Mises Daily

It's not the high costs to the bank that explain why fast cash is pricey. These fees are simply a market price for a service that is highly in demand.

How statism pollutes our language in ways we don't always recognize. This is Walter Block's third essay in a great series on this topic.  

Consider the relative tax bite affecting rich and poor: it is the people earning the highest income who pay the bills from government. 

The meltdown on Wall Street can't be corrected through intervention; if it is headed down further, it needs to run its course.

The American founders struggled for liberty against grasping government officials. But the despotism of their day was nothing compared with our own. 

Reich, Gore, and McCain warn that keeping more wealth in private hands would threaten prosperity. This claim is absurd. 

Ralph Raico reviews This Perfect Day, a science fiction "dystopian" novel by Ira Levin. Read what he has to say about the great book on super-computers and global government.

Judge Jackson's reasoning is fatally flawed, says Dominick T. Armentano. Microsoft has a dominant position in a narrowly defined relevant market, but no meaningful monopoly and no output restricting monopoly power. 

Judge Jackson's decision in the Microsoft case assumes that superior technology doesn't win out in market competition. Is he right?

Walter Block decries statists who distort the meaning of words, and also those who kowtow to their politically correct agenda.