Mises Wire

José Niño

The Bolívar’s collapse is rather tragic, considering the Bolívar was actually one of Latin Americas’ strongest currencies during Venezuela’s peak from the 1950s to 1970s.

Ryan McMaken

When the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, employers hired fewer disabled workers, because they feared lawsuits. We may now be seeing a similar trend in the face of more sexual harassment claims.

Ryan McMaken

Latin Christendom was a single civilization that was at the same time radically decentralized. It was therefore more wealthy and free than other civilizations found in Russia, China, and within Islam.

Chris Calton

The academic trends in recent decades demonstrate just how far academia has fallen (or, alternatively, how bad it has always been) when it comes to fashionable political agendas.

Daniel Lacalle

Eurozone banks are better off than they were three years ago. But they are nowhere close to having solved their challenges.

Mihai Macovei

In a world with complex global supply chains, nearly every manufacturer must import parts and supplies to produce goods and services. The auto industry is no different.

Antón Chamberlin

While it may seem to many that the capitalist provides no benefit to the market, but without Earnhardt Jr. taking on the function of the entrepreneur, there would be no car to drive, no strategy to call, no wrench to turn.

Ryan McMaken

The late George H. W. Bush was instrumental in creating our world of endless war against foreign states that are no threat to the United States.

Ryan McMaken

Their successful use of the "surveillance business model" has given Facebook and Google an immense amount of power over the flow of information and who sees it.

Lee Friday

Minor-league hockey players know what they're getting into when they sign their contracts. But now they want the government to overturn their contracts and force a pay raise.