Mises Wire

Edgar Ortiz
Although he did so to a lesser degree than some others, President Rafael Correa in Ecuador embraced "21st-Century socialism." How has Ecuador fared?
Mises Institute
The late Murray Rothbard thought war and peace was the most important libertarian issue.
C.Jay Engel

The ECB's Peter Praet's recent comment on the stability of the financial system reveals a remarkable blindness.

Louis Rouanet
Manipulating what sort of money people use — and how they use it — has a long history among meddling government planners.
Carmen Elena Dorobăț
Higher education and scientific research have been cut off from its customers by government intervention.
Matthew McCaffrey
Kirzner’s thoughtful and polite approach to scholarship is a model for how younger Austrians can approach scholarly debate.
David Gordon
Today is the eighth anniversary of the death of Burt Blumert, one of Murray Rothbard's closest friends and a key figure supporting the Mises Institute and Lew Rockwell.com.
Ryan McMaken
One can only hope Europhiles begin to advocate for the break-up of the American union. I'd suggest they start in California.
C.Jay Engel

As the Fed continues to hike rates, the ECB must soon follow the course of cutting back on "easing" policy.

Frank Shostak

Frank Shostak offers another explanation for the volatility we're seeing in Treasury deposits at the Fed.