Mises Wire

Frank Shostak
It is not money that funds economic activity but the saved pool of final consumer goods. Money only facilitates the flow of the real savings.
Mises Institute
The growth of government comes at the expense of civility.
Per Bylund
The market’s informal, spontaneous cooperation for mutual benefit has been replaced by a statist mindset.
Ryan McMaken
Public monuments serve the same public propaganda function as public schools. The solution in both cases is the same.
Frank Shostak
Without a coherent theory based on purposeful human action, it is not possible to begin to understand the causes of business cycles.
Ryan McMaken
Having the feds impose nationwide reciprocity of gun licensing might sound like a good idea. But it really is just a scheme to federalize gun policy.
Louis Rouanet

Focusing almost exclusively on consumer price inflation, economists have overlooked the redistributive effects of money creation through other channels.

Jacob G. Hornberger
Trump's suggested invasion of Venezuela illustrates why other regimes are looking for ways to obtain nuclear weapons.
Ryan McMaken

For decades, the American media has been skillfully perfecting the art of creating its own "pseudo events" when real news has been hard to find.

Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
Lew Rockwell has great news: a brand-new Murray Rothbard book on The Progressive Era. And do we need it!