Mises Wire

David Gordon

Robert Kagan of the Brookings Institute clearly does not like anyone to challenge his pro-war beliefs. In his view, any opposition to the all-powerful American state is opposition to everything good and true.

Adnan Al-Abbar

What better way to explain the relationship between higher-order and lower-order goods than with food? Here, we look at the falafel sandwich.

Frank Shostak

Progressives claim that profits are an unjust transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich. In reality, entrepreneurs earn profits by directing resources from less valued to more valued uses to satisfy consumer needs.

Ryan Wardle

Many police traffic stops are not about safety or protecting the public. They are about siphoning cash from motorists to state and local governments. 

Daniel Lacalle

The government can end today's high price-inflation rates any time by ending deficit spending. But the state won't even acknowledge deficit spending is a cause of today's price-inflation cycle. 

Daniella Bassi

Animal control officers are supposed to, well, control animals in a municipal area. But thanks to animal control policies, it's the stray animals that are in control of our author’s town.

Connor O'Keeffe

While these students are right to oppose the horrific Israeli attacks on Gaza, many of the protests reflect leftist groupthink and typical higher education collectivism.

Phil Duffy

Although mainstream economists hold that Adam Smith is the father of modern economics, it was Richard Cantillon that recognized the centrality of entrepreneurship in economic development.