Mises Wire

Ryan McMaken

Military spending in 2018 will be one of the biggest years for defense spending ever. 

Henry Hazlitt

It is instructive to consider what a sensible anti-inflationary legislative program would be like if we could get it.

Jeffrey Harding

China is growing despite government meddling in the economy, not because of it. 

Robert P. Murphy

The true purpose of carbon taxes on gas is to make it artificially expensive to drive. 

David Gordon

Hunter Lewis presents an important view of morality, derived from Hume, Mises, and Hazlitt.

Lee Friday

One of the reasons governments can run up huge deficits so easily is that the politicians — unlike entrepreneurs — can't be held accountable for their bad debts.

Mike Maharrey

Congress would have never acted on issues like marijuana legalization if states hadn’t taken action first.

Thorsten Polleit

This timeless insight was already suggested by economist Ludwig von Mises in 1940.

Philipp Bagus

When interest rates increase in the future, busts and losses for banks will follow.