Mises Wire

Carmen Elena Dorobăț

In January 2014, 33 Russian rubles exchanged for 1 dollar. In December 2014, the amount has more than doubled, reaching 77.2 rubles per dollar. At the bottom of it lie the actions of the Bank of Russia. 

Mark Thornton

Call for Papers for a special issue on "Business Management and Austrian Economics" in the journal BFuP - Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis.

Ryan McMaken

Nebraska and Oklahoma think Colorado has entirely too much freedom, and they aim to put a stop to it in the federal courts. 

Ryan McMaken

There's a new mini-reivew of Hoppe's new book at Target Liberty.

Joseph T. Salerno

"What Michael did was the exception, not the rule. He didn't have to do this."

Ryan McMaken

The George Stinney case: racism can explain why the jury would want to convict a black person, but only a deplorable pro-government bias explains why they so easily convicted this particular black person. 

Mark Thornton

US National Debt now exceeds $18 Trillion with no end in sight. Will we see national default on the debt or hyperinflation?

Ryan McMaken

Tucked deep inside the 1,603-page federal spending measure is a provision that effectively ends the federal government's prohibition on medical marijuana and signals a major shift in drug policy.

Mark Thornton

Are Rising Subprime Mortgages a Small Sign of Big Things to Come?

Ryan McMaken

In Europe so far; Germany has been repatriating gold since 2012 from the US and France, The Netherlands has repatriated 122.5 tonnes a few weeks ago from the US, soon after Marine Le Pen, leader of the Front National party of France, penned an open letter to Christian Noyer, governor of the Bank of France, requesting that the country’s gold holdings be repatriated back to France, and now Belgium is making a move.