Mises Wire

Ryan McMaken

From Power Trading Radio: "Merlin and John welcome back Joe Salerno for a look at the war on cash. Why would this be happening, and what are the opportunities in alternative currencies?" 

Carmen Elena Dorobăț

I’d like to think Mises would have spared a few minutes of his precious time “exploding the fallacy”—an often used expression in his writings—of Bernanke’s most recent musings.

Ryan McMaken

Liquor stores and craft beer makers have joined forces to make sure that you, the consumer, will have fewer choices in where you buy your alcohol. 

Ryan McMaken

[Snapchat CEO] Evan Spiegel isn’t afraid to say that we are currently living through a tech bubble, even if he and his Los Angeles-based company are taking advantage of it. The CEO of the popular messaging service said on Tuesday that it’s a matter of when, not if, the tech bubble will burst.

Jeff Deist

The US fedgov's relentless War on Cash is ongoing. Now one of the primary weapons in that War, the misnamed Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, has been aimed at a prominent former Congressman.

Andrew Syrios

Many still maintain that the developing world is being exploited by free markets, and that the humane solution is more foreign aid. In fact, free markets are nowhere to be found in the developing world, and we find much poverty as a result.

Matthew McCaffrey

Myths about taxation are just one reason we need good economic reasoning now more than ever.

Ludwig von Mises

If all interventionist laws were really to be observed they would soon lead to absurdity. All wheels would come to a halt because the strong arm of government comes too close. 

Gary Galles

May 29 marks the 99th birthday of Arthur Seldon, a prolific defender of freedom against government control.