Mises Daily

Income inequality has been called “the defining challenge of our time,” and it is generally made worse by government policies.

Ron Paul is in good company with Cobden, Mencken, Sumner, and the American Anti-Imperialist League — all oppose government militarism.

Another outstanding Austrian Economics Research Conference with presentations in the most provocative traditions of Austrian and libertarian thought.
 

The Levellers are often characterized as a quasi-socialist movement, but they had more in common with free markets than with socialists.

Rifkin misses the mark because he ignores Menger’s theory of value and the role of the entrepreneur.

Whether it’s “pure” socialism or the so-called mixed economy, the historical record is clear that government intervention makes us poorer.
 

Like Alan Greenspan before him, Ben Bernanke now collects huge fees for public speaking engagements.

Some have argued that euros are “overvalued.” As with all currencies, goods and services, the price is a function of supply and demand.

The true state of the old communist economy under Tito reveals an economy addicted to debt that lagged behind most of Europe.

Third world sweatshops benefit workers much the way factories in Great Britain and the US did during the Industrial Revolution.