Mises Wire

The Ex-Im Bank explained. 

[Snapchat CEO] Evan Spiegel isn’t afraid to say that we are currently living through a tech bubble, even if he and his Los Angeles-based company are taking advantage of it. The CEO of the popular messaging service said on Tuesday that it’s a matter of when, not if, the tech bubble will burst.

The US fedgov's relentless War on Cash is ongoing. Now one of the primary weapons in that War, the misnamed Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, has been aimed at a prominent former Congressman.

May 29 marks the 99th birthday of Arthur Seldon, a prolific defender of freedom against government control.

Thanks in part to the California Drought, people are starting to realize that water is not  a limitless resource, and that not even all those government subsidies and graft will make it so. But rapper Jay-Z has not gotten the memo. The NYT reports.

Altruism has commonly been held up as the standard for moral behavior, with those claiming to see deviations from altruism commonly condemning the

Economic populists have become skilled at causing economic calamities while escaping the blame. Instead, it’s the non-populists that end up picking up the pieces while getting the blame for the unemployment and wealth destruction that follows in the wake of populist economic policies.

Thanks to Per Bylund for organizing this excellent session

With recent DC politicking on both the Export-Import Bank and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, we revisit Ron Paul's 1981 essay "The Case for Free Trade" which explains the basics of truly free trade:

Interestingly, Amazon's list of best sellers in the "monetary policy" category is a veritable parade of anti-Fed and anti-central bank books.