Mises Wire

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.

With the Houthis in Yemen firing on commercial ships in the Red Sea, the US is contemplating yet another Middle East conflict. As we see again, aggression leads to more aggression.

The recent campus protests following the Hamas-Israel conflict have been framed as either antiapartheid or anti-Semitic. The conflict is much deeper, being rooted in toxic identity politics.

While Ludwig von Mises and Karl Popper disagreed on methodology, but Brian Gladish believes that perhaps their viewpoints were not as divergent as their followers suggest.

Much government regulation — and especially what we saw during the covid era — is downright illogical and produces harmful results. Perhaps some simple logic is in order.