Mises Wire

The Fed has realized it is in need of damage control when it comes to its reputation among much of the American public.

Politicians and elites viscerally hate any form of tax competition — at least for the plebes.

Obamacare's latest failures show government-run health care does not serve the interests of those supposedly "benefiting" from it.

There is no bright line that divides the allegedly "free-market" US from the "socialist" welfare states of Western Europe.

"Private" prisons are really just taxpayer-funded, monopolistic agents for the state. There is nothing free market about them.

Even in the face of a century of collectivist horrors, Republicans still can not win the essential "us vs. them" game.

Utah has declared any gold and silver coins issued by the US government as legal tender in the state — and free from any taxation.

If there were Heinz-brand heroin, Philip Seymour Hoffman would still be alive.

Tom Woods and I spoke about the FBI and its origins, and why law enforcement is made more dangerous by the state's drive to manage our lives.

The larger government becomes, the more important it is to have it on your side.