Mises Institute
Friday, July 19, 2024
 
 
CBDC currency: Creating shortages with full shelves
Paul F. Cwik
Elites portray CBDC currency as a helpful high-tech alternative to cash and current electronic money. But CBDCs are really little more than a tool for total state control of the economy.
 
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Government regulation of competitive firms creates monopolies
Frank Shostak
Economic mythology said governments must regulate markets to prevent monopolies. In reality, it is the government regulation itself that creates monopolies, which do not emerge in free markets.
 
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The Drive for State and Federal Protective Tariffs
 
The urban interests, merchants, and mechanics favored the tax.
 
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Why Socialism Always Fails
 
Ron Paul alludes to this Ludwig von Mises speech in his book End the Fed: “The lecture was held in a modest-sized classroom, but the place was overflowing.”
 
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Alexander Hamilton’s poisoned legacy
Hamilton hated decentralization, and wanted a strong central government, high taxes, and a central bank.
 
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Lew Rockwell on the CIA’s assassination plots
The ‘good guys’ are the minority, and their reform efforts have largely been in vain and met with deadly force.
 
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Does J.D. Vance threaten the regime?
Why is the second-youngest Senator in the country even less appealing to the regime than Donald J. Trump?
 
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The Life and Death of American Exceptionalism
 
Tom DiLorenzo presented this talk at the 2023 Supporters Summit in Auburn.
 
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The Misesian
 
In the latest Misesian we celebrate seventy-five years of Human Action. Many of our top scholars examine the legacy of Human Action and find it continues to inspire new generations of economists, scholars, and students.
 
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