Mises Wire

Lee Friday

In a free society, defamation would be a nonissue. No one would be able to use the courts to punish other people for the things they say or write. The only exception would be if a person voluntarily signed, then violated, a contract agreeing not to say certain things.

Ralph Raico

It was Ludwig von Mises who revealed the intimate connections between Austrian economics and authentic liberalism.

Jean Vilbert

Anti-poverty programs pushed by social democrats have enabled ever higher levels of corruption as bigger government programs mean the ultra-rich can skim more off the top.

Jacob G. Hornberger

We can start dismantling the US empire by giving Guantanamo Bay back to Cuba, followed by a termination of all foreign aid, a closure of all foreign military bases, and an end to regime-change operations around the world.

José Niño

Those who suffer most from mandated wage hikes are low-skilled workers, disabled workers and part-time workers in the sector. And poorer regions suffer more than rich ones.

Richard von Strigl

Economic valuation, as such, is only meaningful when related to the possible employments of an economic good, and such employment can only be carried out by acting human beings.

Chris Calton

Federal judges have served as loyal foot soldiers for police who enthusiastically use every trick in the book to violate and nullify the Bill of Rights.

Robert P. Murphy

Shelton has been condemned by "experts" from both sides, but anybody who would liken the Fed to the Soviet central planners is an independent thinker worth considering.

Gary Galles

So how has the modern Democrat party built on its proud legacy of such Ponzi schemes like Social Security? By adding new ones.

Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

The greatest single contribution we could make to ending killing and violence is to end America's foreign wars.