Mises Wire

Mark Thornton has been making the rounds as usual, with a variety of new podcast and radio interviews across the country.

Yesterday when I went for my infusion, I brought two items of reading material with me; The Wall Street Journal and Steve Horwitz's forthcoming paper in the Spring 2015 issue of Social Philosophy and Policy, "Inequality, Mobility, and Being Poor in America."

The old Keynesian idea that war is good for the economy is not taken seriously by anyone outside the New York Times op-ed page. But much of the discussion still focuses on macroeconomic effects.

Today's Mises Daily: Economist Philipp Bagus talks with us from Europe about the Swiss franc, the euro, and what the future holds for the debt-laden governments of the Eurozone.

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard details the increasing level of Greek defiance to its ECB overlords in the wake of a left-wing, populist uprising in recent Greek elections.

Over the weekend Target Liberty posted a very compelling interview with Friedrich Hayek that I had never seen before.

Glenn Jacobs, also known as WWE superstar "Kane", explains his journey to libertarianism and Austrian economics.

What makes a good economist? Robert Higgs explains. 

Here is a bit of news that should elicit a hearty "YIPPEE" from free-market advocates.