Sammy Cartagena

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How Agriculture Bureaucrats Are Manipulating Food Prices—and Our Diets

03/21/2022 Mises Wire Sammy Cartagena

With inflation at a forty-year high, it is the topic on everyone’s mind. US core inflation has reached 7.5 percent year over year, and the prices of certain goods, such as used cars and steak, are up...

Could Blockchain Technology Help End Fractional Reserve Banking?

01/29/2022 Mises Wire Sammy Cartagena

Fractional reserve banking has existed throughout history, long before the creation of government currencies or central banks. Once monetary custodians realized that not all depositors would demand...

What the United States Can Learn from the European City-States

11/15/2021 Mises Wire Sammy Cartagena

Over the past year and a half, we have seen some of the largest divides in US state policy in recent history. Certain states such as California have implemented heavy lockdowns, mask mandates, curfews...

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How Agriculture Bureaucrats Are Manipulating Food Prices—and Our Diets

04/01/2022 Sammy Cartagena

The agriculture industry is largely running as a planned economy. When the power to make decisions is delegated to bureaucrats rather than to those impacted, mismanagement is a given.

Could Blockchain Technology Help End Fractional Reserve Banking?

02/04/2022 Sammy Cartagena

Blockchain technology might be useful in forcing banks to be more transparent in how they handle reserves.

Two Percent Inflation Is a Lot Worse Than You Think

08/23/2021 Sammy Cartagena

Even at a "mere" two-percent level, cumulative price increases over time are nothing to scoff at. Even worse, if we look at what people really spend money on, price inflation doesn't much reflect the conclusions of "official" stats.

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