Mises Institute
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Milton Friedman’s Guitar String Boom-Bust Cycle Theory
Frank Shostak
In an attempt to explain business cycles, Milton Friedman came up with a plucked-string analogy. Like all Monetarist theories, however, this also had fatal flaws.
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One of These Things Is Absolutely Not Like the Others
George Ford Smith
While people might speak of the “business of government,” there really is no way to compare the two. Business is voluntary; government is coercive.
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Formative Years
Guido Hülsmann traces Mises’s journey from Galician roots to Vienna’s seminar rooms, where his Austrian economics took shape.
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Price Controls:
Case Studies
Joe Salerno shows how price controls breed shortages, black markets, and urban decay.
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The Free Market Creates Harmony and Benefit in Society
Far from a system of exploitation, the free market peacefully harmonizes the preferences of everyone.
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Price Controls and Drug Shortages in France
French media and government blame capitalism for price control consequences.
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San Francisco’s Elites Are Making Homelessness Worse
The public defecation issue highlights the homelessness crisis, worsened by housing regulations.
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My Discovery of Human Action and Mises as a Philosopher
Hoppe at the 2024 Human Action Conference in Auburn.
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Hayek for the 21st Century—Our New 100,000 Book Giveaway
Hayek for the 21st Century is a primer for the layperson, introducing a new generation of readers to Hayek’s writings and hopefully avoiding the 20th century’s mistakes in the 21st century.
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