A False Choice: Culture vs. Economics Keiko Fujimori, a center-right populist, is elected president of PeruForeign interventionism is anti-AmericanJapan government says it may still intervene to support the yenFed Chief Kevin Warsh declines to hint at July rate decision, but says inflation ‘too high’
Cronyism and Regulatory Capture
As AI becomes a more important and visible part of our lives, the movement to regulate it also grows. The standard regulation narratives—that government regulates things in the name of the public interest—clearly do not fit the facts.
The War System
“The main aim of American foreign policy is to impose the will of our ruling elite on the rest of the world.”
Is This Country Having Its Socialist Moment?
Democratic socialist candidates are becoming a serious political challenge in Democratic Party primaries. Have Americans suddenly become convinced by the arguments in favor of command economies, or is there something deeper going on?
Why Rothbard Sided with the American Revolutionaries
Contrary to a common—and incorrect—critique of Rothbard, he was not a fanciful purist who refused to support any political movement that failed to be perfectly libertarian in every way.
Israel Kirzner and the Entrepreneurial Market Process
While Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard are better known in circles of Austrian economics, Israel Kirzner also made many contributions in the area of entrepreneurship.
The Economics and Ethics of Interest Rates
Let’s look at the nature and the different causes of the interest rate, from the point of view of economics, and with a concise moral analysis of incomes from money loans.
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.
Greenspan’s Legacy: Did the Fed Cause the Housing Bubble?
In the wake of Alan Greenspan's recent passing, Bob revisits two contested claims about his legacy: did the Fed under Greenspan fuel the housing bubble, and did that bubble cause the 2008 financial
The Vine That Ate the South: Government Solutions vs. Market Solutions
The government paid Southern farmers to plant kudzu—millions of acres of it—to fix a Dust Bowl the government's own policies helped create.
What Independence Day Really Means
In this episode of the Radio Rothbard, we look at Murray Rothbard's monumental history of the American Revolution, Conceived in Liberty.
Slavery Was Propped Up by Government: A Misesian Analysis
Bob walks through what Ludwig von Mises wrote about slavery in Human Action, arguing that the institution was not — as the 1619 Project claims — the foundation of American capitalism.
Virtual Mises University 2026
Virtual Mises University is the online counterpart to the Mises University conference and can be attended by anyone.
Mises University 2026
Mises University is the world's leading instructional program in the Austrian School of economics.
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.
