economics

Excellent article that provides good examples of government policy fails. I wish I could post the whole thing, because those of us who argue with liberals will want to bookmark it so we can use it to provide examples of how capital was wasted as the direct intervention in the economy and the...

Friedrich Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom" was published 70 years ago (March 1944). The following presentations regarding Hayek's classic were recorded at the Mises Institute's 2014 Austrian Economics Research Conference. For other videos from the conference, see the following threads: -...

I figured this would be a great informative post to put here. It's an AmagiMetals.com original! For thousands of years civilizations have been producing coins to use as a medium of exchange. Although technology has significantly improved, the production process to create gold and silver coins...

Blasphemy!! I'm just ... I don't even ... I mean .. :eek::eek: Administration Celebrates the ARRA ("Obama Stimulus Package") - And Cites Bastiat! http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2014/02/administration-celebrates-the-arra-obama-stimulus-package-and-cites-bastiat.html Bob Murphy (18 February...

h/t Ryan McMaken: http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/video-joseph-salerno-explains-price-gouging/ Joe Salerno discusses the economics of Price Gouging. Dr. Salerno is the Mises Institute's Academic Vice President. For more information, visit the Mises Institute online at mises.org. The...

After have worked full-ahead over the last two-months I have finally completed a massive undertaking that I’ve wanted to accomplish for at least the last couple of years. Basically, I compiled much researching along with articles I have written over the course of the last many years; revising...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m951WKIv3tY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur737v5QLgk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXHfbVOKSAM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J9DgoEftwg Economics in One Video Alex Merced of AlexMerced.com makes this brief video explaining some of the most important concepts in economics. Below is a list of resources to continue your economics education. In this video we discuss... - What is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEgP1Cn_WJo

Things to Notice in the Keynesian Education Video Seen Below: - When they show the effect of demand changes on Equilibrium... they don't even acknowledge the possibility of the production/output curve moving cause they assume producers won't produce unless there is demand, which would mean...

I tend to be a trend seeker, I like to find the re-occurring truth in the great girth of human knowledge and thought. Who would think the root principles of free market economics and traditional story telling derive from a basic truth, the idea of natural order. As a Creatarian I believe that...

I have been a believer in Austrian economics for several reasons. However I still like to ask the question: Does the Fed print up money at will? Any one who can provide a solid reference to source is welcome. When I read something I can cling to because to me it provides answers to economic...

A Crash Course in Economics http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse . . .

I think I've figured out a few of the major reasons why government is so bad at solving problems. These are the problems with resource allocation and the weaker planning abilities government would have if people themselves decided when they required services. Resource allocation(I posted this...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121910303529751345.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Obama's Tax Plan Is Really a Welfare Plan By PETER FERRARA August 19, 2008; Page A17 Barack Obama's tax plan is the opposite of supply-side economics. He proposes to raise marginal rates for just about every federal...

I haven't had much access to the internet lately, but when I saw this I decided to float it here: R.G. Hawtrey has perhaps the most famous "pure money" theory which he outlined in a barrage of articles and books (1913, 1926, 1928, 1933, 1937). His theory, as noted, is Wicksellian in many...