Mises Daily

Greenspan speaks of a condundrum whereby long-term yields on government bonds are surprisingly low. Why anyone would invest in them is a legitimate question, writes Stefan Karlsson.

Doug French writes about the condo boom in Las Vegas.

A common objection to a purely free society is that it would quickly degenerate into constant battles between private warlords. Robert Murphy takes on that objection and argues that freedom can't fully suppress warlordism but it can make it costly.

The Group of Eight finance ministers will meet this week in Perthshire, Scotland, writes Joseph Potts, to address various weighty financial decisions that their governments have expropriated from the more-capable hands of their citizens.

What's in the JLS 19.2? Some of the most provocative and challenging scholarly articles you will find anywhere. Editor Roderick T. Long provides a roundup of the latest issue arriving for subscribers.

The percentage of the labor force controlled by unions tends progressively to decline, writes George Reisman. Where the unions hold sway, companies cannot compete.

Henry George's 1886 book on trade is a devastating critique of the arguments of protectionists.

Pride may goeth before the fall, but with politicians like George W. Bush, far too much time separates the pride part from the fall part, writes Lew Rockwell.

The U.S. trade deficit is an American problem, writes Antony Mueller. It is the result of insufficient savings at home and a widening budget deficit. 

Thomas Woods writes on the famous Fr. Charles Coughlin, whose writing on money is wrongly admired by some even today.