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The Fed’s New Face, Same Old Game13:26 Kevin Warsh may talk tough, but Mark Thornton argues the Fed’s real mandate hasn’t changed: finance Washington, protect Wall Street, and let inflation grind down everyone else. From Scholasticism to Enlightenment Liberalism12:21 The intellectual path from Ancient Greece to modernity is littered with the path of numerous philosophers, movements, and events, both peaceful and violent that have shaped thinking throughout the ages. Progressives Inequality Arguments Reaching the Green Light12:21 For many years, some economists and politicians have painted income equality as a major threat to our economy and well-being. As usual, they understand neither inequality nor economics. Why Stable Systems Fail: The Illusion of Institutional Control0:26 Systems do not collapse when they finally become unstable; they appear stable until the moment their failure can no longer be ignored. A Harvard Economist Tests Austrian Capital Theory19.června Bob sits down with Harvard Economics Professor Pol Antras to discuss his new paper applying Böhm-Bawerk's average period of production to international trade. Institutional Closure: Why Managed Directivism Breeds Its Own Collapse19.června As technology advances, progressives believe that this time, all of their social engineering and attempts to establish socialism will finally come to fruition. They are in for a rude surprise. Marxism and the Manipulation of Man19.června The question is not plan or no plan. Everyone plans. The question is whose plan—and what happens to yours when it conflicts with the planner's. Mises traces the path from Marx to Comte to the social engineers, and shows why the destination is always the same. Calhoun on Constitutional Government19.června In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews John C. Calhoun’s A Disquisition on Government, published in 1850. Like Murray Rothbard before him, Dr. Gordon finds plenty to like in this book. What is a Firm, Anyway?19.června The American Revolution and the Danger of Standing Armies19.června Among the key men involved in the American Revolution and the following periods, we find an oft-repeated concern that may seem foreign to us today—the threat of standing armies. This reality became concrete in the Newburgh conspiracy in 1783. The Warsh Era Begins19.června On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss the first FOMC meeting under new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. Out? Forward Guidance. In? Task forces! What should we take away from Warsh's first time addressing the financial press, and will his tenure be an improvement from the past, or present new dangers to the public? The Misesian, vol. 3, no. 3, 202618.června In this issue of The Misesian, we continue our Year of Rothbard with a new essay from Joseph Salerno on what made Rothbard’s work in Austrian economics so notable. Rothbard took the inimitable work of Mises, as set down in his groundbreaking treatise Human Action, and expanded it further. The Middle Ages, "Enlightenment," and Propaganda18.června Names for historical periods like "Renaissance" and "Enlightenment" did not descend to us out of the heavens. Historians and propagandists of centuries past created these names, often for political purposes. How the State Makes Wildfires Bigger and Deadlier18.června Humans have a tremendous amount of agency in how dangerous natural disasters end up being. Unfortunately, most politicians and government officials have become a major part of the problem. California's Decline: A Warning to America18.června For much of its history, California stood out, not only as a land of remarkable natural beauty and extensive natural resources, but as a place with institutions that fueled extraordinary wealth creation. What happened? |