Mises Wire

Mark Thornton

Socialism has long led to pitting one group against another. But many younger taxpayers have yet to see the downside to this. 

Frank Shostak

To build wealth, we must first build capital and greater productivity. And that depends on savings.

Per Bylund

Critics of capitalism are often confused by the difference between political and economic power. 

Hunter Lewis

Some special interest groups don't want customers to even have the option of buying other products.

Tho Bishop

The realities of modern Venezuela, combined with the global ambitions of China, could make a deal between the two countries a logical outcome. 

Jesús Huerta de Soto

A debate between Böhm-Bawerk and John Bates Clark helps explain the foundational differences between Austrians and neoclassical monetarists. 

Tho Bishop

The first attempts at gun control were aimed at disarming minorities. This has continued throughout American history.

Mike Maharrey

The federal government relies on state and local officials to run its ever-growing surveillance state. This could also be its Achilles heel.

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.