Mises Wire

Joe Harmon

Since the Obama administration nationalized the student loan program, we have seen student debt metastasize. Unfortunately, the Biden administration looks to make things even worse.

Frank Shostak

Fed chairman Jerome Powell recently claimed they were "targeting" the "neutral" interest rate. The Fed cannot set or even know that rate, for it doesn't come from government authorities.

Daniel Lacalle

It is easy to blame the covid-19 lockdowns for the weakening Chinese economy, but that would be a gross simplification.

Ryan McMaken

The Fed has announced it will finally begin scaling back its balance sheet and raising rates. But the steps announced by the Fed on Wednesday are incredibly timid.

Lipton Matthews

Economic growth depends upon human capital development, which depends upon things like cultural views toward work and just plain showing up on time.

Karl-Friedrich Israel Tim Sepp

France is seeing its wealth-to-income levels rise to Japan's level because it is becoming harder for people to save and build wealth.

Tho Bishop

In the face of the coming hardship, central bankers and globalist institutions are going to demand more power to respond to the crisis they created. Bitcoin gives their political opponents a weapon against them.

Connor Mortell

The partisan leftism of much of the tech industry has led to conservatives calling for state intervention in the digital sphere. Elon Musk's recent purchase of Twitter proves this was wrong.

Daniel Martin

Proponents of arming Ukraine against Russia call critics "isolationists" as a pejorative term. But these "entangling alliances" have a history of sad endings with tragic results.