Mises Wire

A tariff is a tax on imports. That tax is paid by every American who buys the now-more-expensive product. 

Protectionism may provide some short-term benefits to a small number of special interests, but at much greater costs to the rest of society.

Markets and trade offer far more benefit for ordinary people than participation in the state's wars. 

Even with falling interest rates and high liquidity, there have been spectacular bankruptcies, so imagine what can happen when rates rise.

What America is facing are the illogical trade policies of an economically illiterate president in the White House. 

Special powers to inflate the money supply — granted by the state — make banking unlike other private industries. 

Widespread physician pushing of opioids — combined with government regulations — have increased the most unsafe uses of opioids. 

Throughout US history, government agents have often discarded "pure" property rights in favor of "development." 

Defenders of police incompetence are falling back on the claim that they are above criticism because they are the "experts."

Employers that rely on aluminum and steel will now have to pay more for those resources, meaning workers will see lower wages and less hiring.