Mises Wire

With a state in existence, ultimately, all private property becomes state property.

It has now become clear that in many ways the European Union is a cartel of high-tax governments.

Investors are not cooperating with the Bank of England's efforts to drive Brits to riskier investments.

In Brazil, street food is an important source of income for poor households. So why is the government always interfering in the street-food economy?

Floridians could end up facing unnecessary hardship, because its state government does not understand basic economics.

Ireland has tried to attract businesses by undercutting the tax rates of its neighbors. That is a good thing wherever it occurs.

Free-trade deals — which are more about increasing government power than trade — are in retreat in the face of Brexit and Trump.

In 2016, candidates are ignoring the issue of social benefits and federal spending. Experience suggests opposing social spending is political suicide.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was impeached this morning. Is there any hope the country might turn to freedom and free markets?

Like Mises, economist Robert Lucas understood that realities of human action make it impossible to treat economics as if it were a physical science.