Mises Wire

Connor O'Keeffe

Sen. Joe Manchin says he is retiring because of legislative divisions that keep Congress from finding political “solutions” to the nation’s problems. In truth, Congress is more united than the people they supposedly represent.

Gary Galles

Progressives claim that perhaps individual freedom might be appropriate for a simpler society but that as society grows more complex, the need for government grows. As Leonard Read pointed out, however, greater complexity requires greater freedom, not less.

James Bovard

In the past two decades, the TSA has proven it is ineffective in providing real security for airline passengers. However, its growing incompetence is matched only by its increasing intrusion into travelers' lives.

Ryan McMaken

Resettling Gazans in America—at taxpayer expense—will be sold as a "humanitarian" effort, but anyone who sees through the propaganda will see that it's really all a cynical effort to please Israeli politicians.

Michael Matulef

While the Fed tries to engineer the mythical “soft landing” for the economy, Austrian economists know that this is an exercise in futility. Once the credit-fueled boom occurs, the bust logically follows.

Douglas French

According to a Brown University professor, ExxonMobil threatens our democratic republic by purchasing another company. The totalitarian woke atmosphere in American higher education is the real threat.

George Ford Smith

Advocates of unbacked paper money claim that theirs is the “civilized” choice, as opposed to gold, or what Keynes called “that barbarous relic.” These inflationists, however, are the ones wrecking civilization as we have known it.

Joakim Book

Ten years ago, I discovered the Mises Institute. This is the advice I wish I could send back to my younger self.

Scott Drylie

California governor Gavin Newsome has signed a draconian new bill meant to raise pay for the state's fast-food workers.

Peter St. Onge

Sovereign debt is eating the world. Lining up a financial crash that could make 2008 look like a picnic. How did we get here?