Mises Wire

Brian Balfour

Spooner would have defined today's drug war advocates as those who “usurp absolute control over the minds and bodies of their fellow men.”

Robert P. Murphy

The crude oil “daisy chain” reseller boom is just one example of the absurdity of the 1970s price controls on the oil and gas sector. 

Carmen Elena Dorobăț

Letting data drive theory is like groping in the dark hoping to find not only a light switch, but the very idea of a light switch as well. 

Tho Bishop

As Trump considers ending the Iran nuclear deal, a look back at how the Bush administration betrayed one of its first allies in the "War on Terror."

Gary Galles

If the "pay gap" narrative were true, "greedy" employers would hire more women to get the same work done at lower wages.

Henry Hazlitt

We are told that if further signs of recession develop the government must spend more to keep the boom whipped up. This is false.

David Gordon

I am sorry to report that Leland Yeager passed away on April 23, at the venerable age of 93. 

T. Norman Van Cott

The lack of trade barriers between the US states offers lessons for US trade relations with other countries.

David Gordon

Acting to promote power political interests does not meet the criterion of humanitarianism, even if the missile attack is defended as a humanitarian gesture.

Ryan McMaken

Markets, wealth accumulation, and capitalist innovation offer the best tools for dealing with whatever climate changes the world may be facing.