Austrian Economic Blogs
Adam Smith Institute
-
Eiffel – symbolic engineer
Gustav Eiffel, one of the 19th Century's significant engineers, was born on December 15th, 1832. He became one of the leading figures in France's Industrial Revolution which, for economic, cultural and political reasons, developed much later than its English counterpart. France was building infrastructure such as railways, and needed creative engineers to build the bridges and viaducts it needed. Eiffel pioneered many innovative design...
Read more » -
If you’re worried about economic rents why not reduce economic rents?
-
Andrei Sakharov
-
Amazingly Polly Toynbee does manage to ask an interesting, even correct, question
-
The last moonwalk
-
Economic growth is an odd little thing
-
The hovercraft
Bawerk
-
Necessity is the Mother of Invention – Retirees Desperate Reach for Yield
Ben Bernanke’s creativity inspired a generation of economists and central bankers. QE, ZIRP and NIRP established a new class of economics that is mathematically sound but practically disastrous. Billions of dollars were transferred from savers to investors to boost the economy, but the wizards of quant forgot that something has to give. In this case, it was the formation of a pension crisis that threatens the golden years of millions of...
Read more » -
Chinese Philosopher Kings, Losing their Yuan FX Religion?
-
How to Invest in the New World Order
-
Toward A New World Order, part III
-
Toward a New World Order, part II
-
Toward a New World Order?
-
“Subtle forward guidance”: The marriage between best practice central banking and commodity markets
Bleeding Hearths Libertarians
-
I Get Ink
A good thing just arrived by mail – a first edition of Francis Dashwood Tandy’s 1896 free-market anarchist classic Voluntary Socialism, autographed by the author. And for only $25! Usually those go for over $400, even if not autographed. I’ve grossly exploited some online bookseller, and I’m fine with that. Full disclosure: I’d intended this as a gift (I won’t say for whom) but I’ve selfishly decided to keep it. (Tandy, as a Tuckerite egoist,...
Read more » -
No One Is Really a Democrat
-
Islamic Wine-Goblets and Christian Adultery
-
Hayek’s Modern Family for $9.99
-
Defending Self-Ownership
-
Hayek, Freedom, and the Universal Basic Income
-
Rothbard’s Lost Book on the Constitution
Cafe Hayek
-
Some Links
Kevin Williamson is brilliant. Here he eviscerates progressives, as well as conservatives such as Marco Rubio and Michael Brendan Dougherty, whose advocacy of industrial policy and other forms of protectionism reveals both their economic ignorance and their skill at slaying straw men. A slice: Conservatives like to laugh at Paul Krugman, revisiting his long-ago prediction that the Internet would prove no more economically significant than the...
Read more » -
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “‘Like little puffs of smoke’”
-
Quotation of the Day…
-
Yes. Yes I Truly Do Admire J.D. Rockefeller, Sr.
-
Bonus Quotation of the Day…
-
Two Can Play This Game: Externalities Edition
-
Quotation of the Day…
Carpe Diem
-
50 years of failed doomsday, eco-pocalyptic predictions; the so-called ‘experts’ are 0-41 – Publications – AEI
AEI 50 years of failed doomsday, eco-pocalyptic predictions; the so-called ‘experts’ are 0-41 This week Myron Ebell (director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute) and Steven J. Milloy published a post on the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) blog titled “Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions:” Modern doomsayers have been predicting climate and environmental disaster since...
Read more » -
Quotation of the day on the ‘High Church of Environmentalism’…… – Publications – AEI
-
Animated chart of the day: Public school enrollment, staff, and inflation-adjusted cost per pupil, 1970 to 2016 – Publications – AEI
-
Videos of the day: Index funds, renewable portfolio standards and eco-anxiety – Publications – AEI
-
Tuesday afternoon links – Publications – AEI
-
Quotation of the day on the inconsistency of treating children as both role models and incompetent snowflakes….. – Publications – AEI
-
A huge gender disparity for loss of life trying to save others – Publications – AEI
Cato Liberty
-
Diagnosing the FBI Failures in the Inspector General’s FISA Report
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowtiz's long-awaited report on "Crossfire Hurricane"—the FBI's investigation of potential links between Russian election interference and the Trump campaign—has finally been released. Like most news developments in our polarized age, the report is being spun in diametrically opposed ways by political partisans, as evidenced by the questions at Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee...
Read more » -
A Ban on Flavored E-Cigs Will Put Adolescents in Greater Danger
-
Trump’s Alleged Trade Deal with China Would Fix Nothing
-
Protectionist Love Child of the Labor Left and the Nationalist Right
-
The Trump Administration’s Deportation Regime Is Faltering
-
Biden Backs City-Sponsored Visas
-
Keeping Impeachment Simple
Coordination Problem
-
Investment Trust Pricing and the Stock Market Crash of 1929
My colleagues David Thomas, James Mcclure, and I have revised our paper "Efficient Derivative Pricing and Sequestered Capital: The Case of Investment Trust Pricing in 1929" once again and a new version is now available on SSRN. We present evidence that undermines one of the heretofore best cases for the belief that irrational, speculative bubbles were an important cause of the 1929 stock market crash.
Read more » -
Is Economics Growth a Moral Imperative?
-
The difference between 2% and 3% growth is not 1% and other vexing puzzles of progress
-
Students of Society — Looking forward to our visit with Viviana Zelizer
-
Happy 100th Birthday to James M. Buchanan
-
Rise and Fall of Monopoly in US History — Murray Rothbard Lectures from 1986
-
Should Economists Study Maximizing Utility or Acts of Choice?
David Stockman’s Contra Corner
-
The Afghanistan War Has Been A Tissue Of Lies
Arrogance and ignorance, backed by mammoth brute force, led US policy in the remote Asian nation. Attacking Afghanistan was revenge for the 9/11 attacks against the US. As this writer saw first hand in Afghanistan, all the claims about Osama bin Laden’s ‘terrorist training camps’ in Afghanistan were lies. 9/11 was not planned in Afghanistan....
Read more » -
Long Live The Trade Wars! Long Live The Fed’s Printing Presses!
-
$50 Billion To China? Good Luck With That, POTUS!
-
Why Late Stage Bubbles Are Brutal
-
Meet The Whistleblower (aka Barry’s Guy)
-
Tall Paul Volcker, The Last Central Banker (Part 5)
-
There Is Only One Thing That Can Close The “The Widest In History” Profits Gap: Recession!
EconLog Library
-
Providing for Customers
Q: You embody a form of capitalism and entrepreneurship without romance. Where does that come from? A: I believe that the DNA of a business is to provide to its constituents. Customers come No. 1; No. 2 are employees; and somewhere in there are the shareholders. You who started it, you’re last. When you try and shift a business’s true purpose and say that it’s going to save society, you will fail. Not some of the time—100 percent of the time....
Read more » -
Why trade wars don’t work
-
Sunk Costs in Foreign Policy
-
Freedom of movement and the police state to be
-
Good news for Trump
-
Was There a Housing Bubble?
-
Compared to what?
Jay Taylor Media
-
Daily Digest 12/14 – 401(k) Plans Not Working For Most, What’s Wrong With the American Diet?
Economy Here’s proof that 401(k) plans are not working for most Americans — can you guess who they are working for? (Adam) With almost half of all working-age families having zero in retirement savings, the fact that the median family had only $7,800 in these accounts shouldn’t come as a surprise. At the same time, the 90th percentile family had $320,000 and the top 1% of families (which isn’t shown on the chart) had $1,663,000 or more....
Read more » -
Hyperinflation, Money Demand, and the Crack-up Boom
-
The US Economy Is Being Japanified — Thanks to the Fed
-
Expecting a Market Downturn? Make Sure You’re Following the “Noah Rule”
-
Take Action Locally To These Global Threats
-
Bubbles Are Brutal
-
What’s your backup plan if gold is confiscated?
Keith Weiner
-
The End of an Epoch, Report 8 Dec
“There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose.” What the heck did John Maynard Keynes mean by saying this? Overturning the existing basis of society?! Let’s begin by stating something that is both obvious and unpopular....
Read more » -
Money and Prices Are a Dynamic System, Report 1 Dec
-
Raising Rates to Fight Inflation, Report 24 Nov
-
The Perversity of Negative Interest, Report 17 Nov
-
Monetary Metals Leases Platinum to Money Metals Exchange
-
What’s the Price of Gold in the Gold Standard, Report 10 Nov
-
Targeting nGDP Targeting, Report 3 Nov
LewRockwell
-
Federal Reserve Will Pump Half a Trillion Dollars in One Month: A Sign of Sheer Panic
“The few who understand the system will either be so interested in its profits or be so dependent upon its favours that there will be no opposition from that class, while on the other hand, the great body of people, mentally incapable of comprehending the tremendous advantage that capital derives from the system, will bear its burdens without complaint, and perhaps without even suspecting that the system is inimical to their interests.” The...
Read more » -
The Afghanistan War Has Been a Tissue of Lies
-
Putting the Christ Back in Christmas
-
Missing the Big Picture
-
Two for One Holiday Special
-
Virginia Lawmakers Threaten 2nd Amendment Sanctuaries With National Guard
-
Netanyahu-Pompeo Meeting Solidifies War Plan Against Iran
Mauldin Letter
-
Time to Do the Hard Thing
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win. —John F. Kennedy, 1962 When you write for a wide audience, no matter what you say, or how carefully...
Read more » -
Inflationary Angst
-
Advice Worth Taking
-
Muddling for Solutions
-
The Road to Default
-
Slowing but Not Stopping (Yet)
-
Chinese Chess Game
Max Keiser
-
Why “This Sucker Is Going Down”
As the nation’s political and economic leaders struggled to contain the 2008 financial meltdown, President George W. Bush famously summed the situation up: “If money doesn’t loosen up, this sucker will go down.” Eleven years into the loose money recovery, this sucker is finally going down for reasons that have little to do with tight money and everything to do with the inconvenient fact that none of the structural problems have been addressed,...
Read more » -
The Taxonomy of Collapse
-
Suppressing Dissent Guarantees Disorder and Collapse
-
Costs Are Spiraling Out of Control
-
Crunchtime: When Events Outrun Plan B
-
Could America Survive a Truth Commission?
-
[KR1469] Keiser Report: Toxic Virtue Signaling
Mercatus Center
-
The 12 Economists of Christmas: Joseph Schumpeter
Almost every Christmas movie has one: the mad dash for the season’s latest must-have toy or other gift. Christmas classics from Miracle on 34th Street to Elf depict masses of frenzied holiday shoppers pouring into department stores swathed in red and green, storefronts alight with Christmas cheer, and malls buzzing with crowds. But in recent years the landscape of holiday shopping has changed drastically, giving these scenes an air of...
Read more » -
Adapting 4th Amendment Standards To Connected Tech
-
Reforming Government Subsidies to Private Health Insurance
-
Clipped Wings: How Excessive Red Tape Holds Back the Drone Industry
-
A Call for Institutional Analysis
-
State Data Privacy Laws May Well Be Unconstitutional
-
Jim Bianco on Negative Interest Rates, Low Inflation, and Yield Curve Expansion
Mises institute Canada
-
Who Wants To Be A Jewi er And Other Essays The Institute For Israel And Jewi udies
2013 Essay Writing Services Tips We closely work with professors and PhD holders in helping in project development. Such writers can persuade their readers through their essays and are able to present the content with which the readers Limestone College ambcrypto.com Gaffney SC http://limestone.edu can relate themselves. You can enjoy any of these services at any time of the day or night because we operate as a 24/7 service provider....
Read more » -
Defencemen Logan Stanley and Tucker Poolman will get their first flavor
-
the Caps return household to participate in their very last two games
-
Ottawa Senatorshave now secured an Eastern Conference berth within the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs
-
the Sabres just take on Arizona within the desert
-
Red Wings have named residence has experienced its individual special aura
-
The Predators once-a-year Fathers Journey begins tonight in Philadelphia
Mises Institute USA
-
Hyperinflation, Money Demand, and the Crack-up Boom
In the early 1920s, Ludwig von Mises became a witness to hyperinflation in Austria and Germany — monetary developments that caused irreparable and (in the German case) cataclysmic damage to civilization. Mises's policy advice was instrumental in helping to stop hyperinflation in Austria in 1922. In his Memoirs, however, he expressed the view that his ...
Read more » -
The US Economy Is Being Japanified — Thanks to the Fed
-
Medicare and Medicaid Destroyed Healthcare
-
Curriculum Subverted: An Academic Leader Pushes Back Against “Woke” Medical Education
-
Violence, Homesteading, and the Origins of Private Property
-
Embrace Unilateral Free Trade with the UK — Right Now
-
Get Your Free Book Today!
Peter Schiff
-
Fun on Friday: The Tacky Jesus Phone
Remember a few weeks ago, I told you about earbuds that are covered in 18-karat gold? Well, I’ve found just the thing to plug them into. And it would also make a great Christmas gift. Or something. It’s the gold-and-diamond encrusted “Jesus phone.”No. I’m not making this up. Honestly, I kind of wish that I was.But no, this is a real thing.The phone is offered by Caviar Royal Gift and you can get one for just $129, 770.The Christmas-themed...
Read more » -
Color Me Skeptical: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap Dec. 13, 2019
-
Peter Schiff: Powell Said A Lot of Foolish Things Today
-
The Fed “Out-Doves” Expectations While Doing Nothing
-
The Wealthy Are Hoarding Physical Gold
-
New Debt Record; Americans Propping Up the Economy With Money They Don’t Have
-
Quantitative Easing By Any Other Name…
Robert Murphy
-
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Measuring Wealth Inequality
If the labor theory of value were correct, this would be the best episode yet of the Bob Murphy Show. My guest is Columbia prof. Wojciech Kopczuk, who is one of the world experts on the inequality literature. But I take a good 25 minutes before the interview, in order to prep the listener on a bunch of issues we end up discussing. Also, on this one I strongly encourage you to watch the video, at least for my 25 minute intro. I put in a lot...
Read more » -
Murphy Twin Spin
-
A College Student Interviews Bob About Libertarianism
-
By Their Fruits
-
Bob Murphy Show ep. 82: Why “Intelligent Design” Is a Scientific Theory
-
Contra Krugman: Live from Vienna!
-
Wealth vs. Income Taxes
Tom Woods
-
Ep. 1555 Crucial Advice Libertarians Need to Heed, Gene Epstein Edition
Download Audio
Read more » -
Ep. 1554 What Books Should Libertarians Read? Gene Suggests These
-
Ep. 1553 Gene Slices and Dices Common Errors (Even Ones Libertarians Make)
-
Ep. 1552 The Most Implausible Libertarian Conversion of All Time
-
Ep. 1552 The Most Implausible Libertarian Conversion of All Time
-
Ep. 1551 Gene Epstein Week Begins: “Mommy Was a Commie”
-
Ep. 1551 Gene Epstein Week Begins: “Mommy Was a Commie”
Wolf Street
-
The State of the Canadian Debt Slaves, How They Compare to American Debt Slaves, and the Bank of Canada’s Response
“The high household debt load is the most important risk facing the financial system”: Bank of Canada Governor Poloz, another central banker that bemoans the effects of this handiwork. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Canadian households, rated near the top of the most indebted in the world, accomplished something awe-inspiring: They got even more indebted and their leverage rose to a new record, according to data released today by Statistics...
Read more » -
REITs Pull Back from Housing Market in Spain as Rental Boom Runs Out of Gas
-
Financialization of the US Economy: Insurance & Finance Boom and Get Even Bigger
-
Is the Corporate-Debt Bubble Ripe Yet?
-
Brick & Mortar Meltdown Manhattan Style: Lenders Foreclose on Times Square Tower whose Six Retail Floors are 90% Vacant
-
The Chilling Thing Subprime Retailer Conn’s Said About the Sudden Deterioration in New Accounts
-
PayPal, Western Union Named & Shamed for Overcharging the Most on Money Transfers to Mexico
Zerohedge
-
Sweden: Confronting Reality
Authored by Judith Bergman via The Gatestone Institute, Back in February and March 2017 BBC News ran a number of articles about Trump's much vilified remarks about Sweden, including one with the headline, "Trump's wrong, it's 'quiet and safe' in Malmo." One article in particular, "All eyes on Malmo but not because of Trump" painted an idyllic picture of the lives of expats in Malmö. It spoke, among others, about a young...
Read more » -
CEO Of Startup Company Turvo Fired For Expensing $76,120 At Strip Clubs
-
Thousands Of Strange “Penis Fish” Wash Ashore On California Beach
-
New WikiLeaks Bombshell: 20 Inspectors Dissent From Syria Chemical Attack Narrative
-
Why Is The System Rigged?
-
“You Backing The Russians, Boy?” – Illinois Man Charged With Threatening To Murder GOP Congressman
-
Edward Snowden Speaks Out For Julian Assange And Chelsea Manning