End Roe v. Wade: It’s Time to De-Federalize Abortion Policy
The US Supreme Court is now in the midst of ruling on whether or not US member states have the legal prerogative to significantly limit legal abortion within each state’s borders. With the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973, the
Murray Rothbard versus the Public Choice School
James Buchanan thought the state was a voluntary institution. Murray Rothbard, on the other hand, understood the reality of state violence and coercion. Original Article: "Murray Rothbard versus the Public Choice School" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The Economy May Be Finally Peaking, and the Fed Won’t Help Matters
Here we go again it may seem to many. The Fed is preparing us for a policy tightening just when a powerful growth cycle upturn is faltering. Or is it in fact an example of another well-known type of error
Natural and Neutral Rates of Interest in Theory and Policy Formulation
Interest has a title role in many pre-Keynesian writings as it does in Keynes's own General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936). Eugen Böhm-Bawerk's Capital and Interest (1889), Knut Wicksell's Interest and Prices (1898), and Gustav Cassel's The Nature
Understanding Money Mechanics
This book provides the intelligent layperson with a concise yet comprehensive overview of the theory, history, and practice of money and banking, with a focus on the United States. Although the author considers himself an Austrian school economist, most of
Money Supply Growth Is Slowing—That Points to a Slowing Economy
According to the popular narrative, the role of the central bank is to navigate the economy along the so-called path of economic stability. By this way of thinking if various shocks cause the economy to deviate from this path, then it
Joe Weisenthal Thinks Debasing the Dollar Is the Moral Thing to Do
In one recent thread, Weisenthal mocked the people worried about the falling purchasing power of the US dollar, and claimed that it would be immoral for currency to maintain its value over time. Original Article: "Joe Weisenthal Thinks Debasing the Dollar
The Inca Empire: An Indigenous Leviathan State
The Inca Empire is an excellent example of a Leviathan that brought about its own demise. So oppressive was the regime that it's no wonder the Spaniards found many enemies willing to help topple the empire. Original Article: "The Inca Empire:
Rural Voters, Guns, and Decentralization Sank the Democrats in Virginia
America’s growing rural divide is not going away any time soon. Recent gubernatorial elections in Virginia have rekindled talk about an inevitable Republican resurgence during the 2022 midterms. History has repeatedly shown the party outside of the White House making
A Crusoe Social Philosophy
One of the most commonly derided constructions of classical economic theory is "Crusoe Economics," the analysis of an isolated man face-to-face with nature. And yet, this seemingly "unrealistic" model, as I have tried to demonstrate elsewhere, has highly important and