Mises Wire

Finn Andreen

Throughout history, decentralization and secession have helped pave the way for more individual freedom. Naturally, political elites want to centralize everything, thus setting off the eternal battle between centralizers and decentralizers.

David Gordon

When does philosophy degenerate into simple propaganda? In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon examines the writings of Jürgen Habermas, concluding that much of what Habermas said was little more than ginned-up Marxism.

Joshua Mawhorter

War, even the American Revolution, is the health of the state because it is almost impossible to avoid fighting a war on state-centric terms.

Robert P. Murphy

The CBO‘s forecasting restrictions prevent it from predicting an inflationary debt crisis, despite rising US debt and deficits. This limitation hinders proactive policy-making, risking economic instability.

Jeffery L. Degner

Both many pro-natalists as well as their critics have a Malthusian view of the world in which humans seem to be impervious to incentives and changing conditions. It is time for praxeologists to speak up.

William L. Anderson

In the wake of the flooding disasters in Texas, a number of leftists made inflammatory remarks on social media, celebrating the death of flood victims. Our society has reached a low point to where people believe that the “right” political candidates can bring us better weather.

Artis Shepherd

As the latest housing bubble pops, home sellers are asking for unreal prices for their homes, while buyers are waiting for the prices to fall. Bill Pulte—Trump‘s Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency—is demanding the Fed force down interest rates to restart the unsustainable boom.

Patrick Carroll

While we often speak of measurements of inflation (such as “inflation went up by three percent”), in reality, one cannot accurately measure it, given official measurements consist of arbitrary weighted averages. It is better to see inflation as qualitative, not quantitative.

Connor O'Keeffe

As the Texas floodwaters receded, politicians like Chuck Schumer twisted facts about the tragedy to score a political win. Examining what went wrong to prevent such tragedies from happening again is the right thing to do. But that involves looking at the actual facts.