Rick Perry Is Right: Kill the Export-Import Bank and Cut Corporate Taxes
Former Texas governor Rick Perry announced his candidacy for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination earlier today. Many recall his 2012 …
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Iceland: Hayek Got It Right
According to recent reportage in The Economist, “Many economists point to Iceland as a case study of what should be …
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Ukraine: The World’s Second-Highest Inflation
I estimate the current annual implied inflation rate in Ukraine to be 92%. This is the world’s second-highest inflation rate, …
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Why the IMF Is Playing Hardball with Greece
Under normal conditions, the IMF is supposed to be limited to lending up to 200% of a country’s quota (each …
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The Three M’s: Milosevic, Mugabe, and Maduro
What do Slobodan Milosevic, Robert Mugabe, and Nicolás Maduro have in common? The Communist Manifesto and inflation. At 480% per …
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The Mercantilists Are Marching onto War
Senator Lindsey Graham likes to march onto war, and off into economic swamps, as well. Recently, Senator Graham mounted a …
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