Mises Wire

The real question about an American default has always been less a matter of if, and more a matter of how and when.

Public servants on average are paid better than their private sector taxpaying counterparts. How exactly are they our "servants"?

The Trump phenomenon, Brexit, and the ongoing wars against sound money illustrate the growing divide between the voters and the elites.

Unfortunately, The Donald then went on to make a strong endorsement of the monetary status quo.

Trump's idea of renegotiating the national debt isn't nearly as crazy as the New York Times thinks it is.

From 1971, Henry Hazlitt shows how government solutions to poverty, from welfare to minimum wage laws, will never work.

It's a thrill to see all that Mises University has accomplished over the years.

Central banks and their defenders would have us believe negative interest rates are necessary to stimulate demand. They're wrong.

Based on the growth rate of the money supply, the yearly growth rate of gross output is unlikely to display spectacular performance in the months ahead.

Citing grave concerns that "this banknote could facilitate illicit activities," those desperate inflationists intrepid crime fighters at the ECB will cease production of the 500-euro note.