Homicide Rates in 2020 Surged to a 24-Year High. It’s Another Sign of a Failing Regime.
Homicide rose at a remarkably fast rate in 2020. This may be a sign that the public is losing faith in the legitimacy of the regime. We see this from doubts about elections to outrage over riots and police abuse. Original
Is the Constitution Broken beyond Repair?
"No one, including Andrew Jackson, had ever explicitly argued before [Lincoln] that the Constitution authorized or obligated full-scale invasion and coercive measures." Original Article: "Is the Constitution Broken beyond Repair?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by
Monetary Policy Is in Turmoil
Monetary policy is in turmoil. Ever since the financial crisis erupted eight years ago,* major central banks have fundamentally reformed the way they create and absorb money. Their activism has failed to extinguish the fires. There are already plans to
Literature and the “Class War”
[Editor's Note: This essay, a prescient blast at the then growing problem of Marxism in literary criticism, was published as an appendix in Henry Hazlitt's 1933 book The Anatomy of Criticism: A Trialogue. The same arguments, of course, apply to claims
Joe Weisenthal Thinks Debasing the Dollar Is the Moral Thing to Do
Joe Weisenthal is an editor and host at Bloomberg who has recently been using his large Twitter platform to cast stones at the inflation hawks. In one recent thread, Weisenthal mocked the people worried about the falling purchasing power of the
Nullification Works: Republicans Look to Legalize Marijuana as States Ignore Federal Drug War
The ongoing success of the cannabis nullification effort has shown the uselessness of those who repeatedly chant slogans about “federal supremacy” and “If you don’t like the (federal) law, change it.” Original Article: "Nullification Works: Republicans Look to Legalize Marijuana as
Since 2008, Monetary Policy Has Cost American Savers about $4 Trillion
After thirteen years with on average negative real returns to conservative savings, it is time to require the Federal Reserve to address its impact on savers. Original Article: "Since 2008, Monetary Policy Has Cost American Savers about $4 Trillion" This Audio Mises
Why Don’t Police Unions Protect Whistleblowers?
Sergeant Javier Esqueda of the Joliet Police Department in Illinois thought he was doing the right thing by leaking a video recorded from inside of a squad car that showed a black man, Eric Lurry, in medical distress from a
A Country without Law?
Ever since the National State Assembly’s drafted 1978 Sri Lankan Constitution was adopted, the urgency of street violence to suppress public opinion and rallies or even protests on matters affecting the country became a necessity. Over the years, the government
Garet Garrett’s “The Revolution Was”
Garet Garrett was among the most important figures from the literary, political, and laissez-faire economic traditions of the Old Right, but his name is hardly known today. In 1938 he penned "The Revolution Was," a remarkable essay about FDR's revolutionary