The false principle that fueled Trump’s trade war relates closely to his authoritarian response to the Wuhan (Covid-19) virus.
MARKETS
Anti-“Price-Gouging” Shows a Preference for Suffering Over Profit
If there were no price controls or threat thereof, prices in the present situation would be high enough to keep stocks on the shelves.
Video: The Coronavirus Pandemic and Fate of the Economy
With the stock market now crashing and many people facing unemployment in the wake of the ongoing pandemic, governments are reacting with a variety of measures allegedly aimed at stabilizing the markets and promoting economic security. What effects will these measures have on the economy? Will they address the root causes of the crash–or might they aggravate the situation.
Medical-Supply Nationalism vs Free-Market Capitalism
When there is a shortage of medical supplies, going out of our way through nationalism, mercantilism, and “protectionism” to make them more expensive will hurt people. Free-market capitalism and free-trade amongst nations is the rational solution.
Wrong Lessons That May Be Learned from the Coronavirus Crisis
Economic nationalists seem to be applying Rahm Emanuel’s now famous phrase of ‘never letting a serious crisis go to waste’ in the service of a political agenda that might be harder to push in calmer times.
Empty Shelves Are Not a Result of Free Market Capitalism
The shelves aren’t empty because of free-market capitalism. They’re empty because of active interference with free-market capitalism.
The Importance of Rising Prices in a Crisis
Prices should rise during emergencies. That’s because prices aren’t just money; they are signals, information. They tell suppliers what their customers want most.
Judy Shelton: Golden Nominee for a Tarnished Fed
Judy Shelton is a high-class, high-quality economist, who should join the Fed not so much to burnish its image but to keep it at least a little bit honest and real. The Fed today doesn’t really deserve Shelton, but Shelton deserves a top place at the Fed.
Government Price Control of Pharmaceutical Drugs
The government should have no business in controlling drug prices or regulating drug development.
The Coronavirus and Anti-Gouging Laws
Instead of finding (temporarily expensive) masks available for sale, we are confronted by “No masks available” signs everywhere we look.
“Shareholder Capitalism” vs. “Inclusive Capitalism”: A False Alternative
Freeman depicts capitalism as a system where businesses focus on maximizing short-term stock price.
Is Capitalism Dead?
On CEOs celebrating the “death” of capitalism.
Professor Israel Kirzner on Entrepreneurship and The Market Process
These insights into the nature of the market process are part of Israel Kirzner’s lasting legacy to our understanding of the workings of the economic order.
Say’s Law versus Keynesian Economics
Say’s Law and Saysian economics go hand in hand with a political-economic-philosophical appreciation for capitalism – for rationality, the pursuit of self-interest, entrepreneurialism, profit-making, private property rights, the rule of law, and constitutionalism.
Video: Thomas Sowell on Wealth, Poverty, and Politics
Thomas Sowell discusses poverty around the world and in the United States. Poverty in America, he says, compared to the rest of the world, is not severe. Many poor people in poverty in the United States have one or two cars,...
Economics Reality: Good and Bad Economics
Economics is fun and simple. It’s made complicated by some economics professors. Let’s apply some simple tools of economics to reveal outright myths, lies and tricks.
“Sustainable” Finance
Sustainable finance as imposed through government regulation harms human flourishing by violating the investors’ freedom to choose.
Capitalism, Market Competition and Netflix
Blockbuster’s demise began when it charged a man named Reed Hastings $40 in late fees. That annoyed him so much, he started a subscription-based, mail-order movie rental company he called Netflix.
Abolish Billionaires!
“I don’t think that billionaires should exist,” Sanders explained. The crusade’s rallying cry: “Abolish billionaires.” To that end, Warren and Sanders have each proposed special taxes on the ultra-rich.
Joseph A. Schumpeter: Entrepreneurship, Creative Destruction and Fatalism Over Capitalism
Joseph A. Schumpeter is identified with two related ideas, the notion of the innovative entrepreneur and the imagery of the competitive market as a process of creative destruction.
Bitcoin: Best-Performing Asset of the Decade?
Bitcoin’s returns over the last decade have dominated every other asset we can compare it with, but that still doesn’t tell us what we need to know about the future viability of this extraordinary development in human monetary affairs.
Video: Money, Banking & Public Finance
An introduction to political economy focusing on money, banking and funding of government.
Money and Liquidity
Perhaps the money of the future isn’t some sophisticated crypto token, but a private promise to consume a widely used service.
The Wonders of a Self-Regulating Free Market
The fact is, there is far more in the world that successfully manages and “regulates” itself without the controlling hand of the government than many of us pause to reflect on or understand.
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