Don’t Reform the Fed: Exit the Fed
Opponents of a central bank should take advantage of the post-Brexit vote revival of secessionist sentiments to promote a secession from central banking, or “Fed-exit.” Ending the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money is the key to restoring and maintaining our liberty and prosperity.
Wild Grumblers Appear: T-Mobile’s Pokémon Go Deal and Net Neutrality
The net neutrality public debate is back, and this time with even more blatant disregard for common sense and consistency. A small minority of the net neutrality proponents are consistently applying their own wrong-headed rule, but the majority have either misplaced their outrage or have conveniently retreated now that they see that a consistent application of the net neutrality rule would mean no free data offers.
Put Your Hope In Radical Decentralization
[An interview with Hans-Herman Hoppe in the Polish weekly Najwyższy Czas!]
What is your assessment of contemporary Western Europe, and in particular the EU?
7 Things Trump Must Do
An Open Letter to Donald Trump
We the undersigned urge you, the presumptive Republican nominee for President, to support a rebirth of free-market capitalism in the U.S. You have said repeatedly that you want to make America great again. We agree with you.
The Week in Review: July 16, 2016
With last week’s headlines driving national attention to the issue of policing in America, the Mises Wire had several articles focused on the underlying issues plaguing public law enforcement and how the market is the best means for solving them. A leading problem is that there are simply too many laws to begin with, increasing the amount of interactions with police and escalating the potential for confrontation.
Politicians Target Pikachu
That didn’t take a long.
Just a week after the launch of Poke’mon Go, politicians are considering legislation aimed at restricting its use. Villainous Team Rocket may not have been able to stop Pikachu, but they are mere amateurs compared to the State.