Mises Wire

Writers Directory

General Topics

Austrian School

0 Views

Lea esto en Español

The Pseudo-Psychology Behind Monetary Policy

Money and BanksMoney and Banking

Blog02/09/2019Frank Shostak

Regardless of expectations, tampering with the economy by means of monetary policies will always undermine the foundations of the real economy.

0 Views

Lea esto en Español

AOC's Green New Deal Is Absolutely Absurd, but That's the Washington Status Quo

PoliticsTaxes and Spending

02/08/2019Power & MarketTho Bishop

This week Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released a preliminary summary of her grand vision for a Green New Deal. Prior to its unveiling, the youngest rising star of the Democratic Party had already managed to get the support of leading members of Congress, including all of the party’s current leading...

0 Views

Lea esto en Español

Ends and Values and the Law of Marginal Utility

History of the Austrian School of EconomicsValue and Exchange

02/08/2019Mises Daily ArticlesMurray N. Rothbard

Each physical unit of a means that enters into human action is valued separately.

0 Views

Lea esto en Español

Why Marx Loved Central Banks

Money and BanksMoney and Banking

Blog02/08/2019Thorsten Polleit

One of the easiest ways of asserting control over the private sector is to manage the money supply with a central bank. Naturally, Marx was rather fond of the idea.

0 Views

Lea esto en Español

What Real Social Justice Looks Like

Blog02/08/2019Per Bylund

Handing control over people's lives to politicians does not somehow make an economic system any more fair or equitable. All it does is make the exercise of power more arbitrary.

0 Views

If Climate Change Is Killing Us, Why Is Life Expectancy Increasing?

Bureaucracy and RegulationThe Environment

02/08/2019Audio/VideoRyan McMaken

If climate change effects aren't enough to put a noticeable dent in life expectancy, then why is climate change talked about as an apocalypse?

0 Views

Lea esto en Español

"Progressive" Attacks on Capitalism Were Key to Hitler's Success

War and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryPolitical Theory

02/07/2019Mises Daily ArticlesLudwig von Mises

Mises wrote this essay in 1940 from Geneva, where he lived after Nazis forced him out of Austria and his apartment was ransacked by German troops.

0 Views

Lea esto en Español

1877: When America Was In No Hurry to Pay the Military

Blog02/07/2019Allan Stevo

The US military received no pay at all between June and November of 1877. This wasn't the only time funding was cut off, and it reflected a (now forgotten) historical distrust of the military in Congress and in America overall.

Why Birthright Citizenship Is Rare In Europe

Ryan McMaken

Citizenship based on a person's current location is a long and well-established principle in the Americas. But this is not the case back in Europe.

Angela Merkel’s Legacy Is Chaos

Kai Weiss

Angela Merkel has caused cultural blowback with seemingly unchecked migrant flows while simultaneously harming business with higher taxes and more anti-business regulation. The results have not been great.

Private Education: The Key to Educating the Poor

Andrew Kern

In the developing world, government schools are notable for corruption, low quality, and few options. Private schools have stepped up to provide services where governments have failed.

Our Disastrous Obsession with Equality

Jacob G. Hornberger

In a true market economy, the financial success of one person cannot conceivably be the cause of someone’s else’s poverty. In fact, it's the opposite.

Money-Supply Growth Slows in January

Ryan McMaken

In January, year-over-year growth in the money supply was at 3.3 percent. That was down from December's growth rate of 3.8 percent, but was up from January 2018's rate of 2.8 percent.