This article was originally published by Matt Hisrich at The Mises Institute.  While reading The Wealth of Shadows—Graham Moore’s excellent historical novel about pre-World War II global finance—I couldn’t help but feel a growing sense of unease regarding the current state of international economics. Set just before the United States enters World War II, the book follows the adventures of a plucky group of Treasury Department employees unofficially working to undermine the German economy while officially maintaining the US position of neutrality. Two figures outside of the US loom large in the narrative—Hjalmar Schacht in Germany and John Maynard Keynes in…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A woman was found dead on a boat docked near the ritzy Montauk Yacht Club in New York early Monday morning.The Suffolk County Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that Homicide Squad detectives were notified at approximately 4 a.m. on Tuesday…

Czech President Petr Pavel has said that Ukraine must accept the territorial losses to Russia.  Pavel, a former NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Military Committee chair and longtime supporter of Ukraine, believes that Kiev should join the United States-led bloc, without the territory Russia has regained through the war. The…