Mises Wire
US Fedgov’s Biggest Asset? Student Loans.
Student loans may be a liability on the consumer balance sheet, but they constitute an asset for Uncle Sam. Just how big? It's 45.3 percent of the total federal assets, up from 37.2 percent at the end of 2012. This is about 7 times larger than the 6.4 percent for the Total Mortgages outstanding and 4.8 times the size of Taxes Receivable.
Mises Daily Friday: All I Want for Christmas is a (Real) Government Shutdown
Mises Daily Friday by Ron Paul
Cuban-US Relations: A Step in the Right Direction
The US Government takes baby steps toward normal relations with Cuba. This is a good thing.
How Presidential Politics in Florida Wag the Dog on Cuba
How parochial ethno-nationalist concerns perpetuate the Cuban trade embargo
Call for paper for a special issue on ‘’Business Management and Austrian Economics’’:
Call for Papers for a special issue on "Business Management and Austrian Economics" in the journal BFuP - Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis.
Nebraska and Oklahoma Sue Colorado Over Legal Cannabis
Nebraska and Oklahoma think Colorado has entirely too much freedom, and they aim to put a stop to it in the federal courts.
A New Libertarian Book to Push Aside The Communist Manifesto and Mao’s Little Red Book
There's a new mini-reivew of Hoppe's new book at Target Liberty.
Michael Vick: True American Hero
"What Michael did was the exception, not the rule. He didn't have to do this."
If We Fix Racism, Will Government Be Fixed?
The George Stinney case: racism can explain why the jury would want to convict a black person, but only a deplorable pro-government bias explains why they so easily convicted this particular black person.