Mises Wire

Gary Galles

The Federal Trade Commission is heavily scrutinizing the proposed merger between Microsoft and Activision. Why? Because Sony is against it.

Ryan McMaken

What happens next will depend heavily on what the regime will feel is necessary to buoy public support for the regime and its current ruling party. 

Douglas French

As Washington cheers the so-called budget deal, the real problems loom. Liquidity issues are next.

Frank Shostak

One of the standard doctrines of mainstream economics is that the assumptions of a model do not have to reflect reality. Austrian economics vociferously disagrees.

Ron Paul

Congress is silent – or compliant – as we lurch forward toward disaster for no discernable US strategic goal. Biden – or whoever is actually running the show – is forging straight ahead.

Kevin Van Elswyk

The State of California, unable to unionize fast food workers, now is trying to create workers councils that will set labor policies for fast food restaurants. This will not end well.

Wendy McElroy

In today's progressive climate, sexual assault charges are easy to make and hard to refute, even when they are demonstrably false.

Daniel Lacalle

2022 was a warning sign that debunked the myth of eternal monetization of debt with low inflation. It is time to be serious. High deficit spending is not a tool for growth, but a tool for cronyism and a burden on the future.

Mike Holly

The Fed's latest attempt to correct the inflation it caused is putting the market on a crash course.

Jeffery Marshall

Rational choice theory claims that people in the political realm act in their own self-interest. However, in today's political climate, many people act against their own interests to avoid being attacked by others.