Mises Wire
Remembering Burt Blumert
The Euro Backlash is a Predictable Feature of Political and Monetary Centralization
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard details the increasing level of Greek defiance to its ECB overlords in the wake of a left-wing, populist uprising in recent Greek elections.
Microeconomics of War
The old Keynesian idea that war is good for the economy is not taken seriously by anyone outside the New York Times op-ed page. But much of the discussion still focuses on macroeconomic effects.
Is the Middle Class Becoming Worse Off?
Yesterday when I went for my infusion, I brought two items of reading material with me; The Wall Street Journal and Steve Horwitz's forthcoming paper in the Spring 2015 issue of Social Philosophy and Policy, "Inequality, Mobility, and Being Poor in America."
Mark Thornton’s Recent Media Appearances
Mark Thornton has been making the rounds as usual, with a variety of new podcast and radio interviews across the country.
Thornton: ‘Easy-money policies are a government bailout’
Mark Thornton explains to the Daily Caller what the ECB (and the Fed) are up to.
Politics Is Not Just Spy versus Spy; It’s also Slogan versus Slogan
For as long as political and ideological movements have sought to engage large followings, they have embraced slogans and catch phrases that give pithy expression to their views, aversions, and objectives.
Two Ideological Ships Passing in the Night
Robert Higgs recently published "Two Ideological Ships Passing in the Night" in the Jan 2015 issue of Econ Journal Watch.
Lew Rockwell: ‘We are too pro-cigarette’ for Phillip Morris
Has the Mises Institute been taken over by huge corporations?