Price Controls and Propaganda
For central banks, manipulating public perceptions of the economy is just as critical an issue as manipulating interest rates and the money supply.
Mises Wire
Healthcare Is Not Immune to the Laws of Economics
Proclaiming health care to be a "right" won't make new doctors, hospitals, drugs, and medical equipment fall from the sky — in just the right amounts.
Why Food Stamps Don’t Promote Healthy Eating
Food stamps have long been promoted with the idea that they improve nutrition and health. Unfortunately, this has never been shown to be true.
Stockman to Trump: It’s the Economy, Stupid
Concerns over the US economy put Donald Trump in the White House. But Trump seems rather uninterested in the hard work of reforming economic policy.
Universities and Innovation
Theory and evidence suggest that government attempts to stimulate entrepreneurship and innovation are unlikely to be successful — for many reasons.
Will Republicans End the Department of Education? Not Likely.
If the Bush years are an indication, there's little danger of seeing any GOP-led cuts to the Dept. of Education.
How Governments Destroy Consumer Sovereignty
The entrepreneur's job is to shape his whole enterprise around consumer wants. Unfortunately, governments often get in the way.
Why Trump’s Election Led to a Weaker Peso
As the Fed has raised its benchmark rate, the Mexican peso faces relative devaluation. But Donald Trump is a factor, too.
Hunter Lewis: Will Janet Yellen Lend Trump a Helping Hand?
The Fed has a way of getting the opposite of what it expects.
Why Not Replace Dodd-Frank With Glass-Steagall?
The rare time where good policy is also good politics.
