Mises Wire

The TSA, VA, and IRS are just three examples of how government cannot effectively provide any good or service.

Thanks to the Fed's current monetary policy, real incomes are going down, and people are taking on more debt to maintain their standard of living.

Wages and Capital is a great read and an excellent snapshot of the development of economic theory at the turn of the century.

Pat Buchanan's "America First" economic writings in defense of protectionism are wrongheaded, and often historically inaccurate.

The United States government is being hypocritical when it criticizes other governments for manipulating their currencies.

This tepid recovery is now very long in the tooth and industrial production and PMI's are slipping into recession mode virtually everywhere.

Emperors can rest on their laurels but capitalists never can.

Both workers and elites fear new market and technological innovations. The latest protests are nothing new.

None of the candidates offered a real alternative to government as we know it. Let's make the case for a society not organized around politics.

The problem isn't whether a candidate's economic plan is detailed enough. The problem is the notion that a politician can improve the economy.