Mises Wire

Brae F. Sadler

Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.

David Brady, Jr.

Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.

Soham Patil

A recent CNN broadcast claimed that deflation was bad for the economy and that we need to adjust to higher prices. As usual, the journalistic “experts” got it backward.

Connor O'Keeffe

As the official government in Haiti loses control, many are calling it a failed state. Crises like this are often evoked to discredit libertarians. But blame for Haiti’s current plight lies with the actions of states, not the absence of them.

Ryan McMaken

The dollar has lost one-fifth of its value in just four years. This has been devastating for many savers and for those on fixed income. 

James Bovard

Congress and the courts have eviscerated the Constitution to empower police dogs. The injustices are massive, but the authorities don't care.

Wanjiru Njoya

As the government expands the reach of civil rights law, one of the casualties is the presumption of innocence. The new rule seems to be “guilty until proven guilty.”

Marina Rocha

While some libertarians and conservatives have promoted school choice as a way to “improve” government education, Murray Rothbard understood that the system of government schools cannot be reformed.

John Kennedy

While Connecticut authorities call on "experts" to help them quell the state's housing shortage, they fail to consider the policies that have caused it.

Joshua Mawhorter

According to Marx, all ideas represent class-based interests, leaving no room for objective truth. The problem is that Marxists claim to hold to objective truth, but manage to contradict themselves.