Topic: Ludwig von Mises
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The Circle Bastiat
True entrepreneurs don't need encouragement
Government policies encouraging training of entrepreneurs won't kickstart the economy.
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The Circle Bastiat
Half of Americans don't pay income tax. So what.
The increase in reliance on government assistance is the problem, not a lack of people who pay income tax.
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The Circle Bastiat
Has the 'Occupy' movement jumped the shark?
Yesterday's "Occupy ports" day wasn't a protest of how international trade is conducted, but a protest against international trade itself. Have the protesters gone too far?
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Would Ron Paul run as a third-party candidate? (video)
With a devoted following and a unique message, GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul could have incentive to run as a third-party candidate. But he says political realities make that impossible.
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The Circle Bastiat
Was the space shuttle worth it?
The US space shuttle program has cost around $200 billion, by some estimates. Has the program been a sign of America's greatness, or has the price made other areas of innovation drag?
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The Adam Smith Institute Blog
Which came first, more money or higher prices?
Inflation may be understood in different ways, but Austrian School economists see rising prices as an effect of an increased supply of money.
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The Circle Bastiat
'Cost' means what, exactly?
'Cost' is the opportunity that you have to give up in order to do something else. But how can this concept be measured in dollars?
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The Adam Smith Institute Blog
Tax and spend destroys living standards
Why do governments keep believing that government spending can buy our way out of economic crises?
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Tea Party Tally
Where does the tea party philosophy come from? One hint is in its name.
Historians and political scientists will be examining the tea party movement for years. Some are starting to lay out what they see as the philosophical underpinnings of this unique insurgency.
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ThinkMarkets
New Deal's legacy responsible for today's economy?
As the economy created by government entitlement programs collapses, economists of the Austrian school should speak out.
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The Adam Smith Institute Blog
The next recession already on its way in Britain
Easy money from the Bank of England is setting up Britain's economy for another bust.
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ThinkMarkets
The unintended consequences of 'pragmatic' policy making
Case-by-case 'pragmatic' problem solving has created the present recession. How did we get here, and where are we going next?
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The Circle Bastiat
Should the Fed pump even more?
Governments are obsessing about inflation when the real threat is deflation, preaching the need for belt-tightening when the real problem is inadequate spending
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The Circle Bastiat
Hoover's dam folly: Why Keynesian New Deal policies failed
Politicians cannot calculate the economic profits and losses of government interventions.
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The Circle Bastiat
Entrepreneurship and economics: An awkward relationship
Though entrepreneurship is important, modern theories of firm strategy don't quite understand out how to work the entrepreneur into the standard models and analytical techniques.
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Obama, health care, and the new road to serfdom
Unless those who love liberty stop it, the radical ideological belief in political paternalism and the welfare state may leave nothing but tyranny and poverty for generations to come.
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Is America still depression-proof?
Milton Friedman's famous prediction may need revising.
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Ron Paul: an absolute faith in free markets and less government
The 10-term congressman from Texas has been a strict constitutionalist since he came into public life some 30 years ago.
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