Mises Wire

There's a long history of deliberately producing terrible scholarship with the intent of showing how arbitrary, political, and incompetent editors and publishers are.

The key factor behind the rate-of-exchange determination is the relative purchasing power of various monies.

Behavioral economics claims it has shown that people behave irrationally — often make mistakes, and have problems with self-control. But is this really irrational behavior?

Even if we accept the mainstream narrative on the effects of climate change, the costs of implementing a global regulatory "mitigation" program are far higher than advocates admit.

The Nobel committee this year showed that it has embraced clever economic modeling as a replacement for scientific progress.

Money spent on "luxuries" goes to support ordinary people who use profits from luxury goods to make a living and support their families.

Blaming the euro will not save Italy. Italy’s problem is political spending — the same problem that this new budget is going to greatly increase.

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Government policy often lumps together many people it shouldn't — assuming that everyone in the group labeled "poor" or "low-income" will all benefit equally. 

 If you believe The Atlantic, rejection of PC culture is hardly limited to the Right.