Mises Wire

With the approval of Biden's infrastructure bill, it now turns out the US government is even in control of a "kill switch" that could disable your car if you are deemed "impaired."

In Orwellian fashion, if you want freedom, that makes you a "racist" and a "fascist." So, it is assumed by our overlords to be "fascism" when truckers protest for the freedom to earn a living.

In a remarkable pivot, the White House now says, “We’ve not been pro-lockdown—most of the lockdowns actually happened under the previous President.”

A reduction in unemployment is not the key factor for economic growth. Rather, it is saving that is instrumental in the expansion and the enhancement of the production structure.

Many proponents of forced national unity insist the military can "solve" the problem. But with that method, "you're not solving the insurrection. In fact, you're spreading it. You're guaranteeing more of it."

SEZs are loopholes, and capitalism breathes through loopholes. But like all loopholes, they tend to benefit those who can afford to hire the lawyers who can identify said loopholes.

Although covid cases in Austria—and most other countries—are rapidly falling, Austria has doubled down on punishing the unvaccinated and become the first country to mandate vaccination for all adults.

The concept of diminishing marginal utility is the essential building block of economics. But there is a difference in the way this law is discussed by mainstream economics and the Austrian School.

The evolution from gold standard to gold exchange standard to the dollar fiat system is one based largely on deception and broken promises.

Real wages are going down. Debt is skyrocketing. The economy has only partly recovered from an economic disaster. This isn't the "historic growth" Joe Biden wants you to think it is.