Mises Wire

Kai Weiss
There is a long history of sympathetic Western intellectuals traveling to foreign socialist lands — deciding they've discovered paradise on earth.
Ryan McMaken
It's a myth that most illegal guns in Mexico are from the United States. It's also hard to see how Mexican gun control has helped ordinary Mexicans.
Chris Calton
In the general culture “revisionist historian” is a term of abuse. But that is what we do. Revising history is our job.
Tate Fegley
Research supports the idea that police unions contribute to greater amounts of officer misconduct.
Douglas French
Reversing trillions of dollars of securities purchases will create turmoil. And now that price inflation is in equation, the ride will be bumpy.
Thomas Eckert
"Consenting" to something while being detained by police is a bit like "consenting" to hand over your wallet when a mugger pulls a gun.
Frank Shostak
In order then to have a general increase in prices, all other things being equal, there must be an increase first in the money supply.
Jeff Deist
People want safe neighborhoods and schools, which is just another way to say there is a market for them.
Mark Thornton
Drug addiction is indeed a serious problem. But the war on drugs does not lessen this problem, nor does it address the core issues leading to addiction.
Roger W. Garrison
How did Mises go about doing economics? How do his methods compare with those of the modern mainstream?