Mises Wire

Breakaway groups are forming micronations to become free of stultifying governments. This trend certainly will continue.

The similar challenges facing America and Brazil, including concerns about the state of their democracies, is worthy of exploration, as is the global response to the protest and what that response means for those opposed to the current “neoliberal” international order.

The constitution has not protected our natural rights, nor did it prevent the US from becoming a blood-soaked failed state a mere 73 years after the constitution was ratified. 

Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to subject cryptocurrency to federal money-laundering laws and other regulations. She fails to understand how that system works.

It's only a good time to be a worker in America if one confuses falling real wages and falling full-time employment with robust employment conditions. 

The fiat monetary system is slowly breaking down, taking the economy with it.

Keynesian economists fantasize that a market economy cannot "gain traction" without "stimulus" schemes from the government. In the end, the only thing stimulated are inflation and recession.

Socialists don't just want to take your property; they also are demanding control of your children and loved ones.

Does the regulatory system help guarantee safe and effective drugs? Does the system protect drug consumers? Court cases tell us otherwise.

In a market economy, gold is sound money. There is no need for monetary authorities when gold rules.