Overtime Regulations Disproportionately Harm Young People and Startups
The ability to work long hours is one of the few advantages young people have in the work place.
Mises Wire
The Week in Review: May 21, 2016
You don't have to be in Venezuela to be a victim of increasingly bad economic policy.
Will Venezuela Be Forced to Embrace the Dollar?
With hyperinflation approaching for Venezuelan currency, the Venezuelans may embrace the US dollar, which looks rock-solid by comparison.
Bloomberg Markets on the Return of the Gold Standard
A recent article in Bloomberg Markets gives a misleading account of the gold standard.
Danish Central Bank Stumbles with Its Currency Peg to the Euro
Krugman claims that Danish monetary policy is one of the problems with Denmark, he is correct, but for the wrong reasons.
The Art of Advertising
It is a widespread fallacy that skillful advertising can talk the consumers into buying everything that the advertiser wants them to buy.
When You Have Property Rights, You Don’t Need Religious Freedom
Religious individuals and organizations have no need to appeal to "freedom of religion" if their property rights are respected.
The Feds at the Airport
I don't want the same people who bring me the IRS and the ATF to be in charge of airport security.
Report from Prague: Austrian Scholars Gather in “the Spirit of Mises University”
In April, a group of young scholars from all across Europe convened at the CEVRO Institute in Prague for the Second Austrian Economics Meeting Europe.
Chasing 2 Percent Inflation: A Really Bad Idea
What is so great about the recently-invented 2-percent goal for inflation? It comes with some serious repercussions.
