Mises Wire

How can people deal with conflicts in a peaceful and mutually agreeable way? Mises, Hoppe, and Robinson Crusoe himself point the way.

While politicized evangelical Christianity is usually associated with the political right, it began as a hard-left movement that tried to equate the Christian faith with socialism. Ronald Sider, who recently passed away, was the one who was responsible for the politicization.

All too often, libertarians have equated liberty with atomistic behavior while treating private institutions with scorn. This just in: private institutions are cohesive, not destructive.

Sen. Joe Manchin has agreed to support a "Build Back Better" lite that proponents claim will reduce inflation, give us better weather, and "pay for itself" through price controls and taxes. Perhaps we should be wary of such political "victories" for the political elites.

Fresh off destroying the agricultural economy of Sri Lanka, the Great Reset crowd now is urging people to eat insects in order to combat the food shortages that the self-appointed elites have caused.

The news that Starbucks is closing sixteen stores due to customer safety concerns exposes the lack of police protection in cities and the problems with allowing noncustomers to remain in stores.

The government of the United Kingdom is using coercive means to promote its dubious goals of "diversity and inclusion." In the end, freedom recedes while state power increases.

While divine monarchy might seem illogical or archaic, it had a larger positive economic impact in society that historians have overlooked.

Mention Rastafarianism and most likely reggae, dreadlocks, and Bob Marley come to mind. However, Rastafarianism helped downtrodden Jamaicans resist the oppressions of colonialism.

Neoclassical economists have a rigid view of monopoly producers. Austrians recognize that the only monopolies that create problems have been nurtured by government intervention.