Mises Wire

May more politicians in Washington face the sound of cheers at the suggestion they be held legally culpable for their actions.

Some health-industry interest groups think you have too much freedom when it comes to contact lenses.

The cronyist American Medical Association has forced doctors to choose between protecting "the profession" and protecting their patients.

Governments hate decentralization, and politicians like Hillary Clinton hate it too.

Rather than focus too much on lamenting politics and the state, we should be heartened by how far we've come — and go forward confidently.

Alarmed by successful entrepreneurship and low prices for consumers, government seeks, yet again, to shut down small businesses.

The claims about a "moneyless" utopian village in India turn out to be false. No one with an understanding of economics should be surprised.

Democracy virtually assures that only bad and dangerous men will ever rise to the top of government.

The national debt and cutting government spending simply are not topics the voters care about anymore.

Economists Stephen Cohen and Bradford DeLong are spouting an unfortunate amount of enthusiasm for Alexander Hamilton's corporatist economics.