Adults tell young people to follow their dreams, but one cannot follow one's vision without realizing what it takes to get there. Original Article: "Want to Follow Your Dreams? The First Step Involves Hard Work" [embedded content] Tags: Featured,newsletter
Read More »Praxeology with Good Huemer
Michael Huemer has made my life easier. One of my tasks at the Mises Institute is to teach praxeology to students, and doing so involves explaining a priori knowledge (i.e., what we can know just by thinking about it), a notion which many students find difficult to grasp. The task becomes even harder when you add that the a priori knowledge in question is “synthetic” knowledge that isn’t analytically true but that we can still know to be true just by thinking about...
Read More »Trump Indicted for Crimes Against Democracy
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at the latest indictment of Donald Trump. While many are exhausted with the theater of modern politics, DC's escalating attacks reveal the state's true anatomy. Any challenge to the state's legitimacy — like questioning an election — must be crushed. Recommended Reading "The United States vs. Donald J. Trump" by Tho Bishop: Mises.org/RR_145_A "If Congress Were Genuinely Interested in...
Read More »Global warming, fireworks injuries and doctors shortages: 3 news stories from Switzerland this week
Want to know more about these stories? Follow the links below! Current summer temperatures exceed peaks in the Middle Ages https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/current-summer-temperatures-exceed-peaks-observed-in-the-middle-ages--swiss-study/48708998 Doctor shortage: ‘We will have to turn patients away’ https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/doctor-shortage---we-will-have-to-turn-patients-away-/48698692 #globalwarming #fireworks #doctors #switzerland --- swissinfo.ch is the international...
Read More »Social Justice and the Free-Rider Problem
The political passion for "social justice" is creating a larger free-rider problem and a problem of injustice. Original Article: "Social Justice and the Free-Rider Problem" [embedded content] Tags: Featured,newsletter
Read More »Do Monopolies Cause Inflation?
The yearly growth rate of the consumer price index jumped from 5.4 percent in June 2021 to 9.1 percent in June 2022. Some economists attributed this increase to monopolies. According to Business Insider, economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston have claimed that monopolies help keep the prices of goods and services high. Most economists believe that monopolies make markets less efficient by influencing the prices and the quantity of products. Efficiencies...
Read More »US Jobs Report and OPEC Statement Featured Ahead of the Weekend
Overview: The capital markets are calmer today but the US (and Canadian) jobs data stand in the way of the weekend. While equity markets are firmer, the rise in yields continues with new highs for the week being recorded today. European benchmark yields are 2-3 bp higher and the US 10-year Treasury yield is approaching 4.20%. Most of the large market in the Asia Pacific region advanced, but South Korea and Taiwan where the superconductor fascination eased. The Stoxx...
Read More »Switzerland Sees Blossoming Digital Asset Custody Ecosystem: Study
Switzerland has established itself as a global leader in the custody of digital assets, a position the country has gained thanks to a conducive regulatory framework that’s encouraging innovation and diversity, a new report by industry trade group Home of Blockchain.swiss says. The Swiss Digital Asset Custody Report 2023, released in June, provides an overview of the digital asset custody landscape in Switzerland, focusing on the services offered by various providers,...
Read More »The Economics of Police and the Deep State
On this episode of Good Money, Tho is joined by Tate Fegley of Montreat College. Dr. Fegley talks about his lectures from Mises University on policing, AI, and the deep state, and the important topic of economic calculation that connects the three. In the final segment, Tho looks at the economics of college football in the aftermath of FSU's threat of secession from their conference. Good Money listeners can order a special $5 book bundle that includes How...
Read More »Paleoconservatives Need Better Critics
To seriously threaten the regime, one must attack it at its roots. This would require rejecting the modern civil rights legal regime, something modern Buckleyite conservatives and James Lindsay-style liberals are not interested in, and unites paleoconservatives and paleolibertarians. Original Article: "Paleoconservatives Need Better Critics" [embedded content]...
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