Mises Wire

Benjamin Seevers

The DOJ claims that it has "protected" consumers by standing in the way of a partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines. The only thing the DOJ protected was higher-cost flying.

Jonathan Newman

The "2 percent" inflation target is purely arbitrary, and mainstream economists can't agree on the "right" level. It's all folly, and Austrian economics explains why. 

Claudio Grass

Although most of Europe has long forgotten Misesian thinking, Prince Michael of Liechtenstein is an exception.

David Gordon

Philosopher Michael Huemer creates a challenge to the a priori methodology, but David Gordon answers the bell.

Frank Shostak

Too many economic commentators claim that monopolies are the cause of inflation. Austrian economic analysis shows that this is impossible.

Lipton Matthews

Progressives have distinguished themselves in the past half century by being against progress. That trend is unlikely to change.

Connor Mortell

Leonard Read's famous "I, Pencil" explained the workings of the market in terms of the creation of a simple pencil. However, we should not forget that the reviled fossil fuels are involved at every turn.

Connor O'Keeffe

Yellow Trucking Company has filed for bankruptcy and ceases to exist as a viable firm. Much of the blame is due to the Teamsters Union which has a long a violent history.

William D. Hartung

Neither Oppenheimer nor the discussion sparked by it has explored one of the most important reasons for the continued existence of nuclear weapons: the profits it yields America’s massive nuclear-industrial complex.

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