Mises Wire

 Bush’s policies have not made the world safer for democracy, nor the U.S. safer domestically.

Sadly, the practice of branding political opponents as “insane” is not confined to the now-defunct Soviet state.

In his book A Generation of Sociopaths, Bruce Gibney blames Baby Boomers for pretty much everything that's gone wrong in America. But there are other factors, such as democracy, that are perhaps more to blame.

Many seem to mistakenly think that economic growth has to do with GDP or producing stuff. It does not.

The political and economic powder keg that is Italy is a greater threat to the EU than Brexit ever was.

The government should put its cozy relationship with Musk on a long, if not permanent, hiatus.

Grow the scope of government and expand the weapons of the state that can be deployed against its political enemies.

With direct access to data and regulatory power, unelected bureaucrats can be a greater threat to private and property rights than elected officials.

It's important to make the moral case for lower taxes, but we shouldn't overlook simply defending institutional competition.

The Fed tells us that the Millennials are less wealthy and lower-income than others. But the Fed ignores its own role in stifling wealth growth among the young.