Mises Daily

Rethinking the American Union for the Twenty-First Century repays careful study by anyone interested in political philosophy or American history.

The Puritan ministry stood ready to use the secular arm against heresy — or  against lapses from conformity.

The buyers do not pay for the toil and trouble the worker took nor for the length of time he spent in working. They pay for the products.

A policy-making think tank that works in a dozen or more fields is a lost cause from day one.

In Democratic Vistas we find extensive evidence of Walt Whitman's sympathy with ideas broadly in accord with Hayek's vision of social evolution.

David Ricardo made one vital contribution to economic thought and to the case for freedom of trade: the law of comparative advantage.

A closer look at the actual data reveals what Paul Krugman conveniently chooses to leave out.

The US healthcare system is a huge bubble fueled by the government's ability to borrow money at artificially low interest rates.

In its search for revenue, the Crown decided to create new monopolies — and its meddling in the vital wool trade had disastrous results.