Mises Wire

Robert Higgs

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.

Ryan McMaken

Robert Higgs recently published "Two Ideological Ships Passing in the Night" in the Jan 2015 issue of Econ Journal Watch.

Ryan McMaken

Has the Mises Institute been taken over by huge corporations?

Joseph T. Salerno

Over the weekend Target Liberty posted a very compelling interview with Friedrich Hayek that I had never seen before.

Jeff Deist

Paul-Martin Foss at the Carl Menger Center for the Study of Money and Banking has penned a nice retort to Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, who recently criticized Rand Paul's introduction of an "Audit the Fed" bill in the US Senate.

Peter G. Klein
Agricultural economist Jayson Lusk has a nice discussion of the US government's SNAP ("food stamps") program that nicely illustrates Mises's theory of interventionism.
Joseph T. Salerno

Here is a bit of news that should elicit a hearty "YIPPEE" from free-market advocates.

Ryan McMaken

What makes a good economist? Robert Higgs explains. 

Mises Institute

Glenn Jacobs, also known as WWE superstar "Kane", explains his journey to libertarianism and Austrian economics.

Christopher Westley

According to a new report just out by McKinsey, global debt has increased by $57 trillion since the Great Recession, outpacing world GDP growth during this time period.