Mises Wire

Is it possible that the bubble-bursting in the corporate debt markets could precede — rather than coincide with — a bear market in equities? Yes, if history is any guide.

Few customers put much thought into just how much work the capitalist risks to bring products to market — without any guarantee the customer will buy anything at all.

In a world of rampant central bank intervention and endless government regulation, some are still claiming we live in a world of "hypercapitalism."

The acceptance of money is dictated by its previous purchasing power.

The Second Amendment is much more than a guarantee of private gun ownership. It was designed to decentralize and weaken the military establishment in the United States.

Gaming faces threats from fear-mongering politicians, but also from developers eager to stifle competition in the industry.

Emerging-market currencies often suffer a as a result of their government's own profligacy. But the US is also actively trying to destabilize some currencies, and setting up a conflict that the US could ultimately lose.

The Communist Party's big plans for a globally-competititve soccer league have come to naught.

Both at home and abroad, the government causes the problems it says we need more government to solve.

Paul Krugman is right to praise Denmark, but he likes the one thing that they’re doing wrong and overlooks all the things they get right.