Mises Wire

Trump has exposed the hypocrisy of the "free trade" advocates in China and Europe. But by raising tariffs, Trump and other world leaders are inviting disaster. 

Let us see what happens under inflation, and why it happens.

Jesús Huerta de Soto is probably the most important Austro-libertarian thinker you're not reading.

It's true that the Fed doesn't directly set a target for money creation. But by setting interest-rate targets, the Fed adopts a de facto policy of money creation. 

WWI symbolized the triumph of militarism and nationalism over the all-too-brief flourishing of liberalism — and also sowed the seeds of fascism, socialism, and the Second World War.

The Dutch Republic transformed the fervor of predestination into faith in personal destiny — and the singularly capitalistic means of getting there.

Has China blown the biggest credit bubble in history?

Workplace raids against employers of non-government-approved workers make a mockery of private property rights.

Not unlike the United States, Nordic countries have mixed interventionist economies that nonetheless rely heavily on property rights and the private sector.

Well look what happens if you actually call Krugman’s bluff and click on the link.