Mises Wire

Today is the birthday of Hans Hoppe, an outstanding social thinker and defender of liberty.

Leftists are upset that an elected legislative body has selected the new Brazilian president. It is "un-democratic" they say.

Ireland has tried to attract businesses by undercutting the tax rates of its neighbors. That is a good thing wherever it occurs.

Free-trade deals — which are more about increasing government power than trade — are in retreat in the face of Brexit and Trump.

Investors are not cooperating with the Bank of England's efforts to drive Brits to riskier investments.

Floridians could end up facing unnecessary hardship, because its state government does not understand basic economics.

In Brazil, street food is an important source of income for poor households. So why is the government always interfering in the street-food economy?

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was impeached this morning. Is there any hope the country might turn to freedom and free markets?

In 2016, candidates are ignoring the issue of social benefits and federal spending. Experience suggests opposing social spending is political suicide.

Like Mises, economist Robert Lucas understood that realities of human action make it impossible to treat economics as if it were a physical science.