Mises Daily

Moore's film strikes a universal chord within the consciousness of all people: the fear of power and the love of freedom. Eric Mattei, however, asks whether Moore's motives are rooted in liberty or detraction.

Stefan Karlsson considers the income effect and concludes that its very existence demonstrates the failure of the state to improve the social order.

Congress just passed another regulatory bill, Lew Rockwell reports, because people with food allergies are under the impression that food sellers are indifferent to whether they live or die.

The macroeconomics of China look fabulous, writes Nicolas Bouzou. A microeconomic approach leads to a more nuanced analysis.

For two years, we have been innudated with denunciations of "corporate greed" that has supposedly created scandal and led to prosecutions of CEOs, writes Gary Galles.

In a market economy, writes Robert Murphy, the interest rate is not merely a lever to stimulate or depress economic growth.

The skinny on Spiderman 2 is that this is a movie that even movie snobs can love, and there's certain truth in this view. Its characters are more introspective and thoughtful than other superhero fare, and its social-critical undercurrent isn't overtly political enough to become annoying, writes Jeffrey Tucker. 

So now we are supposed to worry about those deprived of chain supermarkets. William Anderson notes how the academic left shifts gears.

Did the EU bring free trade to Europe? Not at all, says Terry Arthur. The heyday of free trade was the 100 years between the Napoleonic Wars and World War 1.

Colleges offer their students a taste of reality by simulating the political atmosphere of society with the presence of student government associations (SGAs), writes Daniel D'Amico. It's a dreadful reality indeed.