Mises Wire

When the Cuban government stole Havana Club rum from the true owners, it set into a motion an intellectual property debate that lasts to this day.

The works of Mises, of Rothbard, of the great Austrian thinkers were unavailable in Hungary — until now.

Obama's unilateral move to create National Monuments in Western states is simply the natural outcome of allowing federal control of so much land.

Congress seems set to reform the Fed, but what we really need is Fed competition.

With gold reserves shrinking, and a collapsing currency, it is only a matter of time until Venezuela defaults on its foreign debt

In response to new mandated wage hikes, restaurant owners are likely to raise prices, cut waiter jobs, and move toward less reliance on labor.

All governments are firmly committed to the policy of low interest rates, credit expansion, and inflation.

Our economy is making it harder to start businesses, keep businesses, and hire people. That's a recipe for disaster.

The Fed says it can use a "neutral interest rate" to set policy. But, Fed economists don't understand how the neutral rate works.

Newly-created money is not evenly distributed in the economy, so new money will lead to a something-for-nothing exchange which brings a boom-bust cycle.