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From todays Mises newsletter, two articles about why the economics of politics are different from the economics of markets and one article about the history of economic thought.
No state regime is a business and it doesn't have a business model. Real businesses rely on free voluntary exchange with customers. States rely on violence and coercion.
As a creature of Congress and, effectively, an arm of the U.S. Treasury, everything it does has bearings on elections, consumer sentiment (and therefore incumbent approval ratings), and the wealth of the big political donor class.
When Adam Smith and the English classicals promoted division of labor as the most important ingredient in economic development, it took Carl Menger and his Austrian successors to point out that error and promote the proper economic theory of production.
One note about this final article: the Austrians are well within their rights to celebrate their role in what is called the Marginal Revolution, but there were other contemporary economists (Walras and Jevons) who independently developed subjective value theory and they also deserve recognition for advancing economic theory.
Just read the 2nd article carefully (even 2-3X, if needs), and you will constate that FED are also a "player" in this game (BTC, bonds, stocks, etc) like us, just a much bigger player... And they have some methods with which can to influence the markets in their favour. My solid opinion is that we can "make money" / ride the trends only if we follow the monetary policy of FED ;)
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That's basically Doug Casey's definition of "speculation": taking advantage of government caused capital misallocations.
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I like the first article. I think it is a common misconception that a great CEO leader would clean things up and have government running efficiently if only they were President but the structures and incentives are totally different.
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I think there can be overlap in skillset and mentality, but it would have to be someone on a mission to clean house, rather than someone trying to get it functioning well.
I'm thinking about how Vivek has extremely detailed plans for radically reducing the federal workforce. That's a great CEO bringing those skills to bear in a productive manner.
The flip side was Trump being just as terrible as every other president, while thinking his business skills would serve him well.
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Good point.
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