Mises Wire

As both progressives and conservatives turn authoritarian, libertarian populism inspired by Murray Rothbard provides an alternative to the statist nonsense that dominates political discourse.

The empirical data supports the idea that a world of a multitude of states offers more options and more avenues of escape to those who face political oppression.

The harder we work and the more people we can teach, the better the prospects for liberty will be.

Using the rhetoric of “protecting democracy,” American ruling elites have tried to censor the internet because they don’t like the results of democracy when information no longer is filtered by the political classes.

While the creator of modern portfolio theory was awarded a Nobel Prize, that doesn't mean the theory isn’t flawed. In fact, it explains very little about investments.

Economist Antony C. Sutton understood one of the most fundamental economic truths: gold is money. Thorsten Polleit reviews Sutton’s classic book, The War on Gold.

While the UN pushes its flawed climate agenda, it risks turning present international conflicts into bigger ones. By making most people in the world poorer, the economic restrictions in the name of fighting climate change will have serious repercussions.

Since 2019, the total national debt has increased by 25 percent, but interest paid on the debt has increased by 75 percent. More specifically, interest on the debt came in at nearly $573 billion in 2019, but it will top $1 trillion in 2024. 

It is no coincidence that the boom in mass-produced goods made specifically for children, "coincided closely with the rise of the middle-classes, industry, and capitalism." 

Two days before Christmas, 1913, the infamous "creature from Jekyll Island," the Federal Reserve System, was birthed into our body politic. It has been devouring the economy ever since.