Mises Daily

The European currency is stuck in a rut because governments have insisted on using the conversion period as an excuse to collect more in taxes. Hans Sennholz explains.

Why the family is irreplaceable and must be understood in terms other than incentives, costs, and benefits: a review of Jennifer Roback Morse's extraordinary new book.

The television show "West Wing" may be a marvel of acting and moving photography, but it is the worst form of political propaganda. William Anderson deconstructs the messages. 

The U.S.needs additional energy supplies, but environmentalists are against it. Why are they so utterly impervious to the destruction they are causing? George Reisman explains. 

Propose that energy needs be met through more production, and up will go the cry from the left: not production but conservation! Karen De Coster explains the error.

New York Governor George Pataki has abandoned his original platform for the same reason that Republicans usually sell out: he has chosen staying in power over cutting government.

Roger Garrison’s long-awaited book compares and contrasts Austrian business cycle theory with a number of other approaches, 

Greenspan has lowered rates again, but he can't know if he has done the right thing. Under the far-superior gold standard, such questions never came up. Lawrence Reed explains.

Wal-Mart has come under fire, even now, for selling gasoline at prices that some state legislators say are too low. William Anderson debunks the charge.

When the state passes a law, even if trivial, it backs that law by the threat of force. Sometimes it actually uses it. Ray Haynes explains.