Mises Wire

Ludwig von Mises

When governments subsidize projects, citizens pay twice—once as taxpayers who indirectly pay the subsidy, and then again as consumers in higher prices for the goods they buy and in reduced consumption.

Ryan McMaken

During October 2020, year-over-year (YOY) growth in the money supply was at 37.08 percent. That's down slightly from September's rate of 37.54 percent, and up from October 2019's rate of 4.8 percent.

Lee Friday

If the word “free” is to have any meaning, it should mean something more than whatever freedom remains after the government has finished restricting it.

Antony Sammeroff

Contra Marx, Mises understood that human desires and needs are not determined merely by biology. 

José Niño

Private firearms ownership decentralizes coercive power, transferring some of it from the state to the private individual. Naturally, political regimes oppose this. But even many non-Americans embrace private arms. 

David Howden

It's not a coincidence that the wealth of the top 1 percent began to really take off when the US ended the last remnants of the gold standard in 1973. 

Brendan Brown Philippe Simonnot

Although many central bankers have claimed the central banks are instrumental in ushering in a more green economy, a closer look suggests the opposite is true.

David Gordon

Not only is taxation theft, but by taking away part of the money you earn, the government is forcing you to work for it.

Zachary Yost

Government planners have embraced a materialistic view of human beings which cheapens the importance of family and social events. These "experts" fail to understand what being human really means. 

Mark Hendrickson

As Thanksgiving approaches, we should be thankful to society’s economic benefactors rather than condemning them because of the wrongheaded ideology of egalitarianism.