Mises Wire

The way we remember the Articles of Confederation has more to do with the success of American nationalists than with the Articles’ actual record.

We are told that robots will take our jobs. However, material liberation has allowed us to live more fulfilling lives than before.

Will entrepreneurship flourish in post-Fidel Cuba, and will it bring the same increases in the quality of life as elsewhere in the world?

As long as rulers possess the power to tax, they will use that mechanism of state to the detriment of its subjects.

Central banks never recovered and "normalized" their balance sheets after the 2008 crisis. That means the current system is very fragile.

As more states consider legalizing online gambling, Republican Senators look for a new Federal ban.

The recent Italian vote helped to get rid of a pro-EU prime minister. Unfortunately, Italy is not much closer to the pro-market revolution it needs.

When inflation is seen as a general increase in prices, then anything that contributes to price increases is called inflationary.

Federal regulators should no longer have any say over what happens on Tribal lands. The same should apply to the states as well.

Independent contractors such as Uber drivers may be legislated out of existence by European politicians.