Mises Wire

Unfortunately, it's not actually possible to determine the costs of our current choices 200 years in the future.  

It is a myth that "we don't make things in America anymore." Thanks to automation, we simply need fewer people to make more stuff. 

In a truly free society, the scope of government easily can be reduced to a much smaller domain than even many friends of freedom often think.

To put an Austrian spin on this, conception is essentially the creation of a higher order good.

Reducing the regulatory burden on American industry would actually be good for Americans — unlike a tariff hike. 

While the Chinese state is moving more toward autocratic rule, the importance of fighting for economic freedom remains as important as ever. 

There is no danger of China truly freeing its economy and thus really rivaling America's more market-based system. 

Ludwig von Mises explores ways of dealing with nationalism and conflict among linguistic minorities through the use of political confederation. 

Having failed to make an economic argument for tariffs, the White House is relying on a dubious national-defense argument instead. 

A major catalyst behind the collapse of the Bretton Woods system was the loose monetary policies of the US central bank, which pushed the price of gold in the gold market above the official $35 per ounce.