Mises Wire

Murray N. Rothbard

Nationalism is not a unitary, monolithic phenomenon. If it is aggressive, we should oppose it; if liberatory, we should favor it. 

Ryan McMaken

Whether or not a child should vote depends on whether or not he or she is a net taxpayer. 

Ryan McMaken

Newspapers apparently have a very high opinion of the quality of the product they're turning out. Many consumers seem to disagree. 

Hunter Lewis

There is no bright shiny line between cultural issues and economic ones. 

Ludwig von Mises

The fundamental concept of the Communist Manifesto  was that of “class” and “class conflict.” But Marx didn’t say what a “class” was.

Robert P. Murphy

This market process is what allows a capitalist system to efficiently allocate resources, whereas a socialist system cannot—not even “in principle.”

Brian Balfour

The massive tax breaks and subsidies being offered to Amazon for their second headquarters has taken crony capitalism to dizzying heights.

Jeffrey M. Herbener
Perhaps it is time for mainstream economists to reevaluate their methodology on taxes.

The EU's protests against Trump's trade policies have the stench of hypocrisy about them. 

Shawn Ritenour

Unfortunately, it's not actually possible to determine the costs of our current choices 200 years in the future.