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The Context Behind Donald Trump’s “Takeover” of the American Right

Donald Trump’s victory in last week’s election reinforced the impression that he and his followers have “taken over” the Republican party. The campaign saw Republicans like Liz and Dick Cheney switch sides and back the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris. Now—after Trump won a second term—the right is locked in an impassioned struggle to pressure the president-elect to appoint some Republicans to important executive roles and to freeze others out of the administration...

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Spring 2025 Virtual Mises Book Club

Students apply hereIn January 2025, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.The reading for this book club will be The Great Austrian Economists, edited by Randall Holcombe.Each chapter discusses an important Austrian economist (and some proto-Austrians like Richard Cantillon and Frédéric Bastiat). The contributors are all eminent Austrian economist, including Jesús Huerta de Soto, Mark...

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Elections and the Economy: Do They Really Matter?

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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Schweizer Franken steigt auf Zwei-Monate-Hoch zum Euro

Der Euro fiel im Laufe des Nachmittags deutlich unter die Marke von 1,06 US-Dollar, zuletzt notierte das Währungspaar bei 1,0567 und damit auf dem tiefsten Stand seit mehr als einem Jahr. Das Dollar/Franken-Paar wurde derweil zuletzt bei 0,8846 gehandelt nach 0,8823 am frühen Morgen, wobei das Tageshoch von 0,8850 dem höchsten Stand seit Ende Juli entspricht. Da der Euro zum US-Dollar etwas mehr nachgab als der Franken, stieg der Franken zur Gemeinschaftswährung an.

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Biden’s Economic Time Bomb: A Warning to Trump

The insane neo-Keynesian policies implemented by the Biden-Harris administration have created persistent inflation and record levels of debt with two objectives: to bloat Gross Domestic Product and jobs with public spending and government jobs.The United States’ insane inflation is solely due to out-of-control spending and currency printing. Corporations, wars, or supply chains cannot cause aggregate prices to rise, nor can they consolidate the increase even at a...

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Biden empfängt Trump mit Handschlag im Weissen Haus

Der scheidende US-Präsident Joe Biden hat seinen Nachfolger Donald Trump mit Handschlag im Weissen Haus begrüsst und eine geordnete Machtübergabe zugesagt. Der Republikaner Trump bedankte sich und sprach von einem möglichst reibungslosen Übergang. «Politik ist hart und in vielen Fällen ist es keine schöne Welt, aber heute ist es eine schöne Welt», fügte Trump hinzu.

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The MACD: A Guide To This Powerful Momentum Gauge

When we discuss technical analysis in our articles and podcasts, we often examine the moving average convergence divergence indicator, better known as the MACD, or colloquially the Mac D. The MACD is one of our favored technical indicators to help forecast prices and manage risk. Accordingly, let's learn more about the MACD to see how it detects trends, potential trend changes, and assesses momentum. It's important to stress we use many technical and fundamental...

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Seeking Beta

While the "Trump rally" appears to have just begun, one of its initial hallmarks is that investors want beta. Beta is a measure of the volatility of a stock versus the broader market, most often the S&P 500. For instance, a stock with a beta of 1.50 implies that based on prior trading, investors should expect the stock to be 1.50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Investors seeking beta must assume the market will be heading higher in the short term; thus,...

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