Mises Wire

There's no reason to believe choosing representatives through a lottery system or "by chance" is worse than what we have now. 

Central banks can put in motion a prolonged deviation of expectations from the facts of reality. But they can't keep it up forever. 

The medical establishment has done its best to crush market-oriented strategies to make healthcare more affordable. 

I hope to correct a persistent misunderstanding about Mencken's economic and political ideas.

From free trade to cutting welfare, here are four ways to improve immigration policy that don't make government more intrusive in our lives.

Methodological individualism is a precious tool for historical analysis. But it is not a foundation of economic theory.

The Soviet economy was such a mess that regular infusions of new technology and capital from the West were necessary to avoid total economic meltdown.

With a real free market, how a business conducts itself is not the concern of government, but the concern of consumers.

In spite of rising debt and worries about long term trends in affordability, new American houses and apartments are larger than they've ever been before. 

The Feds are considering an enormous expansion of their powers to regulate the internet.