Interest Rates Rise Again as Treasury Auction Comes Up Short
On Wednesday, the Treasury bonds auction was so weak that 20-year and 30-year yields continued to rise as investors expect a rising wave of mounting federal deficits and debt.
Thomas Malthus’s Disciples: The Pro-Natalists
Progressives have repeated the Malthus theme of overpopulation for six decades. However, the real demographic problem facing modern industrial nations has been the dearth of population growth fueled by an inflation culture.
Regime Uncertainty and the Trump New Deal
President Trump has made a lot of noise in the business community in the first few months of his administration. Unfortunately, his actions and rhetoric have created a lot of uncertainty in the economy, threatening capital development.
The Spanish Blackout and the Costs of Renewable Energy
The usual suspects from the American and European elites are claiming that Spain‘s recent blackout was the result of unusual weather conditions. In truth, Spain‘s dependence upon renewable energy was to blame.
Diploma Inflation and the Erosion of Academic Signaling
Economists have said that a higher education degree is a form of “signaling” by the person holding the diploma. Thanks to government attempts to make higher education readily available, the value of a college degree has been severely degraded.
What the Biden Health Coverup Reveals About the Political Class
The reaction to Biden’s cancer announcement reveals how little trust the public has in the people who spent years claiming that Biden’s mental decline was fabricated by right-wing propagandists. That lack of trust is well deserved.
The Misesian
Rothbard’s “Anatomy of the State” introduces the state as a unique, coercive institution, distinct from society. The latest Misesian expands on this view, examining historical commentary on the state’s emergence and its central role in modernity.
The Rise of War Propaganda and the Defeat of Laissez-Faire
Ryan McMaken looks at how classical liberals' pro-peace foreign policy was defeated by a century of war propaganda beginning with the First World War.
Why Are US Drug Prices So High?
Alex Tabarrok joins Bob to break down Trump’s drug price executive order, price controls, and the real economics behind Big Pharma and healthcare innovation.
Resurrection of the Skyscraper Curse?
With the resurrection of Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower project set for completion around 2027, could another global economic crisis be imminent?
A History of Political Theory in the West
Political Scientist Joseph Solis-Mullen joins Ryan McMaken to review Ralph Raico's newly published lectures on politics in the West.
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In May 2025, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.
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The Rothbard Graduate Seminar provides an intense study of Misesian and Rothbardian economic analysis, along with the substantive conclusions of that research in related fields.
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Auburn, AL
Virtual Mises University is the online counterpart to the Mises University conference and can be attended by anyone.
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Mises University is the world's leading instructional program in the Austrian School of economics.
