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The Financial System Has Reached the End

THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM HAS REACHED THE END The world is now witnessing the end of a currency and financial system which the Chinese already forecast in 1971 after Nixon closed the gold window. Again, remember von Mises words: “There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion.” […]

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Why The Recurring Economic Crises?

Why The Recurring Economic Crises? Authored by Murray Rothbard via The Mises Institute, A selection from Chapter 42 of Economic Controversies. Why, then, does the business cycle recur? Why does the next boom-and-bust cycle always begin? To answer that, we have to understand the motivations of the banks and the government. The commercial banks live and profit […]

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Today’s Anti-Capitalists Ignore the Fundamental Problems of Socialism

Today’s Anti-Capitalists Ignore the Fundamental Problems of Socialism Anti-market and pro-socialist rhetoric is surging in headlines (see also here, here, and here) and popping up more and more on social media feeds. Much of the time, these opponents of markets can’t tell the difference between state-sponsored organizations like the International Monetary Fund and actual markets. But, that doesn’t matter because the articles and […]

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The Government and the Currency

The Government and the Currency [Human Action (1949)] Reprinted from Mises.org Media of exchange and money are market phenomena. What makes a thing a medium of exchange or money is the conduct of parties to market transactions. An occasion for dealing with monetary problems appears to the authorities in the same way in which they concern themselves with […]

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