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Inflation, high prices, stagnant wages, and recurring financial crises are usually treated as separate problems, but Austrian economists argue they are connected consequences of interventions that distort the price signals a market economy relies on to coordinate itself. Sound money, free prices, secure property, open competition, capital accumulation, and profit-and-loss discipline are the key to […]

The Austrian School of Economics is responsible for developing and popularizing the keystone theories of the business cycle and of the origin of money. 50 years have elapsed since the Austrian F.A. Hayek won the Nobel Prize in economics, and it’s worthwhile to revisit his words on the occasion. The following article was originally published […]

In the latest episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter dives into the latest on the U.S. economy and presidential race. He highlights the continued surge in Donald Trump’s polling numbers amid economic troubles, pointing to low job openings and increased consumer confidence as signs that Americans expect change. He also critiques the U.S. dependence […]

Central bankers and politicians think they can run the economy. They can’t. In this episode of the Friday Gold Wrap, host Mike Maharrey digs into some fundamental economic theories that explain why these central planners will always fail, no matter how noble their intentions.