Mises Wire

Government policy often lumps together many people it shouldn't — assuming that everyone in the group labeled "poor" or "low-income" will all benefit equally. 

Was Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase an early example of presidential malfeasance?

As they did with Trump, the media categorizes Brazil's Bolsonaro as a “hateful” candidate, but it never tries to take a serious look at how Brazilians have suffered under leftist regimes.

We have been hearing from central banks that we were living in a synchronized growth territory. Well, it wasn’t the case.

The vast regime of torture created by the Bush administration after the 9/11 attacks continues to haunt America.

In this 1971 New York Times editorial, Murray Rothbard described how, under Nixon's "New Economic Policy," "fascism came to America."

Skyscrapers that set world records for height don’t cause economic panics, but are, instead, a warning a boom has reached its peak.

High-deductible or "catastrophic" health plans offer real protection from health disasters. But most government-approved forms of health "insurance" are really just welfare programs in disguise.

Unlike a moralistic schoolmarm or a government, markets do not punish or tax anyone. They merely reflect the choices we make and the values we hold.

Some inequality arises naturally from freedom of choice. Some comes from government meddling. One is good and the other is bad. …