Mises Daily

Tom Woods and Mateusz Machaj discuss the problem with John Taylor's rule for monetary policy.

A recent study shows that one's political views are now the most widespread source of discrimination and conflict in American society. Politics is now more important than ever because the state is more powerful than ever. 

Liberty-loving people are right to be appalled by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. However, just about every evil in the legislation has already been inflicted on the market through fifty years of state destruction of the healthcare market.

Robert Murphy explains why people trade goods, and the role of money.

Contrary to the political myth, poor people do indeed pay taxes, and they pay into a system that robs them of control over how they can spend, save, or invest their own property. In addition, the poor are taxed by a perverse incentive structure that punishes their financial success. 

Public accommodation laws that prohibit discrimination render property rights moot and create a legal system designed to force agreement with the state's official moral code.

Tom Woods explains the "unacceptable" opinions behind freedom and free markets.

The terms "quid pro quo" has been twisted to now include government handouts and state-mandated exchanges, so long as the value of goods trading hands are deemed to be of "equal value." True voluntary exchange, on the other hand, is something quite different. 

With 100 years having passed since the start of the First World War, the view of the war among historians and the public has evolved in many ways.  Historian Hunt Tooley examines the turning points in how the world sees the Great War. 

David Gordon and Jeff Deist discuss Rothbard’s life from an insider’s perspective, his relationship with Mises and the areas where they disagreed, and more.