[An MP3 audio file of this article, narrated by Keith Hocker, is available for download .] In his extraordinary book Democracy: The God that Failed , Hans-Hermann Hoppe points out that the process of civilization is stopped when government continually violates property rights. The natural process of civilization comes through delaying
The writing side of the Liberty Watch crew recently convened for dinner and, of course, politics was the conversation of choice. Ron Paul supporters dominated the table. In fact, the expectant father is lobbying at home to name his newest after Ron. However his wife, the UNLV professor with child, announced that she is a John Edwards fan, and she
[This article originally appeared in Liberty Watch magazine .] Despite precious metals prices being on fire, attendance was light at the Hard Assets Investment Conference held Sept. 10 and 11 at Mandalay Bay. The usual graying and balding suspects were present, but, clearly, investing in commodities and natural resource mining stocks has not
Amoungst all the crypto news this , and crypto news that , was a tiny item appearing in the Nikkei Asian Review on September 1st. Reporting from Denpasar, Indonesia, Damon Evans wrote, “China is expected shortly to launch a crude oil futures contract priced in yuan and convertible into gold in what analysts say could be a game-changer for the
Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. The Federal Reserve and the confederation of central banks which follow Chair Powell and his lieutenants at the Eccles Building have flooded the world with fiat script which is only limited by Keynesians’ and modern monetary theorists’ imaginations. In this flurry of metaphorical
La cola de las cajas registradoras automáticas del Albertsons de mi barrio se extendía hasta la sección de frutas y verduras de la tienda. ¿Es esto progreso humano? me preguntaba mientras escaneaba mis compras, justo después de haber llenado el depósito de gasolina de mi coche en una tienda cercana al trabajo. No hace mucho, alguien no sólo le
Aquí en los EE.UU. los mercados financieros se están centrando en los mensajes monetarios heréticos del presidente de la Reserva Federal, Jerome Powell, mientras que políticamente la noticia es que las dos elecciones de Trump para la junta del banco central se han salido de la carrera. Herman “9-9-9” Cain y Stephen Moore no pudieron soportar la
La Reserva Federal y la confederación de bancos centrales que siguen al presidente Powell y a sus lugartenientes en el edificio Eccles han inundado el mundo con una escritura fiduciaria que sólo está limitada por la imaginación de los keynesianos y los teóricos monetarios modernos. En esta ráfaga de impresión metafórica, un país, Rusia, ha cargado
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