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Audio recordings of Mises Wire articles, offering contemporary news and opinion through the lens of Austrian economics and libertarian political economy.
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Why Stable Systems Fail: The Illusion of Institutional Control
4d ago00:09:34Tap to summarizeSystems do not collapse when they finally become unstable; they appear stable until the moment their failure can no longer be ignored.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/why-stable-systems-fail-illusion-institutional-control
Transcribe →Institutional Closure: Why Managed Directivism Breeds Its Own Collapse
4d ago00:11:23Tap to summarizeAs technology advances, progressives believe that this time, all of their social engineering and attempts to establish socialism will finally come to fruition. They are in for a rude surprise.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/institutional-closure-why-managed-directivism-breeds-its-own-collapse
Transcribe →Why the US President Loves “Inflation”?
4d ago00:09:45Tap to summarizeThe president has declared that he loves inflation. What economic fallacies is he likely adopting that leads to this conclusion?Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-us-president-loves-inflation
Transcribe →China’s Industrial Policy: Ambition, Inefficiency, and a Cautionary Tale for America
5d ago00:11:08Tap to summarizeWhile China’s economy has boomed, many people wrongly associate that success with the Chinese government’s industrial policies. Intervention has created many problems there—just as it has done elsewhere.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/chinas-industrial-policy-ambition-inefficiency-and-cautionary-tale-america
Transcribe →The American Revolution and the Danger of Standing Armies
5d ago00:21:45Tap to summarizeAmong the key men involved in the American Revolution and the following periods, we find an oft-repeated concern that may seem foreign to us today—the threat of standing armies. This reality became concrete in the Newburgh conspiracy in 1783.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-and-danger-standing-armies
Transcribe →Oppose Graham Platner for His Socialism, Not Just His Outrageous Behavior
5d ago00:15:50Tap to summarizeWhile Graham Platner has become controversial because of his reckless past and violent behavior, the real objection to his being elected a US Senator should be to his reckless socialist proposals that would have disastrous consequences.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/oppose-graham-platner-his-socialism-not-just-his-outrageous-behavior
Transcribe →The Middle Ages, "Enlightenment," and Propaganda
5d ago00:15:34Tap to summarizeNames for historical periods like "Renaissance" and "Enlightenment" did not descend to us out of the heavens. Historians and propagandists of centuries past created these names, often for political purposes. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/middle-ages-enlightenment-and-propaganda
Transcribe →Bond Market Sell Off: Welcome to the “Titanic Effect”
5d ago00:08:15Tap to summarizeBecause government monetary authorities have been interfering with interest rates for decades, investors have no more confidence in the bond markets, as they expect more interference and more unpredictability.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/bond-market-sell-welcome-titanic-effect
Transcribe →The Fed Holds the Interest Rate Steady, and Warsh Buys Time with New "Task Force" Scheme
5d ago00:08:00Tap to summarizeOnce we look beyond a small shift in rhetoric and emphasis, there is, so far, no reason to believe that the Fed is headed toward anything other than business as usual. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/fed-holds-interest-rate-steady-and-warsh-buys-time-new-task-force-scheme
Transcribe →Real Wages Fell for the Second Month as Price Inflation Surged
5d ago00:08:43Tap to summarizeSure, the earnings average was up year over year, but prices increased more than earnings did. In fact, price inflation hit a 38-month high in May.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/real-wages-fell-second-month-price-inflation-surged
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