Mises Wire

Murray N. Rothbard

The Whiskey Rebellion, considered properly, was a victory for liberty and property rather than for federal taxation.

Ryan McMaken
Many are calling TV pundit Tomi Lahren a "hypocrite" for benefiting from an Obamacare mandate. Lahren may be more of a victim than a beneficiary.
Laurence M. Vance
It is not just Planned Parenthood that needs to be defunded. All organizations and businesses on the federal dole should be defunded.
Sascha Klocke
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault shows how listening to the local experts outside the central bureaucracy is an essential part of economic planning.
David Gordon
Why should one assume that those in control of the state would act in a way more in accord with justice than would actors on the private market?
Jeff Deist

We don't need a new twist on libertarianism to "modernize it." But, we do need a new breed of libertarians who recognize the practical realities of human nature.

William D. Hartung
Ten ways your tax dollars pay for war — past, present, and future
Mateusz Machaj
We don't have to worry about paying for foreign capital any more than we must worry about paying for foreign oil. Both trades benefit the domestic economy.
Henry Hazlitt
The only permanent way to cure poverty is to increase their earning power and productivity.
Ryan McMaken
As states increasingly resist federal mandates on guns, drugs, and immigration, Jeff Sessions in DC has announced it's full speed ahead.