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The following series of articles presents the Austrian School of economics, 1000 words at a time. Nine economists. Twenty-seven articles. One coherent tradition that the establishment has been trying to ignore for 150 years. They were right. The unpaid seminar that built a movement: Mises at NYU. (Article 7b) New York City. Fall, 1950. The course […]

  There is a growing discussion surrounding the potential end of the bloodshed in Ukraine. Washington is pushing for a resolution, the pope is calling for peace, and various countries and individuals are either proposing or stepping forward to mediate. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reached out to Russian President Vladimir Putin in an open letter, suggesting […]

  Ever since the failure to reach an agreement during high-level United States-Iran talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, in early April, there has been ongoing volatility in global commodities and financial markets. Although a ceasefire, in place since April 8, has been extended several times, a lasting peace agreement remains elusive at time of writing. Pakistan […]

XX. Internationale G.v. Haberler Konferenz Dr. Peter A. Fischer, Chefökonom NZZ und publizistischer Leiter NZZ Pro Vaduz, 29. Mai 2026 Der Markt als überlegener Allokationsmechanismus „The knowledge of the circumstances of which we must make use never exists in concentrated or integrated form but solely as the dispersed bits of incomplete and frequently contradictory knowledge […]

  The IMF’s Board recently approved $1 billion in new disbursements to Argentina. The accompanying Staff Report and Selected Issues Paper are worth reading carefully — they are technically sophisticated, broadly fair to the Milei government’s achievements, and candid about the risks ahead. But they are also worth reading for a different reason: at several points, the documents’ own […]