PEPSICO, INC. recalled more than 25,000 cases of Starbucks chilled coffee drink after glass was found in some of the bottles, the US Food and Drug Administration said in a notice. The voluntary recall, which was initiated on Jan. 28, ...
MUNICH — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday warned top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of consequences should China provide material support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying in an interview after the two met that Washington was concerned ...
FORMER US President Jimmy Carter has decided to receive hospice care and “spend his remaining time at home with his family” instead of additional medical intervention, the Carter Center said on Saturday. Mr. Carter, 98, who has lived longer after ...
SEOUL — North Korea (NK) said on Sunday it had fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the day before in a “sudden launching drill” that confirmed its readiness for “mobile and mighty counterattack” against hostile forces. North Korea launched ...
This coming week is a big one. We have FOMC on tap, with some Fed members calling for .50 bps rate hike on the heels of the hot Producer Price Index and inflation. We have Gross Domestic Product on the ...
Economists and pundits mistakenly call the Federal Reserve System’s security holdings a portfolio. It is anything but. Original Article: “The Fed’s Portfolio Is Nonexistent: The Fed Does Not Invest. It Destroys Investments” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher ...
[In this chapter from Man, Economy, and State, Murray Rothbard explains how government employees consume productive resources, while both taxes and government spending distort the economy.] For years, writers on public finance have been searching for the “neutral tax,” i.e., ...
On April 23, 2003, in South Side Chicago, Reverend Jeremiah Wright cursed America for treating blacks as less than human. Such harsh rhetoric should not seem surprising given the US government’s history of involvement in race relations. Judge Andrew P. ...
Mark Thornton explains the target as another smokescreen that was originally intended to stabilize monetary policy, currencies, and exchange rates, but has become a justification for inflation and central bank manipulation. Be sure to follow Minor Issues at Mises.org/MinorIssues. ...
As Murray Rothbard wrote, inflation is not an increase in prices. It is, instead, an increase in the supply of money in circulation. The distinction is important. Original Article: “How Fast Should the Money Supply Grow?” This Audio Mises Wire is ...