Last time we met in Orlando, Bob Murphy mentioned how much worse our political and social divide would be if the economy crashed like 2008. Now we face this very problem—with COVID-19 lockdowns and George Floyd protests decimating the economy and social media exposing raw animosity along racial and “woke” lines. Congress and the Fed have gone into
Woodrow Wilson was an especially devoted white supremacist, even by the standard of his day. The Left is finally targeting Wilson for this, but Wilson’s legacy is far worse than even the Left will admit. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Original Article: “ The Disastrous Legacy of
The 2020s started off horrendously. Thanks to an exaggerated coronavirus pandemic, government lockdowns sunk the economy into the most serious recession since the Great Depression. From February to April 2020, industrial production collapsed by 15.2 percent and official unemployment figures skyrocketed from 3.5 percent to 14.7 percent. To put
Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. Princeton University has made it official: Woodrow Wilson’s name no longer will have any place on campus . The former president, or at least his memory, now is part of cancel culture, which is sweeping the nation. The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs will replace
In an address to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in 1865, Frederick Douglass noted that he had often been asked “What should we do with the Negro?” Douglass remarked: I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! If the apples will not remain on the tree of their own strength, if they are worm eaten at the core, if they
Amity Shlaes is chairman of the board of trustees of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, she is a classical liberal, and she knows economics. She much appreciates Mises’s emphasis on property and bureaucracy, both of which influence her work. She has authored six books, including three New York Times bestsellers, on Calvin Coolidge, the
La década de 2020 comenzó de manera horrible. Gracias a una exagerada pandemia de coronavirus, los cierres del gobierno hundieron la economía en la recesión más grave desde la Gran Depresión. De febrero a abril de 2020, la producción industrial se derrumbó en un 15,2% y las cifras oficiales de desempleo se dispararon del 3,5% al 14,7%. Para poner
La Universidad de Princeton lo ha hecho oficial: El nombre de Woodrow Wilson ya no tendrá cabida en el campus . El ex presidente, o al menos su memoria, ahora es parte de la cultura de la cancelación, que está barriendo la nación. La Escuela Woodrow Wilson de Asuntos Públicos e Internacionales reemplazará el nombre del ex presidente por el de
En un discurso a la Sociedad Antiesclavista de Massachusetts en 1865, Frederick Douglass señaló que a menudo se le había preguntado «¿Qué debemos hacer con el negro?» Douglass comentó: Sólo he tenido una respuesta desde el principio. ¡No hagas nada con nosotros! Si las manzanas no se quedan en el árbol por su propia fuerza, si están agusanadas en
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