Mises Wire

Despite the media definitions of the Trump trial as a “hush money trial,” the actual criminal charges are contrived and legally unprecedented. This is a show trial.

Unfortunately, these assaults on the First Amendment continue to find support even among people who pretend to be in support of freedom and opposed to federal power.

Millions of American “evangelical” Christians have been convinced they must be worshipful of Israeli politicians and bureaucrats. Hence the spectacle of evangelical Christians cheerleading the killing of fellow Christians in Gaza by the Israeli state.

Do we need government to referee all of our property disputes? Throughout history, people have peacefully resolved disputes without the help of state authorities. 

For most Americans, the debate is about what size the welfare state should be. But why is there a welfare state at all? 

Mainstream economists claim money has purchasing power because the government issuing the money has so declared. That makes no sense.

Contrary to mainstream economists, credit expansion that is not backed by real savings leads ultimately to an economic downturn. 

Political and academic elites have successfully convinced the public that they should fear private enterprise. However, people really should fear an out-of-control government.

Despite statements from Biden and other progressives, profits in a market economy are not a form of plunder. Instead, they represent entrepreneurial gains that mostly benefit consumers.

The Fed doesn't want to admit that new federal debt is significantly higher than private sector demand, and the Fed is more concerned about a bond market meltdown than price inflation.