Mises Wire

As inflation gets worse in Nigeria, politicians call for price controls and other government interventions. Unfortunately, they never consider the option of free markets. 

Kamala Harris is reportedly set to unveil her economic platform after an event with Joe Biden where the two plan to celebrate their administration’s economic accomplishments. But those accomplishments are not real.

"If we can hope to maintain [union] with our brothers of the south only by dismissing all hope of ultimate freedom to the slave; let the compact be dissolved."

Antitrust regulators claim that antitrust law and enforcement is necessary to preserve competition and foster economic innovation. In truth, antitrust law is anti-innovation and anti-competition.

Ryan's lecture at Mises University 2024

Mises's vision of democracy must be understood in light of his support for unlimited secession as a tool against majoritarian rule. 

American politicians today are attacking free economic exchange, claiming it is lowering our standards of living. In reality, trade and exchange is the real golden goose.

The late Walter Williams was a clear thinker when it came to issues of race and economics. While some socio-economic differences in society can be attributed to racism in society, most of it cannot, and Williams was not shy in pointing out that fact.

Taxing "the rich" won't make life more affordable for ordinary people. The true cause of the affordability crisis is inflation caused by central banks. 

We might say that self-determination and secession—and self-determination’s opposite, imperialism—are three ways of looking at the same object.