Well-functioning labor markets and the rise of Western Civilization—and our standard of living—is not an accident, coincidence, or a matter of chance.
The topic of this episode is probably familiar to most everyone—especially the arguments on both sides of the political debate. Mark largely ignores the politics, however, and digs deeper into more important aspects of the issue. Minimum wage laws don’t have to be politically divisive. Can minimum wage policy achieve shared goals and shared values?
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 20 July 2021. Download the slides from this lecture at https://Mises.org/MU21_PPT_12.
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After Grant’s army moved on from Pittsburg Landing, the horrors of the battle remained for the people living there. Focusing primarily on the story of nine-year-old Elsie Duncan, Chris recounts the terrible years that followed the Battle of Shiloh for the civilians left in its wake.
Chris Calton recounts the controversial history of the Civil War. This is the 54th episode in the third season of Historical Controversies. You may support this podcast financially at Mises.org/SupportHC.
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On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop call for breaking up the US into smaller states. While this idea sounds radical to some, there has been growing conversation about shifting state borders, including proposals to break up California and a recent vote on the Greater Idaho project. Ryan and Tho discuss what lessons the Swiss model of federalism, as well as consider the cynical political considerations of this humble proposal.
Recommended Reading
"If American Federalism Were like Swiss Federalism, There Would be 1,300 States" by Ryan McMaken: https://Mises.org/RR_116_A
"The Borders Between US States Are Obsolete" by Ryan McMaken: https://Mises.org/RR_116_B
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Recorded at "Contra Krugman: Demolishing the Economic Myths of the 2016 Election": the Mises Circle at Seattle's historic Town Hall, on 21 May 2016. Includes an introduction by Noah Bonn. Special thanks to the Harvey Allison family for making this event possible.
Presidential candidates promise everything from living wages to free health care and college. Proposals about how to run whole segments of the economy are made with a straight face. The most tired and hackneyed ideas about income equality, corporate greed, creating jobs, and paying one's fair share of taxes are trotted out. And millions of voters apparently believe it all, falling for the same promises of free stuff and prosperity from Washington.
How do political candidates get away with this nonsense, year after year and election after election? More importantly, what can we do as individuals to fight the entrenched economic illiteracy that keeps politicians in business?
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Every game has a structure that involves three elements: you have players, you have strategies, and you have the outcomes.
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on August 1, 2024.
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Innovation in organization is at least equal in importance to technological innovation and product / service innovation. It tends to get less attention, which is a great opportunity for imaginative entrepreneurs to implement change for competitive advantage. Dr. Annika Steiber has studied organizational innovation for over twenty years and is a global authority. She shares her insights with Economics For Business, including her analysis of the most dramatic organizational innovation of all, Rendanheyi.
Professor Steiber’s most recent book is Leadership For A Digital World (https://Mises.org/E4B_170_Book1), and is her most comprehensive guide yet for business management in the digital age. She’s the author of eleven books, including The Google Model (https://Mises.org/E4B_170_Book2) and The Silicon Valley Model (https://Mises.org/E4B_170_Book3).
Her Menlo College Rendanheyi Silicon Valley webinars are available at https://Menlo.edu/Webinars.
Show notes: https://mises.org/library/annika-steiber-rendanheyi-most-radically-disruptive-organizational-innovation
"Six Organizational Principles for Adaptive Entrepreneurial Models" (PDF): https://Mises.org/E4B_170_PDF
Rendanheyi Silicon Valley Center: https://Mises.org/E4B_170_Rendanheyi
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Dr. Hoppe's book 'The Economics and Ethics of Private Property' (mises.org/EEPP) is among the most important modern contributions to libertarian thought. Hoppe, like Rothbard, connects laissez-faire economics to normative libertarian theory with laserlike precision and inexorable logic. Property isn't just a social construct determined by legislative fiat, but rather a necessary component of self-ownership and the foundation of a free society. Hoppe details many of the arguments made in the book during a talk entitled "A World Without Theft", delivered at a Mises Institute event in 2006. This is a fantastic talk you won't want to miss.
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In this week's episode, Mark explains why the market for existing homes has been diverging from the market for new houses. The Fed ZIRP, QE, and Covid bailouts have locked Americans into their mortgages and low payments, reducing the supply of existing homes. This keeps them off the market and home prices high in an economy that is headed for a recession or crisis. Buyers have been diverted to newly constructed homes where builders have more flexibility to sell and there are no existing homeowners locked into mortgages.
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