Mises Wire

Does not big business wrap itself in the mantle of free markets? If so, are not exponents of free markets supporting crony capitalism?

What these "excuses" point to is the marginal productivity of the worker is lower than the salary the employer is forced to him pay by law.

The nation braces itself for the inauguration of a new president. Politics, however, will not cure what ails us.

The European Union could have been a mere union of states committed to increasing free trade and free movement. But, it has become nothing of the sort.

Today is the birthday of Butler Shaffer, a pioneer of the libertarian movement and an outstanding legal theorist.

If a monetary rule like the Taylor Rule is not a solution to the problem of the Fed, what is? Competition.

Shawn Ritenour and Tom Woods discuss The Mises Reader, now available from The Mises Institute.

There is a lot of talk about tax reform these days. Not surprisingly, none of it involves cutting spending or lessening government revenue.

The US economy has been so malformed by interventionist policy, it has become difficult to say how even a policy of repeal might distort markets.