Mises Wire

David Gordon

In his review of The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination, David Gordon examines systems of ethical norms. The Misesians have the best insights, of course.

Joakim Book

In a new book, The Natural Order of Money, Roy Sebag argues that money is the "extension of the natural order," and that it is not arbitrary.

Shashank Shukla

While modern India is known for adopting socialism in the 1940s, it has an older tradition of free markets. It is time to rediscover that tradition.

Jane L. Johnson

Nearly two decades ago, Congressman Ron Paul identified his campaign with the call to "audit the Fed." Congress ignored him then, but the movement to examine and demystify the Fed now is growing.

Daniel Lacalle

The Misery II Index for the United States stands at 23% for the whole nation, and it may reach a staggering 24% by the time of the elections.

Wanjiru Njoya

Courts in the US and Canada are beginning to rule in favor of race-based outcomes, making "justice" a tool of ethnic identity. This movement will not end well.

Connor O'Keeffe

Once again, Congress is threatening to ban TikTok over “national security concerns.” But as long as Washington continues its unnecessary and provocative posturing around China’s coasts, Americans will never be safe.

Alex J. Pollock

Do you like your central bank capital positive or negative? The Fed is bankrupt, but even after taking recent losses, the Swiss National Bank still has positive capital. 

Patrick Barron

Far from being an “automatic stabilizer” that mitigates recessions by engaging in “countercyclical” spending, the welfare state actually makes recessions longer and deeper. Time to acknowledge that fact and do away with it altogether.