Mises Wire

Although social media says otherwise, neutrality in the Ukraine-Russia conflict is a good thing.

People often react to sudden price changes by demanding that government "do something" to bring prices down. It is important to understand the mentality behind such beliefs.

A socialist management would be like a man forced to spend his life blindfolded.

By declaring information in the public domain to be a "state secret," the US Supreme Court has proven that logic is no object when one twists the law like a pretzel.

The Democrats—since they are assumed to be “in power”—will need some sort of scapegoat for inflation, since it is increasingly eating into Americans’ earnings. So now they're blaming the Russians for what the central bank has done. 

Modern portfolio theory, while popular with many economists, runs into serious problems when examined through the lens of Austrian economics

From the Volga Germans to the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire to the Spaniards and the Mennonites, choosing emigration as a means of avoiding military conscription has a long history. 

When there is increased money coming into an economy from somewhere, the first recipients benefit. They spend it according to their preferences and benefit from the new money, while others who only face higher prices are hurt.

Gun control advocates are using lawsuits to try to destroy private gun manufacturers. Despite legal protections for the gun industry, this strategy may well succeed.

Kulikowski's two-volume history of Rome offers many lessons in what was at the center of the empire. What was Rome? It was violence—political violence as an organizing principle.