Mises Wire

Frank Shostak

The Fed’s tampering with market signals undermines the process of wealth generation, thereby exerting an upward pressure on the time preference interest rate and the market interest rate.

Patrick Barron

Vaccine mandates imposed by governments violate individual rights and further the coercive powers of the state. They also violate Kantian ethical norms, turning people into vehicles to accomplish the ends of governing elites.

Frank Shostak

The standard Keynesian play is to increase government spending in order to reduce unemployment and increase economic growth. Here's why it consistently fails.

Birsen Filip

Global elites are relentless in their desire to recreate the world in their own image. As they turn toward food production, expect their bungling to cause huge shortages of food and worse.

Per Bylund Ryan McMaken

"Economics is about how we behave, which comes from our personal valuation, in and relative to the physical world."

Manuel Tacanho

Why do Africans live in poverty even though Africa is rich in natural resources? Statism.

Thorsten Polleit

What is money? Thorsten Polleit explains in a brilliant lecture delivered in Prague.

Lipton Matthews

Economists often deplore the corruption in developing countries, but when institutions are corrupt, don't expect people to have the incentive to be honest.