Mises Wire

Brendan Brown

Is it possible that the bubble-bursting in the corporate debt markets could precede — rather than coincide with — a bear market in equities? Yes, if history is any guide.

Frank Shostak

The acceptance of money is dictated by its previous purchasing power.

Douglas French

In a world of rampant central bank intervention and endless government regulation, some are still claiming we live in a world of "hypercapitalism."

William Hongsong Wang

The Communist Party's big plans for a globally-competititve soccer league have come to naught.

Alasdair Macleod

Emerging-market currencies often suffer a as a result of their government's own profligacy. But the US is also actively trying to destabilize some currencies, and setting up a conflict that the US could ultimately lose.

Matthew McCaffrey

Gaming faces threats from fear-mongering politicians, but also from developers eager to stifle competition in the industry.

Ryan McMaken

The Second Amendment is much more than a guarantee of private gun ownership. It was designed to decentralize and weaken the military establishment in the United States.

Aaron Pomerantz

Much of Donald Trump's political rhetoric appears to be premised on "honor ideology" which places reputation and respect from others above all else, even at the cost of self-harm.

Jörg Guido Hülsmann

The German use of wartime central planning paved the way for full-blown socialism.

Daniel J. Mitchell

Paul Krugman is right to praise Denmark, but he likes the one thing that they’re doing wrong and overlooks all the things they get right.