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The Parasitic Nature of Inflation

The Parasitic Nature of Inflation

The nature of inflation is often misunderstood.  It’s not some mysterious rise in prices floating in the air.  It’s the … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on September 10, 2025September 10, 2025Categories Economics, Inflation, Money, Statism1 Comment on The Parasitic Nature of Inflation

The Balance of Exchange: Exposing the Mercantilist Lie

The Balance of Exchange: Exposing the Mercantilist Lie

The mercantilist error refuses to die.  It rests on the belief that one man’s gain must come at another’s expense.  … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on September 7, 2025September 7, 2025Categories Economics, Statism1 Comment on The Balance of Exchange: Exposing the Mercantilist Lie

The Great Confiscation

The Great Confiscation

Statism is built on contradictions.  It claims to protect, yet it destroys.  It claims to organize, yet it disorganizes.  At … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on September 1, 2025September 1, 2025Categories Economics, Logic, Statism1 Comment on The Great Confiscation

Central Banking’s Greatest Deception

Central Banking’s Greatest Deception

A stable economy doesn’t come from central planning.  It comes from the market.  Production creates goods, exchange reveals prices, and … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on August 31, 2025August 31, 2025Categories Economics, Inflation, Money, Statism1 Comment on Central Banking’s Greatest Deception

Mises on Calculation, Not Just Knowledge

Mises on Calculation, Not Just Knowledge

The debate over socialist calculation has been twisted beyond recognition.  The narrative is that Mises dealt with property, while Hayek … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on August 24, 2025August 24, 2025Categories Economic Calculation, Economics1 Comment on Mises on Calculation, Not Just Knowledge

Hands That Trade vs. Hands That Take

Hands That Trade vs. Hands That Take

There’s no ambiguity in the term.  Capitalism is the private ownership of the means of production.  That’s it.  Not crony … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on August 11, 2025August 11, 2025Categories Economics, Logic, Statism1 Comment on Hands That Trade vs. Hands That Take

Open Borders and the Violation of Property

Open Borders and the Violation of Property

The slogan of “open borders” sounds like a call for freedom of movement.  It isn’t.  It’s the state declaring the … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on August 9, 2025August 9, 2025Categories Ideology, Economics, Statism1 Comment on Open Borders and the Violation of Property

The Velvet Shakedown

The Velvet Shakedown

Freedom means rejecting all violations of private property.  Many claim to support freedom, but in practice, they accept coercion … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on July 13, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Law, Economics, Inflation, Statism1 Comment on The Velvet Shakedown

Fiat Currency: The Engine of Exploitation

Fiat Currency: The Engine of Exploitation

A medium of exchange must emerge through voluntary market interaction.  Historically, people selected what worked best.  No decree birthed money—it … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on July 12, 2025July 12, 2025Categories Economics, Inflation, Money, Statism1 Comment on Fiat Currency: The Engine of Exploitation

Calculation or Collapse

Calculation or Collapse

Markets don’t function without prices.  Without prices, production collapses into chaos.  Prices convey the preferences, demands, and scarcities of society—without … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on July 2, 2025July 2, 2025Categories Economics, Economic Calculation, Statism1 Comment on Calculation or Collapse

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