Mises Wire

Ryan McMaken

So long as he uses a "national security" ploy, a president can raise taxes without so much as a debate in Congress. 

Carmen Elena Dorobăț

International trade hasn’t had a very good time lately. The outlook is bleak indeed, but it’s not the first time, nor will it be the last.

Ryan McMaken

Even The Washington Post admits that secession movements are a key component in promoting peace and ending conflicts. 

Ludwig von Mises

The capitalist system is a system in which promotion is precisely according to merit. Marx didn't like that.

Ryan McMaken

Economic globalism — which is a wonderful thing — is something quite different from the highly suspect agenda of political globalism. 

C.Jay Engel

Statistics and empirical data aren't ignored by Austrians. Rather, they are relegated to their proper place in the economic edifice.

Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

The authors of the Constitution were clear that the power to declare war was limited to Congress. It's important to understand why. 

Ryan McMaken

There's no need to amend the Constitution the old fashioned way when federal judges can just amend the constitution unilaterally. 

Caleb Fuller

In the pursuit of profit, many firms also seek to improve their communities in more intangible ways. 

T. Norman Van Cott

Market prices will continually be gravitating towards prices where all willing buyers can find willing sellers and all willing sellers can find willing buyers.