Mises Wire

Ryan McMaken

Demanding that Facebook publish everyone's views isn't really all that different from demanding that business owners serve anyone who walks in the door.

Antony P. Mueller

Few customers put much thought into just how much work the capitalist risks to bring products to market — without any guarantee the customer will buy anything at all.

Brendan Brown

Is it possible that the bubble-bursting in the corporate debt markets could precede — rather than coincide with — a bear market in equities? Yes, if history is any guide.

Ryan McMaken

Whether racially motivated or not, land expropriation in South Africa is just another episode of state-forced wealth redistribution — with disastrous effects.

Frank Shostak

The acceptance of money is dictated by its previous purchasing power.

Douglas French

In a world of rampant central bank intervention and endless government regulation, some are still claiming we live in a world of "hypercapitalism."

Matthew McCaffrey

Gaming faces threats from fear-mongering politicians, but also from developers eager to stifle competition in the industry.

Ryan McMaken

The Second Amendment is much more than a guarantee of private gun ownership. It was designed to decentralize and weaken the military establishment in the United States.

William Hongsong Wang

The Communist Party's big plans for a globally-competititve soccer league have come to naught.

Alasdair Macleod

Emerging-market currencies often suffer a as a result of their government's own profligacy. But the US is also actively trying to destabilize some currencies, and setting up a conflict that the US could ultimately lose.