Mises Wire

Writers Directory

General Topics

Austrian School

Justin Raimondo: What Trump Means

War and Foreign PolicyPolitical Theory

Blog12/20/2016Justin Raimondo

Political globalization and the US's current foreign policy are facing real obstacles in a Donald Trump administration.

Lee esto en Español

Just Boundaries and National Self-Determination

War and Foreign PolicyPolitical Theory

Blog06/20/2016Murray N. Rothbard

The whole point of national self-determination is to get top-down coercive power out of the picture.

What is Mises Wire?

Mises Wire offers contemporary news and opinion through the lens of Austrian economics and libertarian political economy.

Submitting articles to Mises Wire

Reprints, Permissions & Copyrights

The views expressed on Mises Wire and mises.org are not necessarily those of the Mises Institute.

The Problem with "Just Do What the Cops Say and You Won't Get Hurt"

Ryan McMaken

Apologists for police abuse often claim that if a citizen complies with police orders and does what he's told, then he won't get hurt. The evidence says otherwise.

The Plutocrats of Wall Street and Silicon Valley Are Scamming America

Ryan McMaken

Free market advocates long ago figured out that the monied classes of bankers and Wall Street operatives were exploiting the "little people" to prop up the fortunes of what is now the billionaire class. The scam is alive and well today.

America’s "Great Men" and the Constitutional Convention

Murray N. Rothbard

The nationalists in favor of a new constitution in 1787 sent their richest, most schooled, and most "distinguished" men. Fortunately for them, ceteris paribus, the more distinguished any given gathering, the more statist and reactionary it will likely be.

The Plan to Save the the Postal Service by Making It Even Worse

Doug French

The post office can't seem to balance its books. So like all monopolists, the postal service plans to "improve" things by increasing prices and making its service even worse.

The Interesting Case of the Zaïre—the Question MMT Cannot Answer

Eric Nies

The case of the zaïre currency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo provides strong anecdotal evidence discounting the fiat currency–obsessed modern monetary theory.

Meet Our Wire Contributors