Mises Wire

That drop in the gas prices came just in time. Ground beef was once a simple, basic, and easy source for protein. Now, not so much. But at least iPads are cheaper, right? 

This week's Mises Weekends:

Jeff Deist and Jay Taylor, host of Taylor’s Hard Money Advisers, discuss the role of Austrian economics in understanding the market crash of 2008.

Ron Paul responds to yesterday's FCC vote.

Imagine that you need a cash loan to tide you over to your next paycheck, but banks cannot or will not lend to you. So you stop at a machine that looks very much like an ATM.

Federal spending has soared by almost 20 percent since 2008. Yet, to hear Mr. Obama, one would think federal employees are forced to sell pencils on Constitution Avenue to raise funds to finance their bureaucratic salvation missions.

Jim Rogers has advocated buying farmland and agricultural commodities for years, but what of the current struggles faced by farmers in a time of high rents and falling commodity prices.

When it comes to writing articles, not all topics are created equal. 

Despite the many illustrious forerunners in its six-hundred year prehistory, Carl Menger (1840-1921) was the true and sole founder of the Austrian school of economics proper. He merits this title if for no other reason than that he created the system of value and price theory that constitutes the core of Austrian economic theory.

Over  at EPJ Bob Wenzel offers an interest

A new deal with the International Monetary Fund is in the books for Ukraine.