Mises Wire

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

Social justice is a moral concept, not a legal one.

Liberalism, freedom, and free markets were far less important in Latin American independence movements than in the fledgling United States. 

Reducing the regulatory burden on American industry would actually be good for Americans — unlike a tariff hike. 

To put an Austrian spin on this, conception is essentially the creation of a higher order good.

In a truly free society, the scope of government easily can be reduced to a much smaller domain than even many friends of freedom often think.

It is a myth that "we don't make things in America anymore." Thanks to automation, we simply need fewer people to make more stuff. 

There is no danger of China truly freeing its economy and thus really rivaling America's more market-based system. 

Ludwig von Mises explores ways of dealing with nationalism and conflict among linguistic minorities through the use of political confederation. 

While the Chinese state is moving more toward autocratic rule, the importance of fighting for economic freedom remains as important as ever.