Mises Wire

In the wake of government's do-nothing stance on preventing phone scams, there's a new private app for blocking abusive phone calls.

Empirical data is useful as historical information. But to interpret the data, we require good economic theory.

The unspeakable evil from the Upside Down is small-time compared to the government that summons it.

The development of capitalism consists in everyone's having the right to serve the customer better and/or more cheaply.

When it comes to the effects of taxation, Krugman the economist appears to disagree with Krugman the New York Times columnist.

Threatened by the existence of private digital currencies, central banks are looking to create some of their own.

Negative interest rates have proven to be unpopular with the public. But the central banks have other strategies up their sleeves.

James Fenimore Cooper, America's first national novelist, saw real danger from the impulse toward majority rule as a panacea for every complaint.

Mark Thornton and Grégoire Canlorbe discuss Mises, Rothbard, the Drug War, and Adam Smith in this interview from Institut Coppet in France.

The major candidates had their first shared television event this week. Absent was any discussion of the real issues effecting the American people.