Mises Wire

As the US is involved in yet another pointless war, we would do well to remember the real costs of war, how it strips us of our liberties, and destroys our futures.

It's not enough for an ideology to merely have a "good argument." Historical conditions must also combine to delegitimize the regime and its institutions. 

When the recent NFL draft was held in Pittsburgh, city officials declared bus fares would be free so fans would pack the auditorium where the draft was held. Who would have thought that making scarce goods free would bring about chaos with the bus riders?

Politicians love to claim they are cutting taxes all the while running up ruinous debts and deficits. If they wish to get serious about cutting taxes, they first need to cut spending.

In the late 1800s, American finally went in search of empire abroad, taking land by force and subjugating people who simply wanted their captors to leave.

The recent DOJ indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center might be controversial, but what is not controversial is that the SPLC engaged in conduct that was more reminiscent of the Ministry of Love in 1984 than protecting someone’s civil rights.

The regulatory state is also the entity that stifles competition, reduces economic cooperation, and impedes the production of wealth.

The Australian philosopher David Stove, while not exactly a Rothbardian, still preferred the free market. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon introduces readers to Stove’s many interesting viewpoints.

The UK does not have an energy problem, it has a freedom problem.

Luck egalitarians fallaciously declare property and wealth to be illegitimate or at least suspect due to a mysterious, unquantifiable force called luck. Their arguments fail even if what they claim about luck is true.