France Is Catching Up to Japan, but Not in a Good Way
Inequality and social mobility are hotly debated issues. One important indicator of social mobility are wealth-to-income ratios. If a country’s wealth-to-income ratio is high, the country is not necessarily wealthy. It merely implies that the monetary value of all assets
Why Social Issues Dominate
Jeff is solo this week and hosts Tom Woods to ask a simple question: Why do social issues dominate our attention, to the detriment of economics and fiscal reality? Read Jeff's article "Why Social Issues Dominate" Mises.org/Dominate
Mises and Fascism
“Fascist” these days is little more than a term of abuse for opponents and has no cognitive value, but in what follows I’ll be using it in a precise sense, to designate a supporter of the regime established by Benito
You Support Ukraine’s Independence? Then You Support Secession.
In 1991, Ukrainians held an election and voted for secession. Today we’re supposed to cheer that. But to suggest something similar for a region of the United States? Well, we’re told that’s just plain wrong. Original Article: "You Support Ukraine's Independence?
Where the Truth Is Hidden: Debating the Current State of the US Armed Forces
With members of Congress claiming that the Russian invasion of Ukraine somehow threatens the US homeland, it is time to tell the truth about the military threats to this nation. Original Article: "Where the Truth Is Hidden: Debating the Current State
Cultural Traits and Work Ethic: Human Capital Matters
Countries are in an economic arms race to surpass competitors by accelerating levels of human capital. It is crucial that schools and universities not only graduate students with relevant certificates but also people with the appropriate skills to make a
Is the Supreme Court Repealing the 20th Century?
In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Mises Graduate Program Provost and Constitutional law attorney Joe Becker joins Tho Bishop to break down the leaked opinion on the Dobbs case, potentially overturning Roe v. Wade. Joe provides a thorough breakdown of the
The Fed’s New “Tightening” Plan Is Too Little, Too Late
Since 2008, a key component of Fed policy has been to buy up mortgage-based securities and government debt so as to both prop up asset prices and increase the money supply. Over this time, the Fed has bought nearly $9
Consumption-Based vs. Income-Based Carbon Footprints
The idea of an individual's or a household's carbon footprint is how much that person or household contributes to climate change. All anthropogenic climate change is caused by humans (by definition), so let's take all the humans who have ever
Noninterventionism Is Not Isolationism: The US Government Should Stop Arming Ukraine
Libertarians, liberty-wing Republicans, and other opponents of nondefensive wars are popularly misconceived as having an “every man for himself” approach to both economics and foreign policy. Of course, this is patently false in both cases, but this piece will focus