What’s Really Growing in Argentina?
Traveling through Argentina recently I was taken aback by the abject depression that seems to have taken the country and the people in its grip. Even after spending barely two days in the country I...
View ArticleKeynesianism in Chile
Last week Chilean president Michelle Bachelet announced an “especially anti-cyclical” government budget for 2015. Utilizing the usual rhetoric of creating jobs and stimulating the economy, the first...
View ArticleLessons Unlearned From Brazil’s Recession
As she was sworn in for her second term last week Dilma Rousseff publicly stated government spending would have to be cut. Yes, you read that right; the leader of the Workers’ Party just said her own...
View ArticleWhat Cues Can South America Take From Europe?
Over the past few years Greece has probably made the news more than ever before. Whether it be protesters in the streets, election results, or the announcement of some new government policy, whatever...
View ArticleHow Many Lies Does “The Good Lie” Tell?
In today’s Western society, with the overwhelming majority of us products of at least twelve years of mandatory government schooling, free market advocates are vastly outnumbered by defenders of the...
View ArticleKen Schoolland in Mongolia
Ken Schoolland recently appeared on Mongolian National Broadcasting to speak about economics, and why the Austrian school is so important. Host: Please tell us about the, since we talk about the...
View ArticleDemocratic Socialism – they’re baaaaaaack
I got into an online discussion the other day, slammed someone down hard, felt first smug, then kind of bad. Well I guess I started it. Vis-à-vis Bernie Sanders presidential campaign I said,...
View ArticleAn Honest Look at Government Accounting
“Accounting is a tool to find the right person for the right job,” said Hiroshi Yoshida at the World Conference on Market Liberalization in Bali in 2015, hosted by Liberty International. “If the...
View ArticleOpen Borders: Trade, Migration, Entrepreneurship, And Prosperity
By Ken Schoolland For good reason people ask how nations can become more prosperous. Usually the start is “Why is there poverty?” But the real question should be “Why is there wealth?” Poverty is the...
View ArticleBeyond Austrian Economics
By Dean Peng I am an Austrian school economist. The reason is purely logical: Austrian economics is the only logically consistent economics. However, I will not continue contrasting Austrian economics...
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