How Governments Outlaw Affordable Housing
In many places, rent growth means more housing is badly needed. Unfortunately, local governments are working hard to limit the supply of housing.
Mises Wire
Displaying 8541 - 8550 of 19312
Only Trump Has Been Honest About This One Issue
"Serious People" called Trump's comments on the debt "stupid," "ridiculous," and "insane," but he was entirely correct.
Venezuela Before Chavez: A Prelude to Socialist Failure
The roots of Venezuela's failed regime can be found even before Hugo Chávez took office.
FOMC Keeps Rates Steady
Today's FOMC meeting announcement has the Fed keeping rates unchanged and dismissing a weak Q1 GDP number as merely "transitory."
The Myth of the “Popular Will”
Democracy often relies on conflating society with the state. Unfortunately, this confusion can lead to the politicization of every facet of daily life.
How Liberty Defined Western Civilization
The idea of liberty is and has always been peculiar to the West.
How States Can End the Fed’s War on Fishing
Whether it's fishing or the Fed, the answer isn’t trying win over Washington – it is fighting it.
What Nassim Taleb Can Teach Us
Austro-libertarians will find much to admire in his brilliant takedowns of the “pseudo-experts” in academia, journalism, politics, and science.
The Fed Will Likely Chicken Out on Planned Rate Hikes
Either the boom goes on, and interest rates continue to remain at very low levels. Or interest rates move back to normal, and the boom turns into bust.
Americans Are More Mobile Than Many Other Societies — And That’s Not Always Good
Americans are more mobile residents of other countries, and this has many economic benefits. But residential mobility also has a number of hidden costs.
