This weekend the Mises Institute is in Seattle for our latest Mises Circle, busting the economic myths we’ve heard throughout this election season. As our friend William Anderson has said, “presidential elections in the United States spawn Really Bad Economic Policies, and 2016 is a vintage year.” Unfortunately we are, today, suffering from the consequences of politicians past. From TSA lines lasting for hours, to the loss of personal privacy in the never-ending crusade for “secruity,” to increasingly reckless economic policy — more and more government seems dedicated to the pursuit of the absurd. But, as the tragic example of Venezuela shows, any society guided by the myth of what central planners can accomplish is doomed to fail.
On Mises Weekends, this week, Jeff offers advice to those trying to cope with the election season. Should libertarians care who is in the White House next year? And what is the best means to spread liberty in our communities? Jeff offers his thoughts.
And in case you missed any of them, here are the articles featured this week on the Mises Wire:
- The Poverty of GDP by Carmen Elena Dorobăț
- Securing Better Money Through Currency Competition by Jp Cortez
- Socialism’s Dismal Harvest: Venezuela Edition by Shawn Ritenour
- Defense Bill Coming This Week: A Boost for War and Tyranny by Ron Paul
- What Hayek Got Wrong About Keynes by Murray N. Rothbard
- Texan Plans to Build Gold Depository by Ryan McMaken
- Techno Cash: The War on Cash is Only Half the Story by Ryan Griggs
- Spitznagel: Markets Just Reflect Whatever Central Planners Want Them To by Ryan McMaken
- Chasing 2 Percent Inflation: A Really Bad Idea by John Chapman
- The Art of Advertising by Ludwig von Mises
- The Feds at the Airport by Ron Paul
- Report from Prague: Austrian Scholars Gather in “the Spirit of Mises University” by Willem G. Cornax
- When You Have Property Rights, You Don’t Need Religious Freedom by Ryan McMaken
- Bloomberg Markets on the Return of the Gold Standard by David Gordon
- Danish Central Bank Stumbles with Its Currency Peg to the Euro by Uffe Merrild
- How to Cure Poverty by Henry Hazlitt
- Will Venezuela Be Forced to Embrace the Dollar? by Daniel Fer
