Europe

Cold War Thinking Isn’t Working

With Russia launching a military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the corporate press has grown shrill in its calls for punishing Russia...

Keep US Out of War

Events in Ukraine are happening very fast, and if I tried to predict what will happen there, my prediction would soon be overtaken by...

The European Central Bank Is Trapped Like the Fed

The eurozone’s annual price inflation rate hit 5 percent in December 2021 and (as of this writing) the consensus is for 5.1 percent in January 2022. Eurozone...

European Government Expansion Did Not Expand the Job Markets

For the past two years, governments in the European Union have engaged in contradictory actions by both suppressing economic growth through lockdowns and other...

It Wasn’t Capitalism: Mises Explains Nazi Economics

Many readers will already know that Ludwig von Mises considers the Nazi economy to be a form of socialism. In the Nazi system, private...

Austria Doubles Down on Forced Vaccinations

On November 15, 2021, the Austrian government ordered a lockdown for the unvaccinated. This drastic step occurred after citing low vaccination rates and the goal to...