Cops 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.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 companies
When Death Is Cheaper Than Care: Mutual Aid for the Developing World
Mutual aid societies once were an important part of the US social landscape. Africans can benefit from the same movements—provided their governments get out of the way.
Trump’s Commerce Department as Venture Capitalist: Political Investment at its Worst
By convincing Congress to permit the government to take equity positions in private firms, Donald Trump has completed the transition of the economy from free markets to political capitalism.
The US Supports the Mass Migration of Moroccans into Spanish Territory
In spite of the GOP’s feigned dismay over Morocco’s weaponization of migrants against Spanish exclaves in North Africa, US policy supports Moroccan expansionism in the region.
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.
Cronyism: The 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.
Myths of American Healthcare
Much of the discussion around American healthcare ignores the fact that most of the American healthcare system is already a government healthcare system.
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
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.
