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More than one-quarter of upside-down trade-ins are $10,000 or more underwater.Gold price hits record $4,641 as uncertainty persistsTrump pauses 50-year mortgage plan, eyes 401(k)s for down paymentsCentral bankers of the world declare "full solidarity" with Jerome Powell Germany Joins Canada, Sweden, and Other Nations in Sending Troops to Greenland as Trump Threats Intensify
Defense Services on the Free Market
“A truly free market is totally incompatible with the existence of a State, an institution that presumes to ‘defend’ person and property by itself subsisting on the unilateral coercion against private property known as taxation.”
Why Have Homes Become So Unaffordable?
Housing prices in the US are officially off the charts. But why is that the case, as it wasn’t that long ago that homes were affordable. Like all other economic crises, this one has its roots in government policies.
Why We Need the Gold Standard
Rothbard aimed at something substantially more radical than Mises. Murray wanted a complete free market in money, with no government involvement whatever.
The Myth of a Self-Financed Fed
The Fed’s cost overruns in its building renovation project supposedly are not borne by taxpayers because, as the myth goes, the Fed is “self-financing.” However, the Fed’s “earnings” come from interest payments from the government, payments made by...taxpayers.
Bait-and-Switch: Victims of the LA Wildfires Find That Local Government Wants Them Gone
People who lost their homes last year in the LA wildfires are finding government roadblocks to rebuilding, due to systems put in place by progressives. And nothing will change.
Trump Wants $500 Billion More for the Pentagon As Deficits Mount
Trump ways he wants to spend half a trillion more dollars on military spending, even as federal spending persists at Biden-era levels and interest on the debt climbs ever upward.
The Misesian
The latest issue of The Misesian discusses why a world without private property is a lawless world.
A Closer Look at John C. Calhoun
When it comes to the great political economist John C. Calhoun, most people love him or hate him.
The United States v. Jerome Powell
On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss the reported probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Is this actual accountability for malfeasance, or a petty battle of DC egos?
Dr. Peter Klein on International Law and “Might Makes Right”
Bob talks with Dr. Peter Klein about the recent U.S.
History of Hyperinflation
Hyperinflation isn’t ancient history. It’s a recurring policy failure with war-level damage.
Spring 2026 Virtual Mises Book Club
In February 2026, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.
Entrepreneurship Beyond Politics: Mises Circle in Oklahoma City
Politicians don’t build prosperity. Entrepreneurs do. Join Keith Smith, Caitlin Long, Ryan McMaken, Per Bylund, and Timothy Terrell for our first event of 2026.
Libertarian Scholars Conference 2026
Join us in Auburn in March for Libertarian Scholars Conference 2026.
Austrian Economic Research Conference 2026
The Austrian Economics Research Conference is the international, interdisciplinary meeting of the Austrian School, bringing together leading scholars doing research in this vibrant and influential intellectual tradition.
