October 2022

[This article was adapted from a talk delivered at the 2022 Supporters Summit in Phoenix, Arizona.] The international system we live in today is a system composed of numerous states. There are, in fact more than 200 of them, most of

The blockbuster film The Woman King has resurrected the myth that slavery furnishes wealth. While irate critics argue that the film downplays the fact that the Dahomey Empire derived its wealth from slavery, however, this observation wrongly conflates political success

The word “inflation” is heard and read everywhere these days. However, since different people sometimes have very different understandings of inflation, here is a definition: Inflation is the sustained rise in the prices of goods across the board. This definition conveys that inflation

The current bout of inflation is the latest disaster in a string of disasters caused by government debasement of once sound money. Original Article: "History Repeats Itself: Abandoning Sound Money Leads to Tyranny and Ruin" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored

The Federal Reserve has a legal dual mandate to minimize unemployment and price inflation. The current “dual” between the two mandates is to reduce price inflation by increasing interest rates to increase unemployment and kill businesses to choke off aggregate

Is praxeology inconsistent? Praxeologists criticize neoclassical economists for using false assumptions in their models. For example, neoclassicals acknowledge that the conditions for “perfect competition” are never found in the actual world. Firms selling a good such as wheat may not

UK entrepreneur and founder of the Cobden Centre Toby Baxendale joins Bob to discuss meeting Hayek, the history of economists supporting 100% reserve banking, and the tools central banks and governments will use to enact "financial repression."

Standard neoclassical definitions of money call it a means of exchange and a store of value. But is this correct? Original Article: "Cryptocurrency as Money—Store of Value or Medium of Exchange?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. '

For most economists the velocity of money circulation is an important factor in determining the prices of goods and services. If, for example, the quantity of money increased by 10 percent in a given year, while the price level has

On Saturday, protests supporting Julian Assange will occur around the world. In London, Assange supporters will link arms around the parliament building. Protests will also occur outside the Justice Department headquarters in Washington (I’ll be one of the speakers), D.C.,