Mises Wire

As always in an election year, the public clamors for more jobs. But really, they are clamoring for more, newer, and better stuff.

Protectionism is about giving consumers and ordinary people fewer choices while making them pay more for goods and services.

Ending the taxpayer-funded gravy train for colleges will force them to cater to students instead of to the special interests that now control them.

Libertarians must never compromise, even if it means accepting partial victories.

The polling booths of the market are ubiquitous, many are open 24 hours a day, and offer a daily plebiscite in which consumers express their values.

If want a reprieve from endless campaign coverage this weekend, on Saturday we will be streaming live from our Dallas-Ft. Worth Mises Circle.

Nearly 70 years ago, Ludwig von Mises explained the seemingly irrational hunger among capitalists for long-term government bonds.

Both political corruption and trade barriers lead to economic impoverishment. The current election has brought both issues to the fore.

In a free market, increasing trade leads to increases in real wages. Unfortunately, central banks have intervened to inflate many of those gains away.

Not realizing that markets merely reflect the values of consumers, theologian Harvey Cox imagines that markets somehow force consumers to shop.