Mises Wire

Frank Shostak

Central bankers keep suggesting the economy is weak because there is too much saving. The real reason for the weak economy is too much money production.

Jeff Deist

How do we make criticisms of central banks meaningful to Americans: the truth, the dollar has lost 90% of its purchasing power and inflation is a tax.

Ryan McMaken

Un-elected federal bureaucrats have taken extraordinary steps to hobble state efforts to legalize marijuana.

Mises Institute

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Carmen Elena Dorobăț

Higher education degrees no longer hold any value for employers.

Chris Calton

Thanks to government meddling, we all pay more for sugar to benefit a few powerful interest groups.

Jp Cortez

The courts have long sided with the Feds in refusing to enforce gold clauses in private contracts. State governments can undo some of this damage.

Joseph T. Salerno

Iceland's populist left-anarchist/libertarian/hacker Pirate party just shook up the corrupt political establishment in Iceland.

Ron Paul

Monopolies and cartels are creations of government, not markets.

Gary Galles

Free lunches are not really free, even to those who vote for them. There are other reasons to vote against getting "free stuff," too.