Mises Wire

I listened to this “Freakonomics” podcast on fire s

Assume that you want to help the poor and the oppressed.

In my posts Update: Patents Kill: Comp

The Wall Street Journal’s Melinda Black has an interesting piece in today’s edition entitled “The Sleepless Elite.” One to three percent of the population require less than six hours of sleep to function well.

This lecture is fantastic, really. Professor Kors draws heavily from Mises himself.

Tyler Cowen has an interesting post up,

I’ve discussed before the practice of defensive patenting and defensive patent publishing–companies acquire patents or publish their trade secrets

As society is built on savings and accumulated capital, personal finance dictates that individuals live within their means and save for rainy days.

Back in September, Bob Murphy described the “recovery” like this: