Mises Wire

The war on cash is a war on commerce, or rather, on any commerce that can't be monitored and controlled by government.

Postel-Vinay's study further undermines the Friedman-Schwartz explanation of why banks failed during the Great Depression.

Socialist governments have long been able to count on American economists to serve as apologists for their schemes.

Aside from bickering inside the U.N., "colossal mismanagement" of peacekeeping budgets and a "sclerotic personnel system" has been revealed.

If the government sticks to the original money, its legal tender law is superfluous and unnecessary.

The ability to work long hours is one of the few advantages young people have in the work place.

In the early 1990s, Murray Rothbard often criticized William Weld. He viewed Weld as an egalitarian and environmentalist, not a genuine libertarian.

You don't have to be in Venezuela to be a victim of increasingly bad economic policy.

With hyperinflation approaching for Venezuelan currency, the Venezuelans may embrace the US dollar, which looks rock-solid by comparison.

A recent article in Bloomberg Markets gives a misleading account of the gold standard.