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From COVID Lockdowns to Exchange Rates, Capital Theory, and Monetary Policy

From COVID Lockdowns to Exchange Rates, Capital Theory, and Monetary Policy

What do COVID lockdowns, currency collapses, and hyperinflation all have in common? According to Steve Hanke, they all reveal how central planners manipulate fear, money, and power to control society.

Steve H. Hanke
Mises Institute, 24 March 2025

“We suffer textile amnesia because we enjoy textile abundance.“

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Virginia Postrel
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World, Basic Books, December 7, 2021
The Fabric of Civilization

The Fabric of Civilization

How Textiles Made the World

Virginia Postrel
Basic Books, December 7, 2021
The Fall of the Shanghai Stock Exchange

The Fall of the Shanghai Stock Exchange

What happened to the Shanghai Stock Exchange when the Communists took over China?

Dr. Bryan Taylor, Chief Economist
Finaeon (formerly Global Financial Data), January 23, 2025
Wo Kommt Die Inflation Wirklich Her?

Wo Kommt Die Inflation Wirklich Her?

Dr. Richard A. Werner der Vater der quantitativen Lockerung präsentiert uns in diesem ausführlichen Vortrag vom Event "Marc lädt ein 2024" die Geschichte und Hintergründe der Kreditgebung. Warum er meint, die Inflation wäre eine Lüge und sei gewollt, wieso wir Dezentralität brauchen und jede Menge weitere Informationen, jetzt!

Prof. Richard Werner
Marc Friedrich, 26 October 2024
Stock Market Closures

Stock Market Closures

Stock Market Closures: Why Keep Investors from Trading?

Dr. Bryan Taylor, Chief Economist
Global Financial Data, September 27, 2024
U.S. share of global equity market is rising

U.S. share of global equity market is rising

Country shares of global equity markets

Rahul Ghosh, Portfolio Specialist, Global Equities
T. Rowe Price,  From the Field, June 2024

''The peak of the bubble was also in a sense the peak of clarity.''

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Peter Thiel
The Aspen Institute, 28 June 2024
Meanwhile, Thirty-Five Years Later

Meanwhile, Thirty-Five Years Later

The Nikkei 225 just hit a new high! It has broken through 40,000 for the first time in history!

Dr. Bryan Taylor, Chief Economist, Global Financial Data
Global Financial Data, March 4, 2024
Defending the Austrian Interpretation of the 1920–21 Depression: Reply to Borazan

Defending the Austrian Interpretation of the 1920–21 Depression: Reply to Borazan

Patrick Newman argues that the 1919-1920 business cycle was due to monetary expansion, and that Borazan's (2023) "administrative decree" about resuming expansionary policy is inapplicable. Wage cuts aided recovery.

Patrick Newman
The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 26, Issue 4, 2023. Notes and Replies, February 08, 2024
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