Mises Wire

Ryan McMaken

Combined with the US military’s turn toward “woke” politics, this latest episode around vaccine mandates will further help to undermine support for military institutions among conservatives and Republicans. 

David Gordon

Inequality can exist and grow even if everyone is becoming better off—but some are becoming more better off than others. Should we care about this kind of inequality? 

Frank Shostak

Contrary to popular thinking, there is no such thing as a price level that should be stabilized by the central bank in order to promote economic prosperity.

Ryan McMaken

Homicide rose at a remarkably fast rate in 2020. This may be a sign that the public is losing faith in the legitimacy of the regime. We see this from doubts about elections to outrage over riots and police abuse.

David Gordon

"No one, including Andrew Jackson, had ever explicitly argued before [Lincoln] that the Constitution authorized or obligated full-scale invasion and coercive measures."

Jeff Deist

Will guilt or innocence in criminal trials increasingly hinge on broader desirable social justice outcomes?

Gary Galles

Immense damage has been done to economic theory by the error of believing the "labor theory of value." Our work is not what gives value to goods and services. It's the other way around.

Jack Kralik

Many students may not even realize they are being subtly indoctrinated, slowly trained to see the world as a socialist or “through a Marxist lens.”

Nicholas Baum

The process of learning what’s most efficient and profitable includes merging with competitors and taking over different stages of the supply chain—all tactics that would be considered in violation of current antitrust laws.

Sammy Cartagena

If US states are able to act independently, there is a greater chance for competition between jurisdictions, incentivizing states to provide a higher quality of life and to attract productive newcomers.