Mises Wire

Mises Institute
Now in mailboxes, the March-April issue of The Austrian is also now online.
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.
John Tamny
Trump seems to be stuck in the 1980s when it comes to his obsession with sticking it to our "competitors" in Asia.
Douglas French
With blood on their hands from the 2008 crash, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have now created another bubble, this time in the multifamily rental market.
Thorsten Polleit
The ECB is likely to relent on negative rates. But it will then turn to buying bonds and monetizing the debt to keep the easy money flowing.
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.
Brendan Brown
Los planes monetarios y fiscales de Trump no hacen más que cambiar la carga impositiva y subsidiar las ganancias corporativas.