The Free Market 14, no. 8 (August 1996) A wealthy broker of questionable repute is trying to sell a mutual fund. If it stock goes up, he says, you profit. If it goes down, he adds, he’ll send you a personal check to put it back on par with the original purchase price. He promises do this forever. Thus its value can’t decline, no matter how much
The Free Market 1, no. 1 (Fall 1983) In 1981 the Federal Register published a declaration from President Reagan: “I determine that it is in the national interest for the Export-Import Bank of the United States to extend a credit in the amount of $120.7 million to the Socialist Republic of Romania (for) the purchase of two nuclear steam turbine
The Free Market 31, no. 10 (October 2013) Ron Paul, Distinguished Counselor to the Mises Institute, recently released his new book The School Revolution: A New Answer for Our Broken Education System . Dr. Paul spoke with us about his new book and how decentralization, competition, and online instruction are revolutionizing education. The Free
The Free Market 6, no. 10 (October 1988) International statists have long dreamed of a world currency and a world central bank. Now it looks as if their dream may come true. European governments have targeted 1992 for abolishing individual European currencies and replacing them with the European Currency Unit, the ECU. Next they plan to set up a
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