Mises Wire

Thanks to the endless “War Against Terror,” the US Government promoted methods of torture, including some borrowed from the sadistic torturers of the former Soviet Union. Congress stood by and let it happen.

The Trump administration has pursued a high tariff policy, reversing the movement to lower trade barriers around the world. The justification for this policy is the presence of trade deficits with other nations. However, what if  US trade deficits don't matter?

There are numerous critics of free markets. However, all of those critics also are consumers and they gladly depend upon free markets to satisfy their needs.

Bob responds to Oren Cass’s appearance on Tucker Carlson, offering a charitable yet firm economic critique of the anti–free trade ideas gaining ground on the political right.

This week, interest rates spiked as Trump's spending problem convinced investors they want higher yields for trillions of new federal debt.

Biden's hidden illness, Trump's surprise foreign-policy pivot, and America's bond meltdown. Don't miss the inaugural episode of the Power & Market Podcast, a weekly news recap from the Mises Institute’s editorial team.

Why do cultures degenerate? At the recent Natal Conference, Robin Hanson cites biological and evolutionary factors. However, if one looks to Mises and the Austrians, we look squarely at human action that begins with the human mind and purposeful action.

France is facing critical shortages of a number of drugs, and one need look no further for a cause than a price control regime. Naturally, the French media and government blame capitalism and look to double down on the intervention that has causes this crisis.

The 20th century gave us two world wars that have altered the world's political landscape to this day. We would do well to remember the main lesson from World War I: there is no “honor” in warfare. It is pure murder.

For this week‘s version of Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Mary Grabar‘s Debunking FDR, which examines Roosevelt‘s paternalistic worldview and how it shaped his political life and his presidency.