Mises Wire

We can have free trade now by declaring it unilaterally. The motto should be: liberalize first, negotiate later.

We allowed economics to be lost when we decided it was too complicated and too technical for intelligent laypeople to understand.

Repealing the 17th Amendment will not change the US Senate into a hotbed of decentralizers and free-marketers.

Since you are in this coercive situation, there is no reason why you should not try to make use of it if you think it will make a difference.

Cato's Letters 69 and 70 focused on the British election of 1722. But they also provide useful insights Americans should consider this November.

Neither government-controlled trade, nor government-enforced open borders are libertarian.

Americans are saving very little money for emergencies. Unfortunately, central banks have been encouraging the same thing worldwide.

In the new book Debating Gun Control, two philosophers take a look at the philosophical underpinnings beneath the debate.

Compared to Europe and Asia, the "frontier states" of the Americas really are something different.

As another step toward greater use of negative interest rates, the abolition of cash will only lead to the destruction of wealth.