Mises Wire

A Medical Revolt Is Coming

CapitalismEconomic FreedomInterventionismPricesValue and Exchange

Blog05/17/2022

The absence of market discipline in medicine cannot last. Governments and the medical cartel have successfully used fear to maintain control.  Fear has kept the masses from rising up. Until now. 

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Africa's Way Out of Monetary Colonialism

Central BanksInflationMonetary PolicyWar and Foreign Policy

Blog05/12/2022

Since the early 1960s, African nations have gained political independence from colonial powers, but the monetary colonialism of fiat money continues.

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Austrians Have Been Correct about Big Tech: Elon Musk Just Proved Them Right

Corporate WelfareDemocracyEconomic Freedom

Blog05/05/2022

The partisan leftism of much of the tech industry has led to conservatives calling for state intervention in the digital sphere. Elon Musk's recent purchase of Twitter proves this was wrong.

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African Politicians Must Stop Blaming Others for Africa's Economic Woes

Bureaucracy and RegulationCapitalismSocialismWar and Foreign Policy

Blog05/04/2022

Colonialism, imperialism, unfair trade, and more. African politicians look everywhere for the causes of Africa's poverty and chaos but in the mirror.

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A Tribute to Prof. George Ayittey, One of Africa’s Greatest Economists

Free MarketsSocialism

Blog04/30/2022

The passing of Professor George Ayittey stills a powerful voice for free markets in Africa.

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Are Equal Pay Arguments Based upon the Labor Theory of Value?

Free MarketsLabor and WagesPraxeologyValue and Exchange

Blog04/19/2022

Arguments for equal pay are popular in our body politic, but what happens if some of those arguments are based upon the faulty logic of the labor theory of value?

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After More Than a Month of Fighting, Where Do Things Stand in the Russia-Ukraine War?

War and Foreign Policy

Blog04/07/2022

While the battlefield results are mixed, much of the action in the Russia-Ukraine war is happening beyond the warring countries.

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And Now for a Really Bad Response to Political Calamity: Autarky

Economic PolicyProtectionism and Free Trade

Blog04/06/2022

The world is in chaos, so politicians MUST do something. Hence, they demand autarky, which is like attempting to put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it.

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