Mises Wire

Per Bylund

Economics has been in trouble for decades, ever since mathematics replaced what should properly be known as economics. In many ways, the science was killed, but it's not dead enough for some anti-economics leftists who want all of economics to be abandoned permanently.

Ryan McMaken

Some states are attempting to take control of federal lands within their own borders. But even if the states succeed at this, fewer federal expenditures on federal lands won’t translate into lower taxes for anybody.

Ryan McMaken

Not surprisingly, during the 2012 election, Ron Paul was the only laissez-faire candidate when it came to immigration.

Frank Shostak

Consumer prices have been stable, but we should pay attention to 2014's decline in the money supply which mirrors a similar decline from 1927 and 1928, which was followed by a collapse in industrial production.

Ryan McMaken

More than 650 people joined the Mises Institute near Houston last weekend to celebrate Ron Paul’s 80th birthday.

Ryan McMaken

Comedian Alan King whips out Ludwig von Mises’s obituary in

Mark Thornton

The port city Gloucester Massachusetts Chief of Police announced that he was no longer going to arrest hard drug addicts and that indeed his police force would now work to help drug addicts get help

Walter Block

Do not blackmailers, well, blackmail people? And what could be worse? Blackmailers prey on people's dark, hidden secrets. They threaten to expose and publicize them. They bleed their victims and often drive them to suicide. We will find, however, that the case against the blackmailer cannot stand serious analysis