Mises Institute
Friday, April 4, 2025
 
 
Our Debt, the Hapsburg Empire, and Economic Illiteracy
Gregory Bresiger
Americans like to believe that the US is a wealthy, indestructible country, but as government debt piles up and inflation ravages the economy, perhaps they need to start worrying. Our present path is unsustainable.
 
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If Only FTX Could Use the Fed’s Accounting
Douglas French
What happens to businesses when liabilities exceed assets? They go bankrupt, with the spectacular failure of FTX being front-and-center. However, the Federal Reserve is in the same position but unlike FTX, the Fed can create fictitious assets and pretend that nothing is happening.
 
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The Problem with International Organizations like the EU and the WTO
 
Joseph Solis-Mullen on how the EU and UN centralize political power.
 
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Empire as the Price of Bureaucracy
 
Totalitarian bureaucracies thrive on crises—especially those created by empire.
 
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Trump Tariffs Crash the Markets
As Trump’s new tariffs were announced on so-called “Liberation Day,” the stock market responded immediately, as markets plummeted. And we’ve only just begun.
 
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Not Another Free Lunch
GSEs are companies that enjoy a hugely valuable, but free, government guarantee. They are an unhealthy mix of socialized government risk and private profit.
 
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President Trump’s Metal Tariffs Morass
Trump issued proclamations to increase tariffs to 25 percent on US steel imports and raise tariffs from 10-25 percent on aluminum imports. What are some of the consequences?
 
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Lessons for the
Young Economist
 
Intended for high schoolers, this new Mises Academy course provides a solid foundation of basic economic principles.
 
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Open Borders are an Assault on Private Property
 
Whether illegal immigration from Mexico and Central America, or birthright citizenship, or migrants coming from the Middle East and Africa, the subject of immigration is an issue fraught with potentially perilous consequences. So it is especially important to understand it correctly.
 
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