Mises Wire

In the short term, a central bank can drive up stock prices by lowering the interest rate. In the longer term, it could sap the strength out of an economy.

Stated simply, gold-standard proponents seek a dollar that is widely trusted as a constant measure of value. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Attempts at stabilizing the economy distort economic signals and cause economic instability, rather than preventing it.

Dalio played the game, by the rules of the game. Now he appears to say, "I've got mine, let's change the rules."

Even though security might be a necessary condition for development, it is not a sufficient one.

Using Japan as a model, governments are steering us toward a worldwide zombie economy — but we're likely to end up with something that looks more like Argentina than Japan.

Many products — delivered by the marketplace — that are mocked as "useless," and which environmentalists denounce as "wasteful" are essential items in the daily lives of many disabled people.

We need an Army of “Hazlitts ” today: men and women of courage and wisdom, who are unafraid to speak and write the truth.

These clichés include "taxes are the price of civilization," "national security demands it," etc.

The right to trade with foreigners without government interference is a God-given fundamental human right, not morally subject to the whims of those who want trade wars to protect their own interests.