Mises Wire

Ryan McMaken

Some states are attempting to take control of federal lands within their own borders. But even if the states succeed at this, fewer federal expenditures on federal lands won’t translate into lower taxes for anybody.

Frank Shostak

Consumer prices have been stable, but we should pay attention to 2014's decline in the money supply which mirrors a similar decline from 1927 and 1928, which was followed by a collapse in industrial production.

Ryan McMaken

More than 650 people joined the Mises Institute near Houston last weekend to celebrate Ron Paul’s 80th birthday.

Ryan McMaken

Comedian Alan King whips out Ludwig von Mises’s obituary in

Mark Thornton

The port city Gloucester Massachusetts Chief of Police announced that he was no longer going to arrest hard drug addicts and that indeed his police force would now work to help drug addicts get help

Thorsten Polleit

The Fed is talking about raising interest rates, but it knows that any move in that direction is likely to cause a recession and more economic pain. But it also knows it can't keep forcing down interest rates forever.

Walter Block

Do not blackmailers, well, blackmail people? And what could be worse? Blackmailers prey on people's dark, hidden secrets. They threaten to expose and publicize them. They bleed their victims and often drive them to suicide. We will find, however, that the case against the blackmailer cannot stand serious analysis

Ryan McMaken

It’s great to see that mises.org and The Austrian contributor James Bovard has joined the Board of Contributors of USA Today