Mises Wire

Tho Bishop
Trump campaigned on cutting taxes, but Steve Mnuchin and Gary Cohn desire "revenue neutral" reform, including a possible VAT.
Ryan McMaken
No one knows what the Pentagon does with your money — including the Pentagon.
Brendan Brown
Los planes monetarios y fiscales de Trump no hacen más que cambiar la carga impositiva y subsidiar las ganancias corporativas.
Per Bylund
The left has always been anti-economics for the simple reason that economics shows the real cost of progressive policy.
Ryan McMaken
The California government's latest effort to stifle federal immigration efforts is not just a symbolic gesture.
C.Jay Engel

Richmond Fed President Lacker says he was source of the 2012 Medley leak and announces his immediate resignation.

T. Hunt Tooley
100 years ago this week, Woodrow Wilson sought a declaration of war in order "to end all wars."
Ryan McMaken
Murray Rothbard referred to the trade deficit as a "pseudoproblem," which also suggests that we shouldn't read too much into the deficit's recent drop.
Frank Shostak
In a free economy, entrepreneurs don't need economy-wide data to make good business decisions. Macro data really only serves the needs of government.
Ron Paul
What gives any country the right to determine who rules someone else?