Most people accept the moral prohibitions on lying, murdering, and stealing in their personal lives as well as in their business affairs. Why, then, does government—which is run by people—get a pass? Is ethics irrelevant in government affairs?
The Federal Reserve has what the New York Times called its “biggest shindig” of the year at Jackson Hole, Wyoming next week. Curiously, the once sleepy, small, mountain town area is now a playground for billionaires and (for our purposes) hosts the most important monetary policy conference in the world for central bankers.
For over a decade, the dominant Western narrative on the Syrian War has been simple: a peaceful uprising turned into a brutal civil war because of Bashar al-Assad’s ruthless crackdown on his own people.
On 13 July 2025, Prof. Dr. Rolf W. Puster, Prof. Dr. Jörg Guido Hülsmann and Prof. Dr. Hans-Hermann Hoppe declared their resignation from the Scientific Advisory Board of the Ludwig von Mises Institute Germany. Only two of the original five members remain on that Board.
Below, Puster, Hülsmann, and Hoppe explain the reasons for their resignation.
No freedom is so passionately defended in rhetoric, yet so passively surrendered, as the right to privacy. Rooted in self-sovereignty, it is our natural right. If we own our bodies and are free to do as we wish with our private property, then we can logically derive that we possess the right to conceal our personal information and actions from the prying eyes of others—whether governments, corporations, or simply our fellow man. This ability to step outside public view is fundamental to a flourishing civilization.
In the age of Trump, even the most boring of political positions can find themselves in the center of the political news cycle. In recent weeks, it has been the Bureau of Labor Statistics. After severe revisions to previous job reports, Trump fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer and has nominated E.J. Antoni, who—if nothing else—has claimed to be a fan of Murray Rothbard.
Steve Hanke, Professor of Applied Economics and Distinguished Senior Scholar at the Mises Institute, joins Kitco News to explain why M2 money supply is shrinking, how sanctions are eroding trust in the U.S. dollar, and why gold remains the real reserve asset in 2025. We cover dedollarization, BRICS ambitions, U.S. debt, tariffs, and why China’s deflation could ripple through commodities and the global market.
Pressure on Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve continues to mount as both Wall Street and the White House demand more easy money to keep asset price inflation accelerating ever upward. These inflationists also hope that easy money-policy will somehow reverse the current stagnating trend in employment. In recent months, both President Trump and the usual Wall Street outlets have insisted that the Fed reduce the target policy interest rate to ensure that stock prices and real estate prices continue to skyrocket ever upward.
Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?
Lawrence H. White
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023; xxii + 236 pp.
