Mises Wire

Alice Salles
Rand Paul's legislation — banning funding of weapons for terrorist-connected organizations — has little chance in a Congress addicted to war spending.
Douglas French

Yellen has announced that the economy is safe in our lifetimes. She follows in the footsteps of two great Fed Chair prognosticators.

Claude Frédéric Bastiat
The general character of Socialism is very whimsical, and I cannot help asking myself how long such a tissue of puerilities can continue in vogue
Ryan McMaken
Once you're inside the state's healthcare system, you may find it's impossible to get out. Even if you're seeking only privately funded treatment.
David Gordon
Friedman: "I think that the crucial question that anybody who believes in freedom has to ask himself is whether to let another man be free to sin."
George Pickering

Bank of England governor Mark Carney maintains that Brexit has caused a devaluation of the pound. A more likely cause of this is the BofE itself.

Robert P. Murphy
The actual data do not support the breathless claims that rolling back ObamaCare will literally kill many thousands of Americans.
Ronald-Peter Stöferle

The social advantages of eliminating physical cash are minimal, and economists tend to ignore the many costs that a cash ban would create.

William D. Hartung

The US has spent untold billions on foreign policy favoring the Saudi dictators. Under Trump, it looks to get even worse.

Daniel Lacalle

It's becoming increasingly clear the Bank of England is sticking to an uncomfortably aggressive quantitative easing program.