Was Ricardo’s Comparative Advantage Really Different From What Adam Smith Said About Foreign Trade?
In this episode, Murphy clarifies what is right and wrong on comparative advantage.
Labor and Wages
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The Hunt for the Neutral Rate of Interest
Includes awarding the 2024 Mises Institute Peterson-Luddy Chair in Austrian Economics to Dr. Jeffrey Herbener.
What the New Jobs Report Really Says
September's job numbers were driven by big increases in government jobs and part-time work.
Has “Neo-Liberalism” Failed in the United States?
David R. Henderson joins Bob to critique a recent Brad DeLong essay, which argued that the US had tried an experiment in "neo-liberalism" and that it failed utterly.
Federal Jobs Report Slices Total Jobs in New Revision
We already knew recent jobs report—as far as the establishment survey is concerned, were based largely on made up numbers.
Americans Are Poorer: the United States Misery Index Rises Again
The problem for most Americans is that it is increasingly difficult to make ends meet despite record government spending, or because of its negative impact on inflation and taxes.
Exploitation in the fashion industry?
Accusations are aimed at the fashion industry of "exploiting" their models and other workers. Yet, it is much easier to accuse an industry of exploitation than it is to define what exploitation might be.
