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How the First World War Destroyed the Gold Standard22:59 The ordinary people of Europe, so devastated by the shells of the First World War, would again be victimized by the new inflationary national currencies that would destroy savings and investment across the European middle class. "The ingredients are coming together for a US financial crisis"22:59 "Trying to defer America’s fiscal reckoning by monkeying with debt instruments is the trick used by broken hegemons through the ages. It is a Faustian pact." The Six Nooses: How Interventionism Is Strangling the Family’s Will to Reproduce18:43 As the birthrate falls in the US and other industrialized countries, we find that government intervention into the economy and family life is a big reason this is happening. Will Money Matter in an Economy That Is Significantly More Productive?14:26 In a recent interview with The Economist, Elon Musk boldly contended that “money won’t matter in 2036.” He doesn’t understand money’s role. The Return of Economic Gaslighting12:15 Democrats learned the hard way that voters don’t like being told the economy is great when they’re struggling to afford everyday life. Now Republicans have chosen the same strategy. Mark Thornton Joins Capitalcosm to Discusses Gold, Inflation, and Interest Rates0:29 Mises Institute senior fellow Mark Thornton joins Capital Cosm to discuss what rising gold and silver prices, stubborn long-term interest rates, and growing pressure on the dollar may be signaling about the economy. Thornton explains how monetary inflation, government debt, and changing global demand for the dollar are reshaping financial markets—and why sound economic thinking matters in uncertain times. Unhappy Anniversary23:25 This month marks 55 years since President Richard Nixon closed the “gold window,” severing the last link between the US dollar and gold. Under the 1944 Bretton Freedom of Speech Dying a Slow Death in Europe11.srpna By branding censorship as “safety,” surveillance as “protection,” and political conformity as “civic duty,” European states have constructed a system where dissent is pathologized and criminalized. The UK is following the same dystopian path. Substance Beats Labels in Fighting Marxism11.srpna Few Marxists admit to being Marxists. Instead, they are true believers in the creation of the utopian society—if only the rest of us will give them the power they deserve. The Alchemy of Wealth Taxation10.srpna California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax is being sold to voters as a way to replenish the state’s tax coffers with billions of new dollars. What it actually will do is to end the vital capital investment that has driven California’s economy for decades. Inflationary Expectations and Increases in Prices – Any Relationship?10.srpna Mainstream economists believe that central banks can “control” inflation, which they believe actually boosts the economy. The only thing inflation boosts is more inflation. Fall Campus Mises Book Clubs10.srpna This fall, students from across the US are participating in Mises Book Clubs led by scholars at various universities and colleges. These student groups promote deep reading in Austrian economics. The Barbarous Relic’s Revenge10.srpna Economic, political, and academic elites have declared gold to be a “barbarous relic,” but in the end gold always is the best choice for money. More than a century of the Fed's paper-based inflation is all the proof we need. Republican Party Displacement8.srpna Mark Thornton explains how ideology can break the uniparty, why blocked realignment risks revolution, and why Austrian economics helps young Americans see through the crisis. |