Mises Wire

The view seems to be that if a higher minimum wage is mandated that employers will continue to make all of the same hiring decisions. Not true.

Rothbard saw the State as a gang of robbers. It by no means followed from this, though, that he was uninterested in politics.

Labor productivity in the US is experiencing the worst trend seen since the late 1970s.

Coca-Cola still uses components of the cocaine-producing coca leaf in its production today in a partnership with big pharma and government cronies.

The Olympics is one big party for politically-connected millionaires and other "elites" at the expense of ordinary taxpayers.

If we drive factories in developing countries out of business because they're "sweatshops," we condemn the workers to even greater poverty.

In response to a weak job market, young workers appear to be entering the ranks of the underemployed and the unemployed.

In today's slow growth economy, business decision makers are understandably cautious because historically monetary tightening has been a fatal blow.

Disappointed with weak growth worldwide, central banks look poised to crank out more easy money.

The media is telling us how excellent the latest jobs numbers are. Unfortunately, it's more of the same for what is the weakest recovery in decades.