Mises Wire

Thorsten Polleit

The only way to end the booms and busts brought by inflationary credit is to eliminate the central bank's counterfeiting that constitutes and creates that inflation.

Malachy McDermott

As the wage-earning population grows smaller as a proportion of the population, get ready for calls for "wealth taxes" which can keep the taxes coming in even as total wage incomes fall.

Frank Chodorov

If the laws of economics are either unknown or not heeded, the inevitable penalty will be an economy of scarcity and poverty.

Chris Calton

The US Army commissioned a propaganda film on recovering veterans. But the Army nixed the program after the film ended up showcasing the horrors of war.

Dave Benner

West Virginia's secession from Virginia helped Lincoln's government in Washington. So, in that case, secession was apparently A-OK.

Giancarlo Diaz

For a century now, Woodrow Wilson's ideology of forced democratization and ideological warfare continues to dominate American foreign policy.

Ron Paul

Including both government-funded abortion and war.

Jacob G. Hornberger

Bernie Sanders is so stingy when he advocates for a mere $15-per-hour minimum wage. Why not make the minimum wage equivalent to what Sanders gets per hour as a US Senator?

Luka Nikolic

France did not adopt collectivism overnight. Rather, it has seen key periods that have made France fertile soil for a certain brand of aggressive socialism.

Frank Shostak

Increases in the money supply need not always be followed by general increases in prices, as prices are determined by both real and monetary factors.