College Loans and Hazlitt’s Lesson: Ignoring the Larger Picture
Politicians calling for student loan forgiveness or free college tuition have failed to understand the larger consequences of unlimited student lending. Henry Hazlitt would have understood. Original Article: "College Loans and Hazlitt's Lesson: Ignoring the Larger Picture" This Audio Mises Wire is generously
Biden’s Defense Plan: Limitless Global Meddling
On this episode of War, Economy, and State, Ryan McMaken and Zachary Yost take a look at the Biden Administration's new National Security Strategy. The Biden plan is to intervene everywhere and always across the entire globe. In fact, the plan
In Jamaica, the Tourists Party On behind High Walls and Locked Gates
An exuberant gate agent adorned in blue Southwest Airlines attire hollered, “Are you ready to go to Montego Bay?” The waiting, weary passengers responded with a half-hearted collective “yeah.” The agent was not satisfied. He had sought a more enthusiastic response. He
The Student Murders in Idaho Highlight the Unimpressive Police Record on Violent Crime
It's been three weeks since four students at the University of Idaho were stabbed to death at a home in Moscow, Idaho, and law enforcement officers say they have no suspect. In the early hours of November 13, three woman
It’s Not Discrimination, Even When the Government Claims Otherwise
Governments are demanding there be "proportional" representation of women in professions that women historically have avoided. Those efforts will be unsuccessful. Original Article: "It's Not Discrimination, Even When the Government Claims Otherwise" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
As the Pentagon Fails Another Audit, Congress Wants to Spend Even More on “Defense”
In November, the Pentagon announced it had failed yet another audit. In spite of the fact the Department of Defense has had years to get its act together, the Pentagon still doesn't know how it spends or maintains its trillions
Born on the Tenth of January
If Tom Cruise was Born on the Fourth of July, then he can thank Thomas Paine, who can be said to have been born on January 10, 1776, with the publication of his incendiary essay Common Sense. In this pamphlet, which
Bartley J. Madden: Value Creation Principles
Value for customers is the purpose of all entrepreneurial business. Firms big and small must know, follow, and adhere to the principles of value creation. This is pragmatic not theoretical — the consequence of a failure to do so is
How the Middle-Class Dining Room Revolutionized Domestic Life
For families and friends gathering for Thanksgiving this year, many will assemble in a room called the "dining room." This is a modern luxury made possible by the bourgeois merchants of old. Original Article: "How the Middle-Class Dining Room Revolutionized Domestic Life" This Audio