Mises Wire

Defenders of free markets give entrepreneurs their full confidence in virtually every area of society, so why not immigration?

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from everyone at the Mises Institute.

The CIA, a tax-supported government-created organization, will always be "politicized" and seek to increase its own power and wealth.

In this introduction to The Mises Reader, Shawn Ritenour explains why Mises's work transcends both economics and social theory.

Jo Ann Cavallo and Carlo Lottieri have edited a valuable collection of essays applying Austrian and libertarian insights to Italian literature.

Recent defeats for left-wing governments in Latin America are a good thing, but the region has a long way to go in embracing free markets.

Mises called Hazlitt "the economic conscience of our country and of our nation."

Today's paper money does not have value due to some government decree. It's value as money is based on a past connection to commodity money.

The War on Gambling is about as moral as the War on Drugs.

There is nothing wrong with living with your parents, but not since the Great Depression have there been so many returning to the nest.