Mises Wire

The recent declaration of the G7 sounds more like "we want to rule the world" than "we want peace." Other nations are tired of the West's phony Rules Based Order.

Help another group of students discover what you have always known: that freedom makes the great and good possible.

The "distributist" theorists Chesterton and Belloc imagined that economic interventionism could make life easier and more free. Yet their proposed system is neither moral nor practical. 

The fiat US dollar, while still the world's "reserve" currency, is being imperiled by reckless actions by monetary authorities. Other countries are taking notice—and action.

How do we view government ownership of natural resources? Can a homesteading case be made for it? Usually not.

The Keynesian prescription for an economic downturn is for government to increase spending to improve so-called aggregate demand. In reality, this is a recipe for worsening the recession.

If my repeated insistence that I do not consent is insufficient to indicate my lack of consent, then what kind of crazy moral system is this?

Rental prices are falling as the markets adjust to new realities. The Austrian business cycle theory explains why this is happening.

Some conservatives are upset because the new best-selling beer is owned by the same company that owns the beleaguered Bud Lite. Actually, they should have no problem with that.

The latest rage in macroceonomics is modern monetary theory, whose adherents invariably resort to the motte-and-bailey fallacy. Advocating inflation is never a good idea.