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.Italy suspends its Schengen free movement agreement with Spain after 60,000 migrants reach Spanish territoryCommerce Department quietly announces 7 new equity stakes in private companiesWhitney Webb: Polymarket is a tool of federal mass surveillance
The Property Rights Duality and the Defense of Freedom
It is not enough to treat property as a default state of nature that will eventually assert itself and merely needs to be intellectually explained. We must continually be ready to defend private property.
What Anthony Fauci Teaches Us About the American Government
Fauci is back in the limelight after the release of his diary before a Senate hearing last week. And that’s good, because the career of Anthony Fauci can teach us a lot about where power actually resides in America and how our system really works.
Slobodian’s Bastard Caricatures: Smearing Austrian Economists
Quinn Slobodian’s Hayek’s Bastards suggests a connection between Austrian economics and a new wave of authoritarianism and racism.
Problems of Causation in Race and Discrimination
Why are there economic disparities between racial groups? A popular explanation is that they are caused by racial discrimination. Wanjiru Njoya takes a closer look at these claims.
What Would Happen if Spain Had an Open Border with Morocco
Last week, more than 50,000 people illegally entered the Spanish exclave city of Ceuta, which normally has a population of only 80,000. Why not just open the border permanently?
Monetary Savings Versus Real Savings
Mainstream economists tend to think of cash balances as the heart of new savings. Actually, real savings involves much more than that.
The Misesian
In this issue of The Misesian, we continue our Year of Rothbard with a new essay from Academic Vice President Joseph Salerno, who takes a close look at what made Rothbard’s work in Austrian economics so notable.
The Burritoflation Debate
On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss the social debate this week focused on Gen Z economic anxiety.
Why Mises Thought Fractional Reserve Banking Caused the Boom-Bust Cycle
Bob returns to the fractional reserve banking debate to clarify a point the critics keep missing: in the Mises-Hayek-Rothbard framework, it's fractional reserve banking itself that sets the boom-bu
Gold, Socialism, and the Crisis of the Dollar
Mark Thornton explains how inflation drives the K-shaped economy, why gold and silver remain central to the debt crisis, and why socialism appeals to young Americans left behind by government failu
Rothbard vs. the Free Bankers
Bob reviews Murray Rothbard's 1988 essay "The Myth of Free Banking in Scotland," his sharp response to Larry White's influential account of Scottish free banking.
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.
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.
Why Government Schools Don’t Want You to Understand Economics: Mises Circle in Greenville
Join the Mises Institute in South Carolina as we are joined by those countering the state's indoctrination of students.
