Mises Wire

The Fed still suffers from a trust deficit.

Promises of tax relief are rarely genuine, and when they are, there are almost always hidden costs in the form of increased political entrepreneurship and the expansion of regulation.

Just about everyone expects the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to raise its target interest rate at its meeting this week.

Ralph Raico, the leading historian of classical liberalism and disciple of Murray Rothbard, has passed away.

Auburn, Alabama, is featured on the front cover of today's Wall Street Journal. I was interviewed extensively for the story, but was not mentioned. The story is about the relationship between the state university and increased manufacturing jobs.

In remembrance of Ralph Raico, the story of how he met Ludwig von Mises.

Easy-money policies destroys wealth and lead to unemployment. When money creation is limited, wealth and employment expand.

The attempts to ban "fake news;" smear antiwar and anti-Federal Reserve movements are all parts of an ongoing war on free speech.

The CIA has always been inept, and it could not even figure out the basics of the Soviet home front during the Cold War.

The health-care industry is a labyrinth of government regulations and monopolies. It should surprise no one that prices are increasing rapidly.