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May 30, 2020

Mises Institute

By Claudio Grass

The German Court's Unexpected Blow to the ECB

A high German court recently ruled that the European Central Bank has overstepped the bounds of its power. The angry response from high-ranking European bureaucrats tells us a lot about what they want for the EU.

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By Robert Aro

The Importance of "Fedspeak"

Federal Reserve operatives deliberately use vague and confusing language to mask the fact that their own policies are in fact vague, imprecise, and based on wishful thinking.

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By Ryan McMaken

In the Lockdown Fight for Local Control, Colorado Counties Begin to Ignore State Edicts

Some county governments in Colorado have made it clear that they don't intend to adhere to the governor's ongoing edicts requiring business closures and mandating social distancing. And it's unclear that the governor is willing to burn the political capital to force county governments to do so.

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MISES WIRE AND
POWER & MARKET 


Nozick Once Again by David Gordon

Three Ways Lockdowns Are Costing Human Lives by Klajdi Bregu

3 Reasons States Will Reopen Regardless of What Trump Says by Ryan McMaken

Politicians' COVID Mania Ravages Maryland by James Bovard

The Hydroxychloroquine Controversy Is a Reminder That Prescription Laws Are a Government Racket by Nick Hankoff

What the Failed 55-MPH Speed Limit Law Tells Us about COVID Lockdowns by Ryan McMaken

Coronavirus Propaganda Mimics War Propaganda by Jeff Deist

Why Congressional "Oversight" of the Bureaucracy Is No Such Thing by Gary Galles

COVID Ethics: It's Immoral to Confine Innocent People Who Might Be a Threat by Philipp Bagus

How We Might Respond to a Pandemic Were Society Not So Dominated by the State by Zachary Yost

The Fed Is Doing "Whatever It Takes" to Prop Up the Economy. That's a Very Bad Thing. by Samuele Murtinu | Peter G. Klein

The Big Reason Mises Rejected Marx's Dialectical Materialism by Antony Sammeroff

The Folly of "Ask What You Can Do for Your Country" by Gary Galles

To Prevent Problematic Inflation, We Need More Production. Which Means There's Trouble Ahead. by Thorsten Polleit

Central Banks Are Destroying What Was Left of Free Markets by Alasdair Macleod

Why Official Inflation Measures Don't Work by Karl-Friedrich Israel

It Seems That Everyone Who Isn't a Hard-Core Leftist Is a "Libertarian" by Christopher E. Baecker
The Cost of Lockdowns in Human Health and Human Lives Is Becoming Increasingly Clear by Ryan McMaken
 


AUDIO MISES WIRE


Why Congressional "Oversight" of the Bureaucracy Is No Such Thing

What the Failed 55-MPH Speed Limit Law Tells Us about COVID Lockdowns

Politicians' COVID Mania Ravages Maryland

The CDC Slashed the COVID-19 Fatality Rate to a Fraction of Earlier Estimate Used to Justify Lockdowns

The Folly of "Ask What You Can Do for Your Country"

How Would a Socially Balanced Society Respond to a Pandemic?

The Fed Is Doing "Whatever It Takes" to Prop Up the Economy. That's a Very Bad Thing.

To Prevent Problematic Inflation, We Need More Production. Which Means There's Trouble Ahead.

Why Didn't the 1958 and 1918 Pandemics Destroy the Economy? Hint: It's the Lockdowns

The Chicago School versus the Austrian School

The Big Reason Mises Rejected Marx's Dialectical Materialism

Do Lockdowns Work? Mounting Evidence Says No

The Shutdown May Soon Collapse in Pennsylvania Thanks to Local Resistance
 


THIS WEEK'S PODCASTS


Economics for Entrepreneurs: Trini Amador: The Business Tools to Shift Customer Behavior in Your Favor

The Bob Murphy Show: Michael Boldin on Hanging Out with 2 Live Crew and Sticking it to the NSA
 
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