Mises Wire

When Carl Menger wrote his pathbreaking Principles in 1871, he challenged several schools of thought—and won. His intellectual revolution continues today.

Claudine Gay's unceremonious exit from the Harvard University presidency ultimately was not due to her plagiarism issues, but rather because of her disastrous appearance at a congressional hearing on Israel and Hamas.

As the NCAA Transfer Portal and the NIL programs change the landscape of college sports, critics claim it will "ruin" athletics. Most likely, it will make sports even more competitive and energize fan bases.

Environmentalists deride what they call “greenwashing,” which involves making a public show of supporting environmental causes but not changing business practices. There is some truth to the term, but environmentalists fail to see a larger picture.

For most of the past century, Argentina has seen the destruction wrought by collectivism. To reverse the damage, the nation must allow decentralization, beginning with free cities.

While mainstream economists and statisticians speak of the “price level,” Austrian economists know better. Using price levels to explain inflation obscures what really happens when monetary authorities explain the supply of money.

The Rothbard Graduate Seminar (RGS) provides students of Austrian Economics the opportunity to delve deeper into the economic thinking of history's greatest economists.

In recent decades, there is scant evidence to suggest that post-secession breakaway countries raise trade barriers or raise taxes more than larger status quo states. In fact, smaller states are more likely to see the benefits of international cooperation.

When it comes to housing, the solution to the problem of affordability is rather straightforward: build more. Slapping price controls on housing in the form of “rent control” only makes things worse.