Brazil’s Coming Election: Can the Nation Embrace a Free Economy?
Without fundamental reforms towards a market economy, the future of Brazil looks bleak.
Mises Wire
Good Ideas Are Key in the War Against Bad Ideas
Bad ideas succeed in politics because those ideas were taught and pushed in educational and cultural institutions first.
Boston’s Ice King: A Forgotten Capitalist Hero
Frederic Tudor solved the problems of transporting large amounts of ice over long distances and introducing the citizens of Calcutta to their first taste of ice cream.
Krugman Kontradictions
Besides the fun of catching Krugman in his flip-flops, his record shows just how weak the empirical case for Keynesian fiscal policy is.
Our International Movement
The Austrian school has always been a very international movement, and the Mises Institute works to uphold that tradition.
Economics Everywhere, Politics Nowhere: The Benefits of Swiss Decentralization
Through free trade, decentralization, and a non-interventionist foreign policy, the Swiss created a high level of prosperity based on innovation and creative capitalism.
What Insurance Companies’ Response to Hurricane Florence Can Teach Us About the Business Cycle
The temporary surge in hurricane-related economic activity can in some ways help us understand the effects of the equally-temporary surge in activity related to an economic boom.
Don’t Expect Any Spending Cuts Under Trump
With the end of the 2018 fiscal year, we're seeing just how much Donald Trump loves to spend government money.
Mises University Debunks the Myths Perpetuated by State-Funded Econ Professors
The state of economic science in academia is the reason why Mises University is the most important week of the year.
Brazil Considers Scaling Back Its Gun Control
In spite of stringent gun-control measures, Brazil's homicide rates are among the worst in the world. Now there's a movement to let more Brazilians defend themselves with private gun ownership.
