"The ingredients are coming together for a US financial crisis"Hegseth is still lobbying for a $1.5 Trillion military budgetCops shoot and paralyze man who told police he feared being "swatted."US only has 43-day emergency buffer of crude oil left in 45-year lowThe US is spending billions to prop up the Japanese yen.
Ahoy! Ahoy! The Telephone, Entrepreneurship, and Cronyism
Our history books tell us about how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. They don’t tell us that his company then successfully got the government to grant it monopoly powers, thus harming consumers and stifling technological innovation for nearly a century.
The Imaginary World of Fed “Independence”
The rhetoric of independence allows the Treasury and the Fed to cooperate when convenient and deflect blame when something goes wrong.
The Prussians Who Built Prussia
The stereotype of the Prussian as the militaristic, state-loving creature probably needs to be rethought. The history of Prussia and its people is more complicated than contemporary historians wish to admit.
The Alice-in-Wonderland World of the WNBA
As Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever drove toward the basket for a seemingly easy breakaway layup, DiJonai Carrington of the Chicago Sky bore down on her.
How the First World War Destroyed the Gold Standard
The ordinary people of Europe, so devastated by the shells of the First World War, would again be victimized by the new inflationary national currencies that would destroy savings and investment across the European middle class.
The Six Nooses: How Interventionism Is Strangling the Family’s Will to Reproduce
As the birthrate falls in the US and other industrialized countries, we find that government intervention into the economy and family life is a big reason this is happening.
Cronyism: Rise of the Corporatist State, 1849–1929
In his new book, Patrick Newman shows how America’s corporatist state was built: not by free markets run amok, but by big business, bankers, and politicians using regulation to cartelize the economy.
Government Intervention and Economic Inequality
Mark Thornton explains how government intervention creates inequality, privileging protected industries and politically connected insiders while pushing costs onto everyone else.
Has Trump Already Lost the War with Iran?
Months ago, the administration said the war's goals were regime change and the removal of all uranium from Iran. We never hear about that anymore because the war has failed to produce either goal.
Scott Bessent: New Prince of the Yen?
On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Tho, and Dr.
Republican Party Displacement
Mark Thornton explains how ideology can break the uniparty, why blocked realignment risks revolution, and why Austrian economics helps young Americans see through the crisis.
Gold and Silver: Prospecting for Liberty: Mises Circle in New Mexico
What should people think about the renewed interest in precious metals? Join us for a discussion you won't find in traditional financial media.
Roger and Karen Garrison Celebration of Life
Gather to share stories, pictures, and memories of Roger and Karen.
Ethics of Liberty Seminar: Mises Academy Course
Join us for a special seminar based on Murray Rothbard's The Ethics of Liberty.
Fall 2026 Virtual Mises Book Club
In September 2026, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Clubs, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.
