Mises Wire

Ryan McMaken

A shift from full-time-driven employment to part-time-driven employment is usually an indicator of a coming recession. That shift happened in January's jobs numbers. 

Lipton Matthews

The recent case of retired megastar Usain Bolt losing millions of dollars to bad investments highlights the importance of sound money management.

Antony P. Mueller

Whether political elites promote outright socialism or interventionism, thanks to the reality of economic calculation, they are advocating a failed economy.

Gary Galles

Contrary to the claim that taxpayer subsidies for higher education provide great social benefits, these subsidies actually are a wealth transfer from the less-well-off to wealthy people.

William L. Anderson

Economists and pundits mistakenly call the Federal Reserve System's security holdings a portfolio. It is anything but.

Ryan McMaken

The fact the money supply is actually shrinking serves as just one more indicator that the so-called soft landing promised by the Federal Reserve is unlikely to be a reality. 

Marcos Falcone

Two nations famous for hyperinflation now look to create a common currency. Unless that currency is gold, this is a bad idea.

Connor O'Keeffe

The proposed central bank digital currencies are not a new and convenient high-tech form of money. Instead, they are yet another power grab by government authorities, continuing the shameful history of government corruption of money.

David Gordon

Having given a harsh review to Leonard Peikoff’s Ominous Parallels four decades ago, David Gordon revisits the book.

Ryan McMaken

The FOMC's publicly stated predictions of its own future behavior are essentially useless as accurate predictors of future events. This has been illustrated over and over.