Mises Wire

Misty Peñuelas

While the Biden administration's attempts to forgive billions of dollars of student loans ran into legal problems, there is even a better, more libertarian, way to deal with this issue. A widespread default is a libertarian option that reflects Rothbard‘s own worldview.

William L. Anderson

The Atlantic recently published an article claiming that modern “food deserts” exist because the government fails to enforce a New Deal law meant to force up prices and stifle competition. Once again, we see how progressives push their economic illiteracy on everyone else.

Pedro Saltini

The implementation of Central Bank Digital Currencies isn‘t just about money. It also is about personal freedom and how CBDCs give the government enormous powers over individuals.

Connor O'Keeffe

For the first time since the war began, a senior US official criticized Ukraine’s use of conscripts. This is overdue, as conscription is one of the worst tyrannies a government can impose on the people under it, and Americans have now been forced to support it for years.

Ryan McMaken

Whatever method of privatization is chosen, it would result in depriving the US regime of its stolen gold hoard. This is long overdue.

Patrick Carroll

People commonly believe that our society couldn‘t survive without an all-powerful state making sure everything runs properly. Yet, if one takes a hard look at that belief, it soon becomes obvious that government destroys society.

Wanjiru Njoya

When one thinks of Jeffersonian Democrats, the founding of the US comes to mind. However, the Jeffersonian ideals were held well into the 1860s by people who believed that the states created the union, not the other way around.

Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Joe Sobran was one of my greatest friends, and I often  thought about him over this past week, because February 23 was the anniversary of his

Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

The breakdown of the freedom of association, especially in the form of anti-discrimination law, is a main reason why social acrimony has so increased in our time.

Murray N. Rothbard

The rereading of Atlas was ... important to the cult because the wooden, posturing, and one-dimensional heroes and heroines were explicitly supposed to serve as role models for every Randian.