The child-like obsession with buying stuff that American society is often criticized for around Christmas is a sought-after result of our government’s monetary policy.
Original article: America’s Problem with Consumerism Is the Government’s Fault
Audio Mises Wire - The Poor Man of Nippur and Austrian Economic Principles
The Austrian school recognizes that economic analysis is timeless and the ancient story of “The Poor Man of Nippur” provides an excellent example. From time preference to the structure of production, many of the lessons are contained in this story.
Original article: The Poor Man of Nippur and Austrian Economic Principles
Audio Mises Wire - We Desperately Need Sound Money, Not Tariffs
President-elect Donald Trump has declared that he will raise tariffs his first day in office. Our economy, however, does not need government-created roadblocks to trade. Instead, we need free exchange and sound money.
Original article: We Desperately Need Sound Money, Not Tariffs
Audio Mises Wire - The Pretense of Knowledge
Fifty years ago today, December 11, 1974, F.A. Hayek gave his Nobel Lecture in Sweden. The conflict between what the public expects science to achieve in satisfaction of popular hopes, and what is really in its power, is a serious matter.
Original article: The Pretense of Knowledge
Audio Mises Wire - Should Central Banks Accommodate Increases in Demand for Money?
One of the fallacies pushed by monetary economists is that a growing economy needs a growing supply of money in order to prevent deflation, which they claim is as harmful as inflation. However, as Austrians point out, there is no “optimum” amount of money in the economy, since prices adjust.
Original article: Should Central Banks Accommodate Increases in Demand for Money?
Audio Mises Wire - Is the Fed Loosening or Tightening? It’s Complicated.
Thanks to the Fed's balance sheet and the Fed's policy on reverse repurchase agreements, it's hard to tell whether the Fed is being hawkish or dovish.
Original article: Is the Fed Loosening or Tightening? It’s Complicated.
What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Bonus | Main Character Syndrome: Deepseek
Did the Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Deepseek just blow up the A.I. world as we know it? Or is it just a cheap knock-off?
Guest: Lizzie O’Leary, host of the Slate podcast What Next TBD.
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What A Day - Trump Blames Fatal Potomac Crash On Dems, DEI feat. Rep. Jamie Raskin
An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, and an Army helicopter on a routine training flight collided over the Potomac River late Wednesday night. While investigators spent Thursday trying to piece together what happened, President Donald Trump took the opportunity to blame the tragedy on... Democrats and D.E.I. It was the latest outrage in too many to count since Trump took office not even two weeks ago. Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin joins us to talk about what Democrats can do to counter Trump’s onslaught of horrifying nonsense.
Later in the show, Crooked Idea's climate correspondent Anya Zoledziowski shares some good news about Trump’s anti-climate orders.
And in headlines, Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel got their chance to flail in front of senators during their respective confirmation hearings, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he’s headed to Panama amid Trump’s threats to retake the Panama Canal, and a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues to hold.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Would Wider Access to GLP-1s Throttle Addiction?
Drugs like Ozempic show potential to help those with addiction with little downside risk. How quickly can their availability be expanded? Nicholas Reville of CASPR makes his case.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | RFK Jr. Is a Feature, Not a Bug
Tapped by Trump for the role of health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presents himself as someone willing to say what other politicians won’t. But during his Senate confirmation hearings, both Democrats and Republicans questioned his previous statements about vaccines—and questioned whether he even knows what the job he’s trying to get entails. But his nomination signals that maybe it isn’t about vaccines - it’s about wanting to blow up the whole healthcare establishment.
Guest: Dan Diamond, White House correspondent for The Washington Post
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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Patrick Fort, and Cheyna Roth.
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