Mises Wire

America’s Big Three Entitlement Bankruptcies Are Inevitable

Booms and BustsU.S. EconomyU.S. HistoryWorld History

Blog08/22/2023

If the twentieth century was the American century, the twenty-first is turning into the American bankruptcy century.

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AI Lacks the Entrepreneurial Intelligence to Plan an Economy

The EntrepreneurPlanningSocialismCalculation and Knowledge

Blog08/12/2023

Despite what many elites believe, AI can do many things, but it cannot successfully plan an economy. It lacks the intelligence of an entrepreneur.

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Against Our Limitless Regime: An Empire of Lies

Blog08/10/2023

Join Ted Carpenter, Michael Rectenwald, Karen Kwiatkowski, and Jonathan Newman for a no-holds-barred discussion against the regime.

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A Higher Minimum Wage Won't Improve Life in Pennsylvania

Economic PolicyLabor and WagesProgressivismUnemployment

Blog07/25/2023

Forcing the minimum wage above the real market wage causes more unemployment. Small businesses suffer from these mandates as do the least productive workers. 

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A Peaceful International Order Needs Free Markets

PoliticsProtectionism and Free TradeThe Police StateWar and Foreign Policy

Blog06/30/2023

The recent declaration of the G7 sounds more like "we want to rule the world" than "we want peace." Other nations are tired of the West's phony Rules Based Order.

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Assumptions Matter Both in Economics and in the Real World

Other Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and MethodologyPraxeology

Blog06/21/2023

One of the standard doctrines of mainstream economics is that the assumptions of a model do not have to reflect reality. Austrian economics vociferously disagrees.

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After the Debt Ceiling Deal: Look for Liquidity Problems in the Markets

The FedMonetary PolicyMoney and BanksU.S. Economy

Blog06/21/2023

As Washington cheers the so-called budget deal, the real problems loom. Liquidity issues are next.

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