Mises Wire

There's really no need to do legal gymnastics about religious freedom. A simple respect for property rights solves the problem of forced baking of gay-wedding cakes.

Behind the scenes, the great machine of government churns along, often in complete disregard to the president or his stated policies.

“The heart of my thinking is that language is man-made ... and it is only language that enables human beings to control nature.”

To keep market share, business owners must respond to increases in consumer demands — even if owners suspect demand is being goosed by money printing.

In order to abolish tuition fees, governments must find other ways to limit costs. These methods are not without their down side. 

The history of shadow banking development confirms Mises’s thesis that each government intervention leads to unintended consequences.

Just because some judges agreed with a law in the past doesn't make that law good or moral. 

It is unfortunate that a scholar as careful as Robert Skidelsky has chosen to downplay the historical reality of the failure of central banking.

The Vatican's latest document on the financial system calls for a variety of laws and sanctions to stop people from being greedy. 

Mises always maintained that the war for liberty is won or lost on the battlefield of ideas.