Steve Hanke dissects Trump’s tariffs, trade tensions, and India’s big testFBI searches home and office of ex-Trump national security adviser John BoltonPowell signals that the Fed is ready for rate cuts The Ukraine War Could ‘End Tomorrow’ If The US WantedFederal Reserve governor Lisa Cook accused of criminal mortgage fraud
Review: Inflation and the Family: A Book Almost 300 Years in the Making
While Cantillon used the effects on family life to illustrate monetary theory, Degner lingers to employ sound monetary theory to trace out the effects on the family.
The End of Bolivian Socialism: Freedom or Renewed Statism?
Socialism may have failed, as it always does, in Bolivia, but that unfortunately does not mean that it is turning toward the free market.
The Erosion of Free Speech
In this age of the growth of the state, free speech increasingly becomes a casualty. However, elites are unwilling to protect free speech rights and, all too often, it is the elites that are suppressing speech in the first place.
The Sad Legacy of the Bush Political Dynasty: George H.W. Bush
As we look at the current sad state of affairs of American governance, we ask how we got to this point in the first place. The presidency of George H.W. Bush is a good place to start.
The Student Debt Racket
Much of the current debate on student higher education debt centers around the students as victims of rapacious capitalism. However, the government‘s student loan program has driven up education costs, impoverished student borrowers, and financed the leftist takeover of higher education.
Trump’s DC “Takeover” Is Missing the Point
Few really understand why these blue cities are crime-ridden. It’s not merely a lack of resources or even progressive ideology. At the root of the problem are governments working hard to maintain a monopoly on a service they then refuse to provide.
Free Book Giveaway
The 20th century proved that Friedrich A. Hayek was right: socialism doesn’t work; government control of money results in inflation and business cycles; and collectivism breeds war, totalitarianism, and impoverishment.
Why Rothbard Thought the Fed Eliminated Market Safeguards Against Bank Inflation
Rothbard argued that the Fed stripped away the natural checks of free banking, paving the way for endless credit expansion and inflationary cycles.
Inflation and Family Economics
Economist Jeff Degner joins Ryan McMaken to discuss how inflationary monetary policy has changed our culture, and the family with it.
Fraud at the Fed, Smithsonian, and DC Council
On this episode of Power and Market, the roundtable talks about a new brewing scandal involving the Fed, revisits the conversation on nationalizing Washington, DC, and the new "golden age" of the S
Stuck in Jackson Hole
Every August, central bankers gather in Jackson Hole to “save” the economy by the same magic tricks that broke it.
Virtual
In September 2025, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.
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Delray Beach, FL
Join us for Supporters Summit 2025 in Delray Beach, Florida, to discuss "Economic Freedom: The Key to Liberty."
Various Locations
This fall, students from across the US are participating in Mises Book Clubs led by scholars at various universities and colleges. These student groups promote deep reading in Austrian economics.
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Auburn, AL
Join us in Auburn in March for Libertarian Scholars Conference 2026.
