Mises Wire

While people might speak of the “business of government,” there really is no way to compare the two. Business is voluntary; government is coercive.

Discussions about black suffrage following the Civil War usually are focused upon black voting rights in the South. However, during that same time, northern states passed laws limiting black suffrage, something that often escapes the history books.

Hoppe is an exacting analyst of what works, not an architect of upheaval.

The restoration of the Reconciliation Monument at Arlington Cemetery is welcome news for those that realize the historical significance of this monument. Peace and reconciliation are always better than waging war.

Landlords have been using AI tools to get a better idea of market conditions and changes in the rental market. Naturally, the government is trying to end this practice under the false belief that such tools involve collusion.

As the Federal Reserve has delayed lowering the federal funds rate, the money supply has stabilized in recent months. This trend also reflects rising delinquencies, falling home sales, and stagnating employment.

San Francisco politicians have made it so difficult to build new housing that a black market for apartments has emerged. 

In 1806 Napoleon issued the Berlin Decree, laying out his Continental System he hoped would starve Great Britain into submission through blockades and anti-trade policies. In the end, smuggling and outright avoidance of the law brought down his system and his empire.

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews The Woke Revolution: Up From Slavery and Back Again by H.V. Traywick, Jr., and finds Traywick’s observations have much credibility.

The federal government taking an ownership stake in Intel is neither a promising new approach to governance nor an unprecedented leap into economic fascism.