Mises Wire

Government, tech, and banks all have a common interest in moving consumers and taxpayers toward the abolition of physical cash. 

LBJ wanted to be remembered for his Great Society legacy. And he has his wish.

The origins of the Sherman Act provide an important reminder that politicians can be motivated by revenge, greed, hatred, jealously, and spite.

One of the main shortcomings of the mathematical economists is that they deal with a "static state" as if it were something really existing.

And yet I feel obliged to withhold my approval ... [for] the appropriation of public funds...

The failures of farm programs remain a reminder of why Washington’s power needs to be radically slashed across the board.

It is a common fallacy that if a person is successful in business, they will be a good politician. This is dangerously naive.

There is much to learn about Ludwig von Mises form his writings on economic conflicts of those years between the two World Wars.

I hope to correct a persistent misunderstanding about Mencken's economic and political ideas.

The medical establishment has done its best to crush market-oriented strategies to make healthcare more affordable.