Mises Wire

How much do you actually have to earn to pay that $100 plumber's bill?

It took a heroic local news anchor from Fargo, North Dakota, to expose that crony capitalists have banded together in a "nonprofit" foundation to bribe the political classes of small U.S. cities.

The way that government collects taxes is awful. The process of spending it is even worse.

Moral hazard is a vital concept for economics. We should be careful not to let critics trivialize or dismiss it; when they do, calls for government intervention and special privileges are seldom far behind.

Man is not evil merely because he wants to enjoy pleasure and avoid pain — other words, to live.

China's ruling class often reminds us of our own. Not that the editors at Time have enough self-awareness to notice.

Decades of government mismanagement has wreaked havoc on the Apalachicola oyster industry.

Byrne is a pioneer in broadening applications of Blockchain technology to decentralize institutions, including governments.

The Yen remains strong for a variety of reasons. Restrained monetary policy in Japan isn't one of them.

Lending standards for federal student loans have deteriorated, down to one criterion it seems: the ability to sign your name.