Mises Wire

Ludwig von Mises

Antiliberal policy is a policy of capital consumption. It recommends that the present be more abundantly provided for at the expense of the future.

Ryan McMaken

We're daily bombarded by the media with stories about identity politics. Usually ignored is the government's role in shaping these views.

Joseph T. Salerno

Not only is there an absence of evidence that the TSA saves lives, there is evidence that it may actually cause a significant number of deaths.

Michel Accad, MD

A brief history of how various state interventions have raised health care prices and lessened access.

Matthew McCaffrey

The war on cash is a war on commerce, or rather, on any commerce that can't be monitored and controlled by government.

Joseph T. Salerno

Postel-Vinay's study further undermines the Friedman-Schwartz explanation of why banks failed during the Great Depression.

Ryan McMaken

The new film Brexit: The Movie makes the case for the "Leave" campaign in significant detail.

Tho Bishop

Socialist governments have long been able to count on American economists to serve as apologists for their schemes.

Carmen Elena Dorobăț

Aside from bickering inside the U.N., "colossal mismanagement" of peacekeeping budgets and a "sclerotic personnel system" has been revealed.

Murray N. Rothbard

If the government sticks to the original money, its legal tender law is superfluous and unnecessary.