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The Federal Reserve seems to have finally publicly committed to its rate-cutting cycle—specifically the federal funds rate or policy rate. The Fed wanted to remain perceived as coming to the economy's rescue, rather than goosing the stock market higher. But the Federal Reserve is playing a confidence game with the general public, and the Fed can't save you. What insights can we learn from Austrian Business Cycle Theory? "10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity" (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis): https://Mises.org/Minor_85 Order a free paperback copy of Per Bylund’s How to Think About the Economy at https://Mises.org/IssuesFree. Follow Minor Issues at https://Mises.org/MinorIssues

Bob goes solo to explain the contributions of Carl Menger and Ludwig von Mises to monetary theory. He then deals with the critique of David Graeber, who argues that the economists' story of the origin of money is bogus. Bob's Article, "Origin of the Specie": https://Mises.org/HAP464a R. A. Radford, "The Economic Organisation of a P.O.W": https://Mises.org/HAP464b Bob's Book, Understanding Money Mechanics: https://Mises.org/HAP464c

A special graduate seminar recorded at Mises University 2013.

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While we experience the predictable economic consequences of bad economic policies, the two main presidential candidates seem to be competing in an unspoken contest to demonstrate profound economic illiteracy. Unfortunately, whoever wins in this contest, we lose. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

A few years ago, the leftist publication The Intercept claimed that inflation only hurts the “one percent,” but is “good” for everyone else. The truth is much different, as the Fed’s inflationary policies have benefited the politically-connected crony class. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Even though homeschooling is growing in this country and the educational results are overwhelmingly positive, US progressive journalists naturally believe homeschooling is dangerous and in need of “oversight.” Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Modern mainstream economics bases its theories on utilitarianism. Murray Rothbard, on the other hand, saw economic law as based in natural law. Furthermore, he rejected the legal positivism of our age, again deferring to the law of nature. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Keynesians believe that if there is a bout of inflation, central banks can slowly guide the economy to a “soft landing” which minimizes unemployment and income losses. Such policies, however, only lead to further boom-and-bust scenarios. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

The flurry of post-Watergate “reforms” supposedly were passed to counteract government abuse of citizens. Not surprisingly, the FISA program, which was aimed at reducing internal government spying became the means of massive growth of the surveillance state. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.