Mises Wire

Some on the progressive left are not satisfied with just trying to "save the planet." They want to eliminate the human race altogether.

The real issue we face is not whether we should be in the red tribe or the blue tribe, but rather what will be the constituency for freedom.

In their attempts to remake the economy, progressive elites are pushing ESG. What they forget is that the economy runs on real things, not ideology.

We hear ad nauseum from political and media elites that the war in Ukraine is about preserving "our freedoms." Murray Rothbard had something to say about this sophistry.

While politicians, media mavens, and the academic elite spread fear about artificial intelligence, AI is helping make life better for ordinary consumers.

While most free market advocates are fixated on the national debt, they also should be looking at municipal debt over which taxpayers have no say. Maybe default is the answer.

The yuan won't topple the dollar as the preferred global reserve currency. But the dollar could commit "suicide" if the US doesn't change its monetary policy in a big way. 

The fight between Russia and NATO is not about "democracy versus authoritarianism." Rather both the US and Russian states are doubling down because they are doing what states do: seeking power.

The recent firing of Tucker Carlson by Fox News has set off speculation as to why Fox pulled the trigger. It's no mystery, writes Michael Rectenwald.

Canada created its central bank during the Great Depression, ostensibly to stabilize the currency and protect the banking system. Today, that system is falling apart, thanks to inflationary central bank policies.