Mises Wire

Ryan McMaken

EU members are closing their borders across Europe, effectively redrawing the map. But this doesn't mean an end to a unified Europe. We may be seeing the prelude to the emergence of a smaller and more militaristic European Union.

Matthew McCaffrey

Austrian ideas are often at the cutting edge of new research exploring how entrepreneurs and innovators transform the world.

David Stockman

After years of regime changes and destabilization in the Middle East, the war party in Washington has succeeded in making the world a more dangerous place. But DC is so caught up in its myths and lies that it can’t see the obvious.

Ferghane Azihari

"Human rights" mean nothing to global elites when geopolitical advantages can be gained from joining forces with brutal regimes. Just as the West has embraced brutal dictators in Saudi Arabia and China, while ignoring the histories of the its Turkish and European Allies, the West may some day choose to do the same with ISIS.

Matthew McCaffrey

It’s not a coincidence that wherever war and socialism are implemented, the results tend to be the same.

Randall G. Holcombe

While I’m reluctant to attribute movements in stock prices to specific events, this article say

Tho Bishop

The political response to last Friday’s tragic terrorist attack in Paris has been woefully predictable.

Murray N. Rothbard

With every passing year, as memories of the Vietnam War fade from our nation's historical consciousness, the calls for America to reassert itself in the world arena grow more insistent.

Tho Bishop

When it comes to immunity from punishment for crimes, and free stuff coerced from others, there’s no better deal than being a government agent or elected official. So-called “white privilege” is nothing compared to the privileges enjoyed by the state.

Jeff Deist

It's important to note that when state intelligence and security agencies fail spectacularly, their budgets and personnel increase. Nobody gets fired, nobody apologizes. On the contrary: military, security, and intelligence  bureaucrats use events like terror attacks to demand more money, more power, and an expanded mission. This represents the very antithesis of how markets should operate, where failures are swiftly punished and non-performing actors are sent into bankruptcy. Is there something magical about state-provided security apparatus that forces us to accept this?