Mises Wire

When people are directly responsible for something — and rely on that thing for current and future sustenance — they will manage it better.

Trump has certainly changed his tune on low interest rates since he was elected.

Hikes to minimum mileage requirements make cars less affordable while doing little to improve air quality.

Net neutrality was about control and regulatory capture, not online freedom.

The Bank of England apparently wants to incorporate blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies into the central bankers’ tool kit.

Gentrification gets bad press. It would appear that the gentrifier (he who engages in gentrification) is a malign exploiter, a bully, someone who takes advantage of the weak and the poor. And these are the nice things said about him.

People usually recoil at the idea of trading babies for money, but in the wake of Soviet deprivation, easy-adoption laws helped countless orphans in Romania.

All socialist states, including democratic ones, demand obedience and conformity in their economic and cultural diktats. And there is no kind and gentle way of snuffing out resistance.

Here's how to tell the Austrian approach on money apart from the views of other schools of thought.

The Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia remains listed for “completion” in 2020. Will its completion trigger a new Skyscraper Curse?