Laws Are the Reason There Is a Toilet Paper Shortage

Toilet paper producers haven't stopped making it. But anti-gouging laws in many places have ensured that prices can't rise to ensure that your neighbor doesn't buy three hundred rolls at the regular price while others in greater need can't find any at all.

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By Frank Shostak

No, Technology Shocks Aren't Behind Recurring Business Cycles

Finn Kydland and Edward C. Prescott (KP), the 2004 Nobel laureates in economics think that technological shocks can explain 70 percent of economic fluctuations in postwar US data. Unfortunately their quantitative methods are simplistic and ignore the real problem: central banking.

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By Jeff Deist

Jeff Deist Discusses Trump's Stimulus Package

Jeff Deist joins Rick Sanchez on RT America to discuss the immense stimulus package proposed by the Trump administration to help the failing US economy.

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