Capital As a Form of Charity
Both fact and logic seem to support the view that savings invested in privately owned economic tools of production amount to an act of charity.
Mises Wire
Hey GOP, Want to Cut the Burden of Government? Cut Spending.
It is not deficits per se, but total government spending that distorts the economy and starves the private sector of resources.
Federal Prosecutors Are Running Amok
The law has become the plaything of federal prosecutors who advance their careers by convicting others.
High Prices and Zombie Housing
This odd mix of rising prices and three months of vacant inventory being ransacked by squatters is not how markets work, unless government is involved.
Government Recycling Programs Waste Valuable Resources
Market prices tell us how people want resources to be used. Government recycling programs ignore these important signals.
Mainstream Economists Whitewashed the Evils of Communism
There’s no excuse for any sentient being – especially an economist – to have praised the decrepit communist economic model by the 1980's.
Sylvester Petro’s Austrian Perspective on Labor Unions
Sylvester Petro's books on labor unions are among some of the best written on labor policy.
Government “Funding” Can’t Grow the Economy
Government cannot increase its spending without hurting those who produce real wealth.
UK’s National Health Service Moves to Cut Healthcare for Smokers and the Obese
To cut government expenses, the NHS has declared that smokers and the obese will be limited in the healthcare procedures they're allowed to receive.
How Central Banks Widen Wealth and Income Gaps
Over time, central-bank policies that favor the wealthy lead to income gaps that grow even larger.
