Mises Wire

Ryan McMaken

Why wasn't Hillary Clinton indicted? It certainly wasn't because federal prosecutors have a towering respect for the rights of defendants.

Paweł Nowakowski

Mises maintained that humans act out of self interest. But that doesn't mean others can't benefit from those actions, regardless of intent.

Ryan McMaken

Some people seem to think the Constitution of 1787 is pretty much the same thing as the Declaration of Independence. They're wrong.

Patrick Trombly

Elizabeth Warren thinks she can prevent future foreclosure crises by regulating private banks. She should take a hard look at central banks instead.

Murray N. Rothbard

Since the Revolution was a people's war, the extent of mass participation in the militia and committees led necessarily to a democratizing of suffrage in the new governments.

Peter G. Klein

I've said many times that the best way government can promote entrepreneurship is to get out of the way.

Shawn Ritenour

When I was a kid, I loved Independence Day. Now it just makes me sad.

Tho Bishop

If we were to claim independence from the modern-day royalty of the beltway, the markets will ensure better holidays in the future.

Henry Hazlitt

Economics, as we have now seen again and again, is a science of recognizing secondary consequences.

Mises Institute Mark Thornton

The Fed cannot see the natural rate of interest, but it is right before its eyes.