Mises Daily

States love wars because they enable the state, under the slogans of "defense" and "emergency," to impose a tyranny upon the public that might have been openly resisted in time of peace.

There is a persistent myth that capitalism has destroyed what would have been a natural abundance and peace of mind. Yet nature does not generate abundance or peace. The characteristic mark of the "state of nature" is irreconcilable conflict. 

Without government stats, the state would be crippled in justifying its interventionism. If the government received no railroad statistics, for example, how in the world could it even start to regulate railroad rates, finances, and other affairs?

Not only is capitalism not a system of the exploitation of labor, but the real system of the exploitation of labor is socialism.

Murray Rothbard was an advocate of the stateless society, but he was never accepted by the anarchist movement and is still considered more a "capitalist lackey" than anarchist thinker.

If you think healthcare pricing seems nonsensical now, just wait until you see what happens when mandated coverage removes any semblance of rational insurance pricing.

The so-called "art of central banking" lies in picking the "right" target interest rate. But, there's no way to know the "correct" rate without giving markets freedom from central bankers.

The fact that men are born unequal in regard to physical and mental capacities cannot be argued away.

Besides national defense, no government-provided service enjoys as much exemption from scrutiny as the provision and subsidization of primary public education.

Whether or not anti-trust legislation remains helpful to consumers, or makes any economic sense, remains entirely debatable.