Mises Wire

This trade deal is not only vague, conditional and temporary — it will fail to stop the global economic slowdown.

French protests over a new climate-change-inspired fuel tax highlight high costs imposed on ordinary people by climate-change policies.

Former government prosecutor and current congressman Eric Swalwell would love the chance to prosecute and imprison millions of Americans who fail to turn in their guns.

Brazil's new president has made many statements favorable to many pro-market reforms. But will he focus on economic reforms or the social conservatism favored by many of his supporters?

Conservation will take place where individuals are allowed to seek solutions. Necessity is the mother not only of invention but of conservation as well.

If the world's most popular historical sites are to be preserved from overuse by tourists, ownership of these places will need to be more forcefully established, and access more carefully controlled.

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San Francisco’s public defecation problem is a symptom of its homelessness problem — a problem made far worse by government housing regulations.

Most major sectors in the US economy have been distorted by government policies pushing monopolies and limiting competition.

There's only one way to fund a new public-works project or "stimulus" scheme: through money stolen from the taxpayers.