Mises Wire

Wanjiru Njoya

As Murray Rothbard’s views on individual liberty progressed, he increasingly embraced men like Richard Weaver and John Randolph, who both stressed the importance of private property rights and political decentralization.

Jesús Huerta de Soto

Professor Jesús Huerta de Soto gives his acceptance speech of Argentina’s Order of May for Merit Award this year in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

David Gordon

This week, Dr. Gordon examines the work of the late Jonathan Lear and some thoughts he expressed about Lincoln and the treatment of the Confederate dead following Gettysburg.

Alexis Sémanne

Among the criticisms of capitalism is that it supposedly creates meaningless jobs created by villainous capitalists to keep people docile. However, it is state power and regulation that makes many jobs little more than meaningless make work.

Joshua Mawhorter

When studying praxeology, something as trivial as the recipe for chocolate cake can become a way to better teach us Austrian economics.

Ryan McMaken

Once we look past the Fed’s excuses, it’s likely we're witnessing the Fed give up on its two-percent target in real time.

Ulrich Fromy

Over the centuries, European governments have driven talented workers out of their countries. That unfortunate legacy continues as France is the latest nation facing a “brain drain.”

William L. Anderson

Henry Hazlitt wrote in Economics in One Lesson that each generation has to relearn economic fallacies that government employs when implementing bad policies. New Yorkers are about to learn a lot of new lessons.

Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Murray Rothbard’s view of the origins of World War II has an important lesson for us today.

Ryan McMaken

The food stamp program is a way for Pepsico and the Coca-Cola company to legally rip off the taxpayers.