Mises Wire

Californians will be able to vote in splitting the state up this November. Which is great because California needs a huge dose of decentralization.

While Pence pointed out the massive violations of civil liberties in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, he forgot to mention what has been occurring at the US's Guantanamo Bay.

Without saving and investment, there can be no material progress — which is necessary for cultural progress and flourishing.

The art of financial engineering – camouflaging a rise in leverage to boost present and future earnings – is in high demand.

Trump has exposed the hypocrisy of the "free trade" advocates in China and Europe. But by raising tariffs, Trump and other world leaders are inviting disaster. 

Obesity has skyrocketed since the government became involved in the food pyramid. 

The US is often criticized for supposedly offering a lower quality of life than Europe. But far more Europeans migrate to the US than the other way around. 

Let us see what happens under inflation, and why it happens.

It's true that the Fed doesn't directly set a target for money creation. But by setting interest-rate targets, the Fed adopts a de facto policy of money creation. 

Jesús Huerta de Soto is probably the most important Austro-libertarian thinker you're not reading.