Mises Wire
Economic Education Has Become Economic Disinformation
The attempt by the mainstream economics profession to create economic literacy has turned into a movement to promote economic illiteracy.
Freedom of Contract and Property Rights
Conservatives and utilitarian classical liberals support freedom of contract because they deem it "useful" to society. However, Murray Rothbard believed that contractual freedom should be based upon the natural right of self-ownership.
Central Banks Are Wrong about Rate Cuts
Central Bank's control of interest rates cripples economic growth. Yet central banks will not give up power because it is central to financing huge government deficits.
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Low Time Preference Leads to Civilization
Economists use time preference to explain the existence of interest, but the ability of people to postpone some present consumption in order to save for the future has much broader social ramifications.
Opposing Military Intervention: Loving Dictators or Hating War?
Why have some Americans opposed this nation’s involvement in foreign wars? According to Jacob Heilbrunn of The National Interest, it is because those Americans love bloody dictators like Adolph Hitler.
What Is the Purpose of Economic Theory?
Mainstream economists believe that economic theory is valid when it “predicts” economic actions or trends. Austrian economists, however, say that the purpose of economic theory is to explain economic events.
Abolish the CIA and FBI
Ryan and Tho discuss Tucker Carlson's recent interview with Joe Rogan, and why he's right about America's dangerous "security" agencies.
Javier Milei vs. the Status Quo
Unsurprisingly, Javier Milei’s free-market and antistate initiatives face opposition in Argentina. Whether he is successful depends on his being able to politically outlast his collectivist opposition.