Mises Wire

The hottest commentary of the year appeared in the Wall Street Journal:

I went through airport security in Memphis a few hours ago. This is the first time I’ve flown in a few months.

The former Tunisian police force belonging to President Zine ElAbidine Ben Ali were thugs who enforced the dictator’s rule.

As part of the Mises Academy’s continuing efforts to provide ever higher quality service to students, in Robert Murphy’s

It looks like the state of Ohio is going to “privatize” the development functions of its Department of Development.

Bagus explains the moral hazard here.

I don’t believe Krugman saw Judge Napolitano’s invitation, but he at least

In my post Patents Kill: Compulsory Licenses

[David Beckworth offers this reply to Robert Murphy:]

Ryan Grim reports on an issue becoming evermore widely known: