Der weltweite Flugverkehr nimmt wieder Fahrt auf – und einige Routen stechen mit beeindruckenden Passagierzahlen hervor. Ob über Kontinente hinweg oder auf beliebten Inlandsstrecken: Asien dominiert das Ranking der meistbeflogenen Routen 2024.
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Hypothekarzinsen: Die Fallhöhe verringert sich erneut
Die Zinsen für zehnjährige Festhypotheken in der Schweiz haben sich seit Mitte 2023 fast halbiert. Die kräftige Zinssenkung der SNB in der Vorwoche hat nicht nur die Geldmarkthypotheken nochmals nach unten gedrückt. Bald dürfte aber der Boden in Sicht kommen.
Read More »Eurozone: Inflationsrate steigt etwas weniger stark als erwartet
Die Inflation in der Eurozone hat im November den zweiten Monat in Folge zugelegt. Die Verbraucherpreise stiegen um 2,2 Prozent im Vergleich zum entsprechenden Vorjahresmonat, wie das Statistikamt Eurostat in Luxemburg nach einer zweiten Schätzung mitteilte.
Read More »What Are We Doing in Syria?
My first reaction to news earlier this month that the Syrian government had been overthrown was, how much did we have to do with it; how involved was the CIA; and how much is it going to cost.As with Saddam and Gaddafi before him, we know that Assad was no libertarian hero. But unleashing an army dedicated to establishing an Islamic state in once-secular Syria hardly seems like a good idea to me.As with President George W. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” moment after...
Read More »Lienhardt & Partner: Neuer Mann fürs Private Banking in Bern
In der Bundesstadt hat das Haus einen Private Banker angeheuert, der den Grossteil seiner Banking-Erfahrung bei der Credit Suisse gesammelt hat. Unmittelbar vor dem Wechsel zu Lienhardt & Partner war er bei J.P. Morgan in Zürich tätig.
Read More »The Establishment’s “Principles” Are Fake
In the years leading up to the 2024 presidential election, the Democrats and establishment Republicans who wanted to see Joe Biden, and later Kamala Harris, remain in office went all in on one overarching narrative above all: that Donald Trump represented an existential threat to American democracy. Biden’s team and their allies in politics and media repeated this claim day after day, essentially trying to convince millions of Americans that elections would literally...
Read More »The American Addiction to Transfer Payments
What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....
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What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....
Read More »Post-Election Prospects for Ending DEI
What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....
Read More »The Relevance of the Natural Sciences Methods in Economics
What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....
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