Global Economy

Mark Thornton and Grégoire Canlorbe discuss Mises, Rothbard, the Drug War, and Adam Smith in this interview from Institut Coppet in France.

More than a decade ago, some South American countries were moving to the left in an effort to create a new paradigm. Things have not gone well for them.

It has now become clear that in many ways the European Union is a cartel of high-tax governments.

Godfrey Bloom gives a lively postmortem on the Brexit vote.

Ireland has tried to attract businesses by undercutting the tax rates of its neighbors. That is a good thing wherever it occurs.

Free-trade deals — which are more about increasing government power than trade — are in retreat in the face of Brexit and Trump.

Investors are not cooperating with the Bank of England's efforts to drive Brits to riskier investments.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was impeached this morning. Is there any hope the country might turn to freedom and free markets?

We are living through "The Great Monetary Experiment" and no one knows exactly how it will end.

Pension funds, savings accounts, and insurance funds — all essential middle class tools for savings — are seeing their yields dry up.