Mises Daily

Food was the symbol and reality of prosperity. Food meant the good life. Food meant security, health, and happiness.

The Malthusian fallacy created the common view that economics is cold, hardhearted, excessively rational, and opposed to the welfare of people.

I never heard a word of personal bitterness or resentment from his lips.

Some people think coupons and targeted discounts are a racket. Here I argue that they are wholly justified.

Every student in a money-and-banking course should read this book at least twice.

The ghostwriting black market is a slice of spontaneous order that has arisen from the need to circumvent the inefficiencies of the public-education system. The industry is so profitable that some even make it a full-time job.

At last, everyone agrees that the US economy is sinking into the morass of depression. The question is why.

The tendency for politicians and technocrats in search of solutions is to devise grandiose plans that involve more testing, regulation, and spending. However, these schemes do nothing to alleviate the root cause of the problem.

Mitchell's book on the American political landscape seems to leave out those who believe in liberty alone.

"Desertion" sounds ominous, but it merely describes the right to quit.