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31.08.26 - 23:54
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The Fallacy Of Stable Prices (ZeroHedge)
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The Fallacy Of Stable Prices
Authored by George Ford Smith via Mises Institute,
Though Herbert Hoover was a pioneer among presidents in getting the government to "do something" about a depression, he was no maverick. He had the support of distinguished court economists who promoted the idea that stable prices were the key to lasting prosperity.
Common sense tells us that if we walk into a store and find prices consistently lower than they had been, we are better off, other things equal, because our money buys more. As Rothbard wrote, "Increased productivity tends to lower prices (and costs) and thereby distribute the fruits of free enterprise to all the public, raising the standard of living of all consumers. Forcible propping up of the price level prevents this spread of higher living standards."
While the concept "stable price level" may not sound menacing, the mechanism for achieving it was. The theory's proponents, which included such economics luminaries as ...
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30.08.26 - 22:15
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Trump: ′I don′t want Canadian anything′ (The Hill)
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President Trump said Sunday he does not want U.S. businesses to import Canadian goods amid continued tariff tensions between the two countries. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said his tariffs “revived, and indeed saved” the American automobile industry, pointing to profits made by Ford, General Motors and other U.S. car companies during his......
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