Mises Wire

Politicians promise economic miracles, but in the end they waste resources and engage in economic destruction. Newfoundland is a case study.

Murray Rothbard was an elite economist, historian, and avowed enemy of the state. His legacy lives on nearly three decades after his untimely passing.

Federal authorities want us to believe that by bailing out Silicon Valley Bank, they have prevented a financial crisis. Instead, we will have a crisis with bailouts.

Most socialists are not misguided about how to have a prosperous economy, for that is not their goal.

When he was president, Donald Trump raised tariff rates, promising it would revitalize American production. It was a costly boondoggle.

The only thing that saves citizens from much higher prices is the fact that the transmission mechanism of monetary policy is independent and diversified. Imagine if that transmission was direct and had only one channel, the central bank itself.

Any realistic review of the Federal Reserve’s MBS experiment would conclude that the Fed should stop buying mortgages.

Only the unhampered capitalist economy allows full and unfettered charity to flourish in society. Dr. Hülsmann’s new book makes the case for private property, sound money, and private charity as the building blocks for a healthy society.

How do people in a pluralistic society live peacefully with each other? In his review of Kenneth McIntyre's book, David Gordon points to negative liberty as the best way to preserve values.

Central banks usually don't admit their guilt in the destruction of money, but the Bank of England unwittingly comes clean.