November 2022

In a recent essay, I explained how over time the US abused its responsibility to control the supply of dollars, the world’s premier reserve currency for settling international trade accounts among nations. This abrogation of its duties is leading to

Progressives are quick to blame escalating healthcare costs on free markets, yet it's government rules and policies that are responsible. Original Article: "In Government-Regulated Healthcare, There Is No Competition Like No Competition" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. '

"Democracy" is the new "revolutionary."  In the old Marxist regimes, anything that displeased the ruling communist regime was said to be contrary to "the revolution." For example, in the Soviet Union, national leaders spoke regularly of how the nation was in

Most economists believe that a general decline in the prices of goods and services is bad news because it is associated with major economic slumps such as the Great Depression. In July 1932, the yearly growth rate of US industrial

A great benefit of the internet age is the capacity to accumulate, accelerate, and intensify connections between entrepreneurs, knowledge sources, investors, mentors, collaborators, and service providers. Businesses with a valid value proposition who are in the launch and early expansion

Pakistan, like so many other countries, is seeing inflation close to spiraling out of control. As for finding causes, monetary authorities should look in the mirror. Original Article: "Inflation in Pakistan: Follow the Money" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher

Billionaire Jeff Bezos has become a target of ridicule because his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott has been doling out colossal sums to charity. Compared to Scott, Bezos’s donations are quite slim and many are painting him as stingy. But are critics

It’s been a rough year for advocates of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). After nearly two years with all the budget deficits and money printing MMTers could have wanted, the doctrine’s popularity seems to have faded now that we’re well passed

Among Mises's contributions was his doctrine of consumer sovereignty in a free market. Original Article: "Consumers, Workers, and Monopolies: Free Markets Serve All" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. '

Since the reordering of Augustus, during the first two centuries of the empire, the Roman state manipulated the intrinsic value of the denarius argenteus, the main axis of the imperial monetary system, from the theoretical 3.892 grams and between 97.0