Mises Wire

Tallying up the government payroll used to be a somewhat reliable way to measure the size of government.

• Does poverty create terrorists?

Incredibly, Donald Rumsfeld compares the current situation in Iraq,

Here is the report mentioned in the blog by Robert Blumen.

The Economist has run a major section examining the housing bubbles that are popping up around the world.

• Deflation hysteria spreads to Eurozone (BBC)    

‘You’ll think I’m off my trolley, but Bush has the most positive approach to Africa since Kennedy,’ says Bob Geldorf.

Feds to states:  The dictation of private banks’ ATM fee policies is our job.  Go harass someone else. 

Martin Wolf,