Mises Wire

Connor O'Keeffe

President Trump is right to raise doubts about the motivations of the government officials tasked with collecting and releasing economic data. But it would also be a mistake for the right to take after Biden and dismiss any sign of economic pain.

Ralph Raico

The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime worse than any that Japanese generals were executed for in Tokyo and Manila. If Harry Truman was not a war criminal, then no one ever was.

Artis Shepherd

The recent attack by Israeli setters on the village of Taybeh in the West Bank has brought attention to the conflicts between Israel and the Christian population in Palestine. American Christians who uncritically support Israel should take a harder look at what is happening.

Stanisław Wójtowicz

"Anarcho-capitalism is good in theory, but it would never work in the real world." That is a common objection to anarcho-capitalsim, but is it correct? What are the objections and how do we answer them. Stanisław Wójtowicz provides some answers.

James Murphy

Apparently, Ireland‘s government has not learned any lessons from rent control disasters elsewhere. Thus, the Irish will have to learn this hard lesson and face the consequences of their economic folly.

Frank Shostak

Thanks to modern Keynesian economics, most people believe money gains its value from the government that issues it. Money's value, however, is historically tied to the value of the commodity from which money was derived.

Landen Terrell

Oklahoma City will be building a new arena for the 2025 NBA Champions Thunder. Not surprisingly, the taxpayers will be the ones carrying most of the financial burden.

Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

I’d like to begin by telling you something about how I founded the Mises Institute in 1982 and what we are trying to accomplish.

Tho Bishop

In an attempt to compete with the Soviet Union by bringing future elite political leaders from Africa to study in US universities, Sen. John Kennedy and the CIA inadvertently spread Marxism here and abroad. One product of this program was bringing Mamdani's Marxist father to the US.