The Architecture of Peace: How Markets Transform Conflict into Cooperation My latest piece with Mises https://mises.org/mises-wire/architecture-peace-how-markets-transform-conflict-cooperation
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There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as a result of the voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved
Economics is the study of how human beings cooperate peacefully to improve their conditions.
Markets Transform Conflict into Cooperation
Defending markets is not about defending greed or selfishness. It is about defending the greatest engine of peaceful cooperation humanity has ever known.
We cooperate because we are different, not despite our differences.
In a market economy, one accumulates wealth by enriching others through the exchange of goods and services, otherwise known as trade. As long as this act is voluntary, it is driven by self-interest...all trade is mutually beneficial.
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