Mises Wire

Lipton Matthews

During the worst days of the covid lockdowns and mandates, Americans were told that wearing masks was a matter of life and death. However, those giving the orders didn't believe what they were saying.

George Ford Smith

Thomas Paine, whose fiery essay "Common Sense" made a case for the American Revolution, is a much-neglected American founder.

Vibhu Vikramaditya

An upcoming recession likely will lead to falling asset prices. But these price decreases do not cause recessions, but rather are a result of them.

Jeff Deist

Mises and Hayek used "classical liberal” to distinguish themselves from the Left. Today the term is used primarily to appease the Left.

Brendan Brown Robert Pringle

The US monetary system is out of sorts and out of control. The authors show a path back from the inflation brink to monetary soundness.

Ryan McMaken

The January 6 trials remind us violence against a person or property should be prosecuted as exactly that, and not as a special category of crime against the regime.

Ryan McMaken

From March 2022 to November, the number of total employed persons has only increased by 12,000 people meaning there are fewer employed people now than before the covid panic.

Antony P. Mueller

It has been a hundred years since Mises published Socialism. It is more relevant than ever.

Stephen Apolito

While high-quality automobiles and other manufactured goods are being produced in the Southeast, northeastern states like New York are falling behind, thanks to progressive governance.

David Gordon

Economist Christopher Coyne of George Mason University uses economic logic to expose the follies of militaristic US policies overseas.