Mises Wire

Daniel Lacalle
The EU average tax burden on workers is 44.9%. The average worker in the EU spends half a year working for the tax man. This is not sustainable.
Nathan Keeble
The State of Tennessee has created a new program to provide free college statewide. Remember, there is not such thing as a free lunch.
Mark Spitznagel

The central bank critics today who were not critics of the great bailouts and stimulus have reserved their criticisms for what hurts their interests.

Matthew McCaffrey and Carmen Elena Dorobăț, have written extensively on the economics of Game of Thrones.
Ryan McMaken
The Trump White Houses's own estimates show federal spending will increase by nearly another trillion dollars over the next five years.
Mises Institute
Janet Yellen headed to Congress this week to insist that everything is fine — and the Fed doesn't need any oversight.
Jacob G. Hornberger
With the government-owned propaganda-spewing Radio Marti station in Miami, the US adopts socialism to fight socialism.
Richard M. Ebeling
“The Inca state seems to have been one of the fullest incarnations of socialist ideals in human history.”
Caleb McMillan

It may be minor, but this week's rate hike should be just high enough so the Bank of Canada can cut them again when things start to get tough.

Ryan McMaken

Today, Janet Yellen struck a dovish tone with Congress, saying that the Fed's target interest rate is not really that low after all.