Government Police Are the Latest Persecuted “Victim” Group
Some members of Congress are pushing for new laws to make police a protected group in a way similar to "hate crime" legislation.
Mises Wire
History is Clear, Central Banks Fail to Assure Economic Stability
It is unfortunate that a scholar as careful as Robert Skidelsky has chosen to downplay the historical reality of the failure of central banking.
The Vatican’s Latest Anti-Capitalist Report Can’t Hide Its Interventionist Slant
The Vatican's latest document on the financial system calls for a variety of laws and sanctions to stop people from being greedy.
The Mises Institute’s Case for Optimism
Mises always maintained that the war for liberty is won or lost on the battlefield of ideas.
Central Banks Haven’t Always Been Quite as Bad as They Are Now
Restrained by both ideology and public sentiment, central banks were once kept from the sort of antics they now regularly indulge in.
John Oliver is Wrong About Venezuela — It’s a Socialist Country
It takes a lot of verbal acrobatics to conclude that Venezuela's woes are not due to it's extensive implementation of the socialist program.
The Broken Window
The broken-window fallacy, under a hundred disguises, is the most persistent in the history of economics. It is more rampant now than at any time in the past.
The Marketplace — America’s Other Democracy
What if there was another form of democracy right under our noses that allowed voting 24 hours a day, seven days a week?
How the Saudis Took Donald Trump for a Ride
Donald Trump's crusade against Iran is being helped along by his love affair with the Saudi Regime — and its army of lobbyists.
Labor and Capitalist Exploitation: Böhm-Bawerk and the Close of Marx’s System
Marx was wrong about the basics of value and exchange — and thus was wrong about the relationship between owners and laborers.
