Jeff Deist
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Past articles by Jeff:
A Permanent Wartime Economy
“Governments create money all the time. → Read More
Money versus Monetary Policy
With all due respect to Niall Ferguson, whom I've heard of, and Huw van Steenis, whom I've not, this tweet is quite preposterous. I've personally met more than five people who understand money just in my own circles. → Read More
The New Rules of Engagement
Not that long ago, my grandparents explained to me why they never discussed politics, religion, or sex in mixed company. Politeness was their currency. And why antagonize people or create ill will over private matters? Fast-forward to 2023, and their advice seems needed more than ever. → Read More
The Friction Ahead in 2023
Introduction: Division, friction and polarization have been on the rise in the West for at least a decade, but the escalation we saw during the “covid years” was especially worrying. → Read More
Father Time vs. Central Bankers
An excellent new book from Edward Chancellor, The Price of Time, sets out to explain both the theory and history of interest rates across five millennia and countless cultures. The theory is frequently bungled by economists; the history is frequently glossed over by historians. But thankfully Mr. → Read More
Can a Deeply Unserious America Fix Its Economy?
Does America simply lack the political will to face economic reality? → Read More
We Need Truth and Beauty
[The following is excerpted from remarks made at the Arizona Biltmore hotel this past weekend during the 2022 Mises Institute Supporters Summit] The architect Frank Lloyd Wright played an important role in the design of this beautiful desert resort. → Read More
Inflation: State-Sponsored Terrorism
I. Introduction Remember the quaint old days of 2019? We were told the US economy was in great shape. Inflation was low, jobs were plentiful, GDP was growing. And frankly, if covid had not come along, there is a pretty good chance Donald Trump would have been reelected. → Read More
Is College Worth It?
Should young people go to college? Should parents, grandparents, and teachers urge them to go to college? These are now open questions. Perhaps we should ask whether they “still” should go to college. Not too long ago, the default answer was a resounding yes. → Read More
The Curious Case of Ilya Shapiro
It's been a memorable spring for Ilya Shapiro. Mr. Shapiro, a longtime legal scholar and VP at the Cato Institute, was hired by Georgetown University Law Center at the beginning of 2022. → Read More
Dave Mustaine's Crucial Lesson for Entrepreneurs
Listeners of The Human Action Podcast and Radio Rothbard sometimes remark on the intro and outro music from heavy metal band Megadeth. Fans of this genre are very familiar with both the band and its founder, legendary guitarist Dave Mustaine. Mustaine is well-known among both fans and his musical colleagues as a highly skilled technical guitarist who composes remarkably → Read More
The New Post-Liberalism
Post-liberalism is having its moment on the political Right in America. And why not? What exactly do conservatives have to lose which they haven’t lost already? → Read More
Biden's Cuban Missile Crisis
Joe Biden's perverse legacy, if that term even applies anymore, may well be determined in coming weeks by his handling of events in Ukraine. He can improve it by showing restraint against the relentless neoconservative chorus. One wonders what the results of a pure popular vote on the question of going to war with Russia over Ukraine would be, vs. a vote solely within the DC → Read More
Unmask America
Enough is enough. It is time to stop wearing masks, or at the very least to eliminate mask mandates in all settings. → Read More
The State of Austrian Economics
To kick off the New Year, Jeff recently had the opportunity to address a Discord channel dedicated to Austrian Economics. → Read More
How We Will Win
You do not defend a world that is already lost. When was it lost? That you cannot say precisely. It is a point for the revolutionary historian to ponder. We know only that it was surrendered peacefully, without a struggle, almost unawares. → Read More
The Terrible Economic Ignorance Behind Covid Tradeoffs: My Speech to the Ron Paul Institute
This article is excerpted from a talk delivered at the Ron Paul Institute conference on 4 September 2021. Introduction Some of you may know the name Alex Berenson, the former New York Times journalist who comes from a left-liberal background. → Read More
What They Must Learn Now
Twenty twenty was the year college changed forever. How many US universities have been mortally wounded? Covid was the pretense. But the writing was on the wall for decades. Skyrocketing tuition. Useless majors and degrees. Leftist ideologues masquerading as professors. → Read More
George Floyd and Generalized Justice
Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was tried for the crime of second-degree unintentional murder under Minnesota law. The essential questions of fact for the jury were whether Chauvin actually caused George Floyd's death, and whether he did so while committing a felony offense with force. Quoted below is the relevant Minnesota criminal statute: 609.19 MURDER IN THE → Read More
Playing Games with Stocks
The GameStop saga—can we call it an insurrection?—wants easy heroes and villains. Both are available. The populist version of the story goes like this: a few thousand angry gamers, colluding via the now infamous WallStreetBets subreddit, brought at least one powerful hedge fund to its knees. → Read More