Free Markets

Many people think that tipping is a results from stingy employers not paying a "living wage." But tipping solves multiple economic problems while making employers more likely to hire untried workers. 

The state seems more powerful than ever, but the state is both economically and intellectually unsustainable.

Venezuela is one of the most economically unfree countries in the world, and it has one of the highest crime rates in the world. Unfortunately, President Maduro thinks he can fix the problem by making the country even less free than it is now. 

Peter G. Klein responds to a recent NPR story by Uri Berliner entitled “Coffee Futures: The Highs And Lows Of A Cup Of Joe”. Dr.

The West Coast Regional Mises Circle in Costa Mesa is sold out, b

Public accommodation laws that prohibit discrimination render property rights moot and create a legal system designed to force agreement with the state's official moral code.

The term “quid pro quo” has been twisted to now include government handouts and state-mandated exchanges, writes Gary Galles.

Tom Woods explains the "unacceptable" opinions behind freedom and free markets.

The terms "quid pro quo" has been twisted to now include government handouts and state-mandated exchanges, so long as the value of goods trading hands are deemed to be of "equal value." True voluntary exchange, on the other hand, is something quite different. 

Tom Woods explains the “unacceptable“ opinions behind freedom and free markets.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.