Mises Daily

Roger Garrison on the new Fed chairman: Bernanke's idea of "inflation targeting" is in need of some deconstruction. 

Every few days, writes Frank Shostak, a senior Fed official expresses concern regarding the effect of high gasoline prices on inflation. 

Roderick T. Long introduces the new issue of the Journal of Libertarian Studies, which offers a cornucopia of exciting and controversial articles debating some of the central questions of libertarian theory.

Price caps violate the property rights of owners of scarce resources, such as gasoline, writes Chris Westley.

Sharks is a great reference for those looking for some background on the real players in Las Vegas who make headlines and billions, writes Doug French.

Throughout human history there have been those who deny free will and personal responsibility, instead blaming their wrong-doings on interventions divine and planetary. 

In a dark hour of Mises's life, there was a glimmer of light: an invitation from New York University to speak about the contributions he had made to economic thought. The address was given in 1940, nine years before Human Action appeared on the scene.

Tom Lehman writes that the recent upward spike in gasoline prices (particularly those following natural disasters) has unleashed a torrent of theories.

How do we measure 'profits,' asks Sean Corrigan, when the vast quantities of money and credit are being poured into our domestic economy?

The marketplace is a wonderful place, writes Chris Westley, except when it's MarketPlace, that public radio program that airs mornings and evenings.