30-Year Mortgages Are Still a Sweet Deal—For People who Already Have Them

Blog3 hours ago

Government intervened into home mortgages to subsidize home buyers and make home ownership more "affordable." As with most interventions, the results have backfired as home prices and mortgage rates skyrocket.

Socialism vs. Economic Freedom

6 hours agoMises Daily Articles

The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which he wants to integrate himself into the totality of society.

Understanding Our Disharmony

Blog8 hours ago

Ostensibly to combat "disunity," political elites have called for Americans to unite over the "public good." However, the policies these elites want to put into place are the very cause of disharmonies in the first place.

Paul Krugman Blames Economic Pessimism on Partisanship. He’s Wrong.

Blog12/04/2023

Paul Krugman has an easy answer for those that ask why people are pessimistic about the economy: the dastardly Republicans have fooled everyone. There are good reasons for the pessimism that we shouldn’t ignore, however.

How Not to Desocialize: Argentina Edition

Blog12/04/2023

While Argentina president-elect Javier Milei plans to privatize state-owned enterprises, there is a right way and a wrong way to privatize these entities. Murray Rothbard and Hans-Hermann Hoppe show the way.

All-Time Highs!

12/02/2023Mises Media

Mark explains why the recent "all-time highs"—even "new highs"—are an ambiguous signal about the future. 

Ezra Klein's Progressivism Cannot Build Anything Socially Useful

Blog12/02/2023

Ezra Klein of the New York Times despairs of government’s impotence in building vast projects from energy grids to high-speed railways. He believes granting government absolute power is the answer.

Library

Podcasts

Upcoming Events

Why I Support Mises

With the help of our extraordinary supporters, the Mises Institute is the world's leading supporter of the ideas of liberty and the Austrian school of economics. Since 1982, it has been the essential training ground the world over. With the continuing and growing economic crisis, the ideas of liberty are gaining more attention than ever. The Austrian school in particular is undergoing a remarkable renaissance. Hear the words of some of our supporters to learn why they are seizing the moment to help the Institute flood the world with truth.