Mises Wire

Ryan McMaken

In social media—as in the established old media—editors, curators, and managers work to promote their own self-described “mainstream” views while excluding as “extreme” the views of everyone else.

Michel Accad, MD

Although the recommendations of the Great Barrington Declaration would be an improvement over the status quo, the declaration grants far too much power to the state to act in pursuit of an alleged "common good."

James Bovard

Because politicians have no liability for the economic damage they inflict, they have no incentive to minimize the disruptions they decree.

Frank Shostak

Not all increases in money supply lead to inflation. A currency fully backed by a commodity like gold does not cause inflation like an increase in unbacked fiat money does.

Eben Macdonald

Growing material propserity does not require equality. In fact, equality has nothing to do with building a system that benefits workers and the poor.

Mark Tovey

The fact Boris Johnson and Joe Biden are both using the phrase "build back better" is bad news. It's a phrase pioneered by groups twisting the covid-19 pandemic into a pretext for extreme “green” policies.

Andrew Moran

Today, those with a modicum of judgment and respect for their pocketbook are heading anywhere that is not named California, attempting to flee the incompetent mismanagement of Governor Gavin Newsom.

Taiki Murai Gunther Schnabl

In Japan, huge social security expenditures have been simply monetized by the Bank of Japan at the expense of the overall welfare and the economic prospects of Japan’s youth.

Robert P. Murphy

In contrast to the classical cost (labor) theory of value, the so-called marginal revolution ushered in the modern, subjective theory, whereby market price is determined by the marginal utility of a good.

Zachary Yost

Liberalism in the tradition of Mises and Hayek will not solve the problems of human nature, but it can help to establish a social system in which humans can live peacefully with material prosperity.