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- 2001
Mises Daily
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Christopher Mayer
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An important part of the argument for free markets is the idea that the market is self-regulating. In other words, a free market would develop its own ways of protecting consumers and enforcing fair play. This development is one of the more intriguing aspects of a free market. In the absence of a government authority or agency, private groups
Mises Daily
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Christopher Mayer
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“Everywhere life’s illusions are all of the same sheer stuff; variety is a trick of refraction.” --Garet Garrett, Where the Money Grows , 1911 Popular delusions pepper human affairs both past and present. And perhaps nowhere is such folly so liberally sprinkled as in matters of money--particularly when it comes to the nature and the consequences
Mises Daily
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James Sheehan
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Under prodding from agitators and activists, the Securities and Exchange Commission is considering a proposal that would reduce the investment performance of mutual funds. If adopted, the measure would impose harsher disclosure requirements on portfolio managers under federal law. Instead of reporting their holdings semiannually, as is current
Mises Daily
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Nicolas Bouzou
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In Defense of Free Capital Markets: The Case Against a New International Financial Architecture. By David DeRosa. (Bloomberg Press: 2001) $19.56. David DeRosa’s latest book, In Defense of Free Capital Markets , has been hailed by such eminent economists as Milton Friedman, Anna Schwartz, and Steve Hanke as one of the best libertarian
Mises Daily
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Tudor Smirna
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In post-communist Romania, the CNVM (National Stock Commission) was founded to be the sole regulator of the stock and capital market. Despite its promise to rigorously police the markets--or perhaps because of that promise--Romanian stock markets have experienced several crises in recent years. These crises have wrongly given rise to complaints
Mises Daily
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Gregory Bresiger
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When does a federal government “fee” become a tax? Probably when it starts grossing about six times more than it was designed to take in. Probably when the government is in no hurry to end a windfall that generates an extra billion or two of play money each year. Probably when the government says that to cut the fee would be a boon to the rich,
Mises Daily
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Gregory Bresiger
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The stock-market bubble of the past few years has distorted American economic values. The wealth effect is leading Americans to think that stock prices will never go down, so there is no reason to save. Americans, whose savings rates have been declining for decades, should save more. The stock-market boom of the past few years has been fueled by
Mises Daily
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Gregory Bresiger
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Some people and firms in the securities industry are cooperating with—or, should I say, surrendering to?—Jesse Jackson and his “Wall Street Project,” which pressures corporate America to adopt its own reparations program. The phenomenon reminds me of the aphorism attributed to Lenin: Capitalists will sell the rope by which they will be hanged.
Mises Daily
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Hans F. Sennholz
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There is a great division among economists over where the American economy is headed. Essentially, they are divided into three different schools of thought: the pessimists who believe that the economy is bound to sink into a long and painful recession; the optimists who believe that the former are doom-and-gloomers overreacting to a few negative