Mises University begins Sunday, July 20, and given that misinformation abounds about the economy, it is good to have a forum where students can learn economic truths and stretch their minds.
Audio Mises Wire
Audio recordings of Mises Wire articles, offering contemporary news and opinion through the lens of Austrian economics and libertarian political economy.
Like a child with his new favorite toy at Christmas, President Trump is using tariff taxes not only to attempt to centrally plan the pricing of thousands of goods and services in the economy, but also to engage in election interference in other countries.
There are real concerns regarding Mamdani. Mamdani is a self-described socialist, and socialism has failed disastrously everywhere it's been tried.
Exposing such lies is key for restoring liberty. The good news is that the more mistrust of government grows, the easier it will be to find people receptive to our message.
The word "democratic" is supposed to soften the blow of socialism, with Zohran Mamdani's campaign being the latest to fool the voters. In reality, there is no softening real socialism, as it depends upon coercion, violence, and ultimately becomes totalitarian.
In its attempt to claim that the concept of free trade is full of fallacies, The American Compass builds its anti-free trade case upon fallacies.
The most popular method of deprecating capitalism is to make it responsible for every condition which is considered unsatisfactory.
Modern progressive governance claims it has science on its side. Hayek‘s Nobel speech punctured that viewpoint.
When President Trump declared the Epstein case closed, many of his supporters in MAGA objected, believing that the government is still hiding the truth. But Trump opponents claim that MAGA is a monolithic movement beholden only to Trump. This incident tells us something else.
Jesús Huerta de Soto has published a series of lectures on Austrian Economics, and Dr. David Gordon in Friday Philosophy reviews his Lectures in Austrian Economics, Volume 1. Dr. Gordon is especially interested in how de Soto deals with time.
Progressives blame all the recent wildfires on "climate change," but the real culprit is government mismanagement of public forests and grasslands. The recent fire at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is yet another example.
Reich, Elizabeth Warren, and other leftists never address the root cause of what they correctly diagnose as excessive corporate power: the Federal Reserve.
Innovations aren‘t very useful unless they serve consumers in the marketplace. Otherwise, we‘re pursuing innovation for its own sake, and that isn‘t progress.
American corporations are lavishing billions of dollars on leftist groups in the name of “equity.” But many of them are also donating to even more questionable people and causes.
By introducing legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is demonstrating that while Republicans like to talk about free markets, they are statists and interventionists like their Democratic colleagues across the aisle.
Although most political attention is focused on the US presidency, James Bovard pleads guilty to contempt of Congress. This is the Congress that is spending and borrowing the country into financial oblivion, but never taking the blame for the results.
This article is dedicated to some of the quotes, especially from key participants and primary sources, about inflation and its consequences during the American Revolution. As usual, war led to inflation, which in turn facilitated war, and both contributed to centralization.
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/libertarian-silence-japan
If President Trump really wanted to help Israel he would inform Netanyahu this week that not another US dollar would be sent to prop up his government.
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/iran-everything-you-need-know-were-too-afraid-israel-lobby-ask
