Audio Mises Wire - A New Online Resource: Libertarian Literary and Media Criticism
The site can also host blogs and announcements related to Austrian economics and libertarianism in the humanities.
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/new-online-resource-libertarian-literary-and-media-criticism
Audio Mises Wire - Why Recessions Are Not about Declining GDP
A recession is defined by negative economic activity over several months with an accompanying decline in GDP. However, given the actual makeup of GDP, it is inaccurate to directly tie recessions to GDP at all.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-recessions-are-not-about-declining-gdp
Audio Mises Wire - The Entrepreneur and the Summer Blockbuster
This summer, Hollywood is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its summer blockbuster “Jaws.” The making of such films provides a good analysis of how entrepreneurs operate in a world of uncertainty. Austrian economists are best able to understand how this process works.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/entrepreneur-and-summer-blockbuster
Audio Mises Wire - Mexico’s Energy Sector Goes Backward
The government argues that restoring state control protects Mexico’s resources from foreign exploitation and ensures that profits benefit Mexican citizens. However, removing competition and transparency lead to inefficiencies, increased costs, and an unreliable energy supply.
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/mexicos-energy-sector-goes-backward
The Indicator from Planet Money - Can Starlink stay ahead in satellite internet?
Today on the show, we learn how Starlink got such a big lead in the satellite market and if it can stay ahead of the European Union, China, and, of course, Jeff Bezos.
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Audio Mises Wire - Two Sixties Rock Songs That Celebrate Capitalism’s Greatest Creation
For millennia prior to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of men, women, and children toiled from dusk to dawn and beyond just to keep body and soul together.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/two-sixties-rock-songs-celebrate-capitalisms-greatest-creation
Audio Mises Wire - Review of Greatness and Ruin by Ricardo Duchesne
Western Civilization has brought great advances in culture and economics, yet no one is more relentless in trying to destroy this civilization than western intellectuals. Ricardo Duchesne lays it out in his book, Greatness and Ruin.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/review-greatness-and-ruin-ricardo-duchesne
Audio Mises Wire - President Trump: End the War Now!
Unfortunately, President Trump has severely damaged his credibility by embroiling us in a war that is not our war.
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/president-trump-end-war-now