Mises Wire

In a true free market economy, credentials would not matter, and certainly not to the extent that they matter today. Credentialism, unfortunately, is a product of government interventionism.

Daniel Lacalle joins Bob to tout the BBB as a pro-growth piece of legislation that is as good as libertarians are going to get.

Following the overtly anti-capitalist papacy of Pope Francis, one asks if Pope Leo XIV will follow his predecessor or steer the Roman Catholic Church‘s leadership back toward economic liberty and natural law. One hopes it is the latter.

With Fathers Day approaching, fatherhood is one more casualty of American progressivism, resulting in many social pathologies. Unfortunately, many conservatives and progressives seem united in the belief that the situation requires more government intervention.

In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon looks at the methodology of Timothy Williamson. While Williamson might not like the implication, Dr. Gordon notes that Williamson‘s methodology can be used to defend the epistemological views of Murray Rothbard.

Industrial policy was once a relic of the 1980s, part of the failed presidential campaigns of Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis. Unfortunately, it has reappeared in the form of policies being put forth by Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.

We cannot allow the establishment to write the history of 2000–2025. To that end, consider this non-exhaustive bibliography for understanding this turbulent period.

Trump's now-infamous “Big, Beautiful Bill” has become the classic bait-and-switch, in which the president promises fiscal responsibility as a candidate but delivers profligacy when he reaches the White House.

The administration’s best-case scenario would mean the administration has few hopes of deporting even a quarter of the existing population of illegal immigrants.

Mises said that MES made an “epochal” contribution to economics and that it made many important theoretical innovations.