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Commentary

It’s Time to Put a Brake on the Debt-Ceiling Charade

It’s Time to Put a Brake on the Debt-Ceiling Charade: The U.S. should break the habit of going to the fiscal brink and adopt a policy that has been shown to work.

Steve H. Hanke, Barry W. Poulson | Jan. 19, 2023

The IMF and Sri Lanka Are Partners in Delusion

The IMF and Sri Lanka Are Partners in Delusion: As Sri Lanka enters its 17th IMF program, it’s time to ask for a different solution to the country’s problems.

Steve H. Hanke, Caleb Hofmann | Jan. 19, 2023

Does the U.S. Need to Contain China in Africa?

Ivan Eland | Jan. 12, 2023

How Japan Kept Inflation Rates Low

How Japan Kept Inflation Rates Low: Its monetary policy has long been ultra-tight, not ultra-loose.

Steve H. Hanke, John Greenwood, OBE | Jan. 10, 2023

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Book Reviews

Economics in the Time of COVID-19

Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples

Economics in the Time of COVID-19

Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples

Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World

By Dani Rodrik
Reviewed By Douglas Nelson

Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World

By Dani Rodrik
Reviewed By Douglas Nelson

Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce ...

Reviewed By Philip R. P. Coelho

Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit

Reviewed By Philip R. P. Coelho

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Research

The Case for A New International Monetary System

By Judy L. Shelton
Research Article | Mar. 21, 2018

Gross Domestic Product—an Index of Economic Welfare or a Meaningless Metric?

By Robert Higgs
The Independent Review | July 1, 2015

“Foreign Policy and Domestic Policy Are but One System”: Mises on International ...

“Foreign Policy and Domestic Policy Are but One System”: Mises on International Organizations and the World Trade Organization

By Carmen Elena Dorobăț
The Independent Review | Jan. 1, 2015

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Independent Institute Books

Videos

Ivan Eland on Greece’s Credit Crisis

Ben Powell on Globalism and Development

Ivan Eland on Sanctions Against Iran

Audio

“Default or Defeat for Russia’s Putin” Sr. Fellow Judy Shelton is interviewed on The John Batchelor radio show
Apr. 1, 2022

William F. Shughart Discusses the Import-Export Bank on The Gary Nolan Show
July 9, 2014