money, monopoly, and market intervention, lecture 7 with robert murphy - mises academy
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Money, Monopoly & Market Intervention
Robert P. MurphyMises Academy
November 16, 2011
Lecture 7: 2nd Third of Chapter 12 of Man, Economy, and State
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2nd Third ofChapter 12 of MES
1. Transfer Payments2. “Cheap” Gov’t Services
3. Running Gov’t Like a Business?
4. “Public” Ownership?
V. Social Security
VI. Socialism
VII. Gov’t and “Growth”
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I. Transfer Payments
“We can have as exactly as many paupers as the country
chooses to pay for.” – Thomas Mackay, 1896
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II. “Cheap” Gov’t Services
VS.
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III. Running Gov’t Like a Business?
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IV. “Public” Ownership?
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V. “Social Security”
●Not really insurance, but rather a Ponzi scheme.
●No “trust fund” except pile of IOUs.
●Private retirement plans not vulnerable to demographic shifts.
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VI. Socialism
●Communism/Fascism spectrum spurious.
● In practice relied on world market prices.
●How deal with inventions??
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VII. Gov’t and “Growth”